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High school sweethearts marry and quickly learn about the follies and hardships of adulthood. When the couple splits, the husband finds solace in the company of his irresponsible pal, but comes to discover this carefree friendship is not without its complications.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Shout! Factory (Firm) (flm distributor.)
Other Authors: Furie, Sidney J. (Commentator), Stross, Raymond, 1915-1988 (Producer), Freeman, Gillian (Screenwriter), Tushingham, Rita, 1942- (Actor), Campbell, Colin, 1937-2018 (Actor), Sutton, Dudley, 1933-2018 (Actor), Henson, Gladys (Actor), George, Eliot, 1929-2019
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue.
Published: [United States] : [Austin] : Shout! Factory ; American Genre Film Archive, [2021]
Subjects:
George, Eliot, > 1929-2019 > Film adaptations.
Teenage marriage > Great Britain > Drama.
Motorcycle gangs > Great Britain > Drama.
Gay men > England > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:High school sweethearts marry and quickly learn about the follies and hardships of adulthood. When the couple splits, the husband finds solace in the company of his irresponsible pal, but comes to discover this carefree friendship is not without its complications.
"Part of Britain's new wave of hyper-realistic 'Kitchen Sink' films, THE LEATHER BOYS is a riveting mix of teen angst, biker thrills, and raging emotion. The movie follows young newlyweds Reggie and as they embark on a new life together. But there's trouble in paradise when Reggie develops feelings for Pete, a member of a rival biker gang. Directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Gillian Freeman from her novel, THE LEATHER BOYS explodes with expressionistic photography, gripping themes, and a bold exploration of identity."--Publisher.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
From the novel The leather boys, by Eliot George (pseudonym of Gillian Freeman).
"One of her [Gillian Freeman's] best known books was the novel The Leather Boys (1961), published under the pseudonym Eliot George, after the novelist George Eliot, a story of a gay relationship between two young working-class men, one married and the other a biker, which was later turned into a film for which she wrote the screenplay, this time under her own name."--Wikipedia.
Special features include: commentary with director Sidney J. Furie and biographer Daniel Kremer ; audio interviewes with actors, Rita Tushingham and Dudley Sutton ; short documenntary CONSENTING ADULTS: A STUDY OF HOMOSEXUALITY, from the Something Weird S-VHS archive.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, regions A,B,C ; aspect ratio: 2.35:1 ; mono ; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gerald Gibbs ; editor, Reginald Beck ; music, Bill McGuffie.