"Queer as Folk" (1999) Series de televisión

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.7/10   

Directors:

Sarah Harding
Charles McDougall

Temporadas:

1 | 2

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 febrero 1999 (UK)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Controversial Drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, and also 15 year old Nathan who is in love with Stuart

Plot Keywords:

Gay | First Gay Sexual Experience | Homosexual Scene | Unrequited Love | Homosexual

Premios:

6 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

There's a whole lotta shaggin' goin' on

Reparto

Aidan Gillen	...	Stuart Alan Jones / ... (10 episodios, 1999-2000)
Craig Kelly	...	Vince Tyler (10 episodios, 1999-2000)
Charlie Hunnam	...	Nathan Maloney (10 episodios, 1999-2000)
Denise Black	...	Hazel Tyler (10 episodios, 1999-2000)
Andy Devine	...	Bernard Thomas / ... (10 episodios, 1999-2000)
Caroline Pegg	...	Rosalie Cotter (9 episodios, 1999-2000)
Esther Hall	...	Romey Sullivan (9 episodios, 1999-2000)
Caroline O'Neill	...	Janice Maloney (9 episodios, 1999-2000)
Carla Henry	...	Donna Clark (8 episodios, 1999)
Alfie Robinson	...	Baby Alfred (8 episodios, 1999)
Alison Burrows	...	Sandra Docherty (8 episodios, 1999-2000)
Antony Cotton	...	Alexander Perry (7 episodios, 1999-2000)
Saira Todd	...	Lisa Levene (7 episodios, 1999)
Ben Maguire	...	Christian Hobbs (7 episodios, 1999-2000)
Juley McCann	...	Siobhan Potter (6 episodios, 1999)
Sarah Jones	...	Suzie Smith (6 episodios, 1999)
Peter O'Brien	...	Cameron Roberts (5 episodios, 1999)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 (edited version) | France:-12 | UK:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

ASDA, Princess Road, Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Trivialidades:

Christopher Eccleston auditioned for the role of Stuart Jones. He withdrew himself from consideration shortly after his audition, saying he felt he was "too old" for the part. When he withdrew, he recommended they audition Aidan Gillen.

Citas:

Vince Tyler: [quoting an episode of "Doctor Who"] Unrequited love. It's fantastic, 'cause it never has to change, it never has to grow up and it never has to die!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Spaced: Leaves (#2.7)" (2001)

There's a whole lotta shaggin' goin' on

I am one of the few people in the US fortunate enough to

see this British TV series. It's certainly better than the majority of American sitcoms and mini-series. The story lines give a mature, humorous, satiric look at the life of gays in Manchester, England. There are serious elements of parents rejecting their gay children, homophobia, and the dangers of picking up people, but overall the stories are

kept brisk, funny, and delightful.

The closest that American TV comes is DYNASTY, MELROSE

PLACE, ACTION, and MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN, but this show

is more gutsy and even has Shakespearian irony. It presents interesting characters, bold plotting, and transcends its own open sexual elements. Following the

adventures of the three main characters (sexual-magnet

Stuart, unrequited romantic Vince, and teenaged conqueror

Nathan), the story includes a whole wide world of other

people and in wonderfully playful.

It would be nice to think that one of the US cable lines

will be bold enough to show it.