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Interior. Leather Bar.
Synopsis

In order to avoid an X rating, 40 minutes of gay S&M footage was rumoured to be cut and destroyed from the 1980 film, CRUISING starring Al Pacino. Inspired by the mythology of this controversial film, filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews collaborate to imagine their own lost footage. Amid the backdrop of a frenzied film set, actor Val Lauren reluctantly agrees to take the lead in the film. Val is repeatedly forced to negotiate his boundaries during scenes on and “off camera,” as unsimulated gay sex happens around him. The film itself is constructed as a play with boundaries remaining queer in subject and form. As much a film about filmmaking as it is about an exploration of sexual and creative freedom, INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR defies easy categorisation. The second feature film from writer/director Travis Mathews (I WANT YOUR LOVE),

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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Travis Mathews, James Franco, Travis Mathews,
  • Writer:
    Travis Mathews, Travis Mathews,
  • Producer:
    Keith Wilson, Iris Torres, Travis Mathews, James Franco,
  • Cinematographer:
    James Franco, Keith Wilson, Travis Mathews, Seana Carroll, Samantha Barrows,
  • Editor:
    Travis Mathews,
  • Executive Producer:
    Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy,
  • Cast:
    Brad Roberge, Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, Travis Mathews, Brenden Gregory, Robbie Acklen, James Franco, Brenden Gregory, Bradley Roberge, Robbie Acklen,
  • Associate Producer:
    Jay Knowlton, Thomas Patrick Lane,
  • Colorist:
    Robert Arnold,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Robert Arnold,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Brian Jones,
  • Costume Design:
    Lane Stewart,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Kit Bateman,
  • Story Consultant:
    Jay Knowlton, Julian Hoxter, John Cameron Mitchell, Joe Bowman, Robert Hawk, Bryan Darling,
  • Still Photographer:
    Anna Kooris,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Chase Keehn,
  • Music:
    Santiago Latorre,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Brianna Getrost,
  • Set Designer:
    Liz Phillips,
  • Sound Designer:
    Chase Keehn,
  • Title Graphics:
    Taku Hazeyama,
  • Assistant Director:
    Michael Lannan,

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