The Dying Gaul

– A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose love..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
The Dying Gaul (2005)

A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose lover has recently died of AIDS, to sell his autobiographical screenplay for big bucks. The writer, Robert, knows he'll have to make major changes in the script (like changing the sex of the dying lover). During the rewrite, the producer, Jeffrey, takes Robert under his wing, introducing him to his wife Elaine, herself a closet screenwriter. Jeffrey approaches Robert for sex and Elaine approaches Robert out of curiosity about his sex life in grief. The entangled triangle of relationships threatens more than the completion of a film script. Written by

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Producing Country:
USA
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The Dying Gaul (2005) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Jan 2005

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Craig Lucas

Writer:

Craig Lucas (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott, Peter Sarsgaard, Ryan Miller

Plot:

The gay screenwriter Robert, who is grieving the recent loss of his lover, writes a screenplay based on his biography and tries to sell it to the Hollywood producer Jeffrey. He offers one million dollars for his work, provided changes in the story replacing the dying man per a woman to make a commercial film. Jeffrey shows the screenplay to his wife Elaine, who loves to write and to plant flowers, and she is also delighted with the story. Robert works introducing the required modifications and Jeffrey, who is bisexual, has an affair with him. Meanwhile Elaine finds the gay website where Robert writes and she creates a fake profile to have conversation with him pretending that she is his deceased lover. Soon she learns the affair of her husband and she decides to leave him. But when the gay Robert discovers the truth, he has a breakdown and takes vengeance for Elaine with tragic consequences.

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Gross profit:

$278,160

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
49%
Metacritic:
62%