Taglines: School’s out, so is Steven Carter.
Get Real movie storyline. When homosexuality was still an absolute taboo in England, sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbour, a girl named Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners in male public lavatories leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career. Steven finds the courage to approach John by volunteering for the school paper as sports photographer. A wonderful affair follows, but John is terrified of losing his social status. As the boys’ love blossoms, so grows despair about secrecy or outing consequences.
Get Real is a 1998 British drama film directed by Simon Shore, based on the play What’s Wrong with Angry? by screenwriter Patrick Wilde. The plot is about gay teenager Steven Carter’s coming out to the world. The film was shot in and around Basingstoke, England.
Get Real (1999)
Directed by: Simon Shore
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain, Stacy Hart, Kate McEnery, Patrick Nielsen, Tim Harris, James D. White, James Perkins, Jacquetta May
Screenplay by: Patrick Wilde
Production Design by: Bernd Lepel
Cinematography by: Alan Almond
Film Editing by: Barrie Vince
Costume Design by: Bernd Lepel
Set Decoration by: Amanda Grenville, Simon Wakefield
Art Direction by: Terry Ackland-Snow, Roger Cain
Music by: John Lunn
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content.
Distributed by: Paramount Classics
Release Date: April 30, 1999
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