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      Stonewall

      R Released Jul 26, 1996 1h 39m History Drama List
      67% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A 1969 Greenwich Village riot, begun with a police raid of an illegal bar, spurs the gay-pride movement. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      David B Far superior to the 2015 film of the same name in every possible way. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/23 Full Review Audience Member In the early morning hours of 28 June 1969 in front of the New York bar Stonewall there was a violent confrontation between police and a large number of gays, lesbians, transvestites… This movie follows a young gay who just arrived in town, several drag queens who are regulars in Stonewall and a group of gay activists in the days preceding the riot. Stonewall was a gay bar in Greenwich Village where the poorest people from the gay community used to go – transvestites, homeless gay youth, male prostitutes, and others from the margin. At the same time it was the only gay bar in New York where dancing was allowed. In this period, little was allowed to gays in USA: in the years immediately after the Second World War, thousands of people lost their jobs in the military and government for suspicion of being gay. During the 1950s and 1960s, the FBI kept lists of homosexuals, and the American Psychiatric Association regarded homosexuality as a "sociopathic personality disorder" and "treated" it through the administration of electroshocks. Police made constant raids on gay bars, the customers were arrested, their pictures published in the newspapers. This period also witnessed a rise of progressive and liberation movements which marked the 1960s, and it was only a question of when this enormous suffering, discontent and discrimination of the gay community will spill over into the fight for equal rights. When during a police raid on the Stonewall, gays spontaneously confronted the police, this sparked large riots and later the formation of activist organizations, first in New York and then in many other cities. A year later, on 28 June 1970, in memory of these events the first Gay Pride ever was organized in the New York City. Based on actual events. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member loved it a lot - hey, it's just one story from at time that should not be forgotten. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This film should be a lot better. It's good, but it should me brilliant. It's talking of the most important time in gay history, and really doesn't do itself justice. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute men, fine drag, important history. Good movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Nigel Finch's 1996 fictionalization of the Uprising is a celebration of the mythology of the events. Employing just about the most ridiculously clichéd narrative imaginable - a corn-fed Iowa hunk moves to the big city with stars in his eyes, is shown the ropes by a click of fabulous Greenwich Village drag queens, falls into a relationship with a conflicted prostitute named La Miranda, and then they all participate in the riotous events of June, 1969 - Finch's film is not trying too hard for verisimilitude. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times [Stonewall] is serious about its subject but not about its style. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Patrick Cather Alabama Forum All the acting and all of the production values are first-class. Rated: 4/5 May 5, 2023 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com As directed by Nigel Finch (who died of AIDS in post-production), this musical drama takes the tumultuous events of 1969 (the gay riots, Judy Garland's death) and molds them into a touching, significant feature. Rated: B+ Dec 1, 2006 Full Review Sarah Chauncey Reel.com Rated: 3/5 Jun 8, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A 1969 Greenwich Village riot, begun with a police raid of an illegal bar, spurs the gay-pride movement.
      Director
      Nigel Finch
      Producer
      George Faber, Anthony Wall
      Screenwriter
      Rikki Beadle Blair
      Production Co
      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Arena
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      History, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 26, 1996, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $706.4K
      Runtime
      1h 39m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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