29th and Gay
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29th and Gay is a 2005 comedy film from Daisy 3 Pictures
directed by Carrie Preston
and starring James Vasquez
, Nicole Marcks, David McBean, Mike Doyle
, and Annie Hinton. It was Vasquez's first experience as a writer, actor, and editor.
Throughout his long journey to find a partner, James dates many different guys, many of whom he meets in gay bar
s. He attempts to find a man online, which leads him to Mike. They go on a date, which seems to be "perfect," but Mike never calls back. Throughout his relationship troubles, James also deals with his parents, who try to be much too accepting (they buy him overly stereotypical gifts such as musicals
and a sex swing for special occasions), a lack of a job, a lack of inspiration for his talents as an actor and his lack of confidence to approach the man to whom he crushes on, the hot and sexy coffee
barista
in the cafe
down the street. After going through friendship troubles, all too depressing moments and losing his apartment's electricity, he struggles his way back into life by getting an acting job and perhaps finding the man of his dreams.
Daisy 3 Pictures
Daisy 3 Pictures is an independent film production company.Daisy 3 Pictures was founded in 2004 by film producer Mark Holmes, writer and director James Vasquez, and actress Carrie Preston...
directed by Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston is an American film and television actress, producer and director. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson, and her brother is actor John G. Preston.-Early life:...
and starring James Vasquez
James Vasquez
James Vasquez is an American actor, writer, and director.Vasquez is originally from Escondido, California, United States.As an actor, Vasquez has appeared off Broadway with The Public Theater in New York City, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.Vasquez...
, Nicole Marcks, David McBean, Mike Doyle
Mike Doyle (actor)
Mike Doyle is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for his recurring roles in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran, and Oz, playing Adam Guenzel....
, and Annie Hinton. It was Vasquez's first experience as a writer, actor, and editor.
Plot
James Sanchez is a 29-year-old gay man who feels he has reached a dead end in his life. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist, struggles to show him there is life beyond the glitz of the disco ball, his other friend, Brandon works on getting James to socialize. Feeling out of place in the world and caught between his Hispanic-American heritage and his homosexuality, James grows, realizing that life is in the journey, not the destination.Throughout his long journey to find a partner, James dates many different guys, many of whom he meets in gay bar
Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT and queer communities...
s. He attempts to find a man online, which leads him to Mike. They go on a date, which seems to be "perfect," but Mike never calls back. Throughout his relationship troubles, James also deals with his parents, who try to be much too accepting (they buy him overly stereotypical gifts such as musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
and a sex swing for special occasions), a lack of a job, a lack of inspiration for his talents as an actor and his lack of confidence to approach the man to whom he crushes on, the hot and sexy coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
barista
Barista
A barista is a person, usually a coffee-house employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.- Application of the title :...
in the cafe
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
down the street. After going through friendship troubles, all too depressing moments and losing his apartment's electricity, he struggles his way back into life by getting an acting job and perhaps finding the man of his dreams.
Cast
- James VasquezJames VasquezJames Vasquez is an American actor, writer, and director.Vasquez is originally from Escondido, California, United States.As an actor, Vasquez has appeared off Broadway with The Public Theater in New York City, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.Vasquez...
as James Sanchez - Nicole Marcks as Roxy Hymen
- David McBean as Brandon Bouvier / Shakespeare Musical Performer
- Mike DoyleMike Doyle (actor)Mike Doyle is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for his recurring roles in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran, and Oz, playing Adam Guenzel....
as Andy Griffith - Annie Hinton as Mom
- Kali RochaKali Rocha-Early life:Rocha was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1993.-Career:...
as Clinic Nurse - Michael EmersonMichael EmersonMichael Emerson is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost and fictional serial killer William Hinks in The Practice.-Early life:...
as "Gorilla" Co-Worker - Adam Greer as Steve
- James Synjyn as Dad
- Kurt Norby as Mike
- Rob MacAuley as Troy
- Ari Lerner as James, age 8
- Edward Ortiz Vásquez as James, age 13
- Zev Lerner as James, age 14
- Rachel Pearson as Sally Guadalajara
- Sandra Ellis-Troy as Madame Paula