Were the World Mine is a 2008
romanticRomance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
musicalThe musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
fantasy filmFantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
directed by Tom Gustafson and written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg.
Were the World Mine is a story of
gayGay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
empowerment, inspired by
ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Were the World Mine stars
Tanner Cohen-Career:In 2006, Cohen appeared as Tad Becker in 5 episodes of the American soap opera As The World Turns. He appeared along side Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood in the 2007 thriller The Life Before Her Eyes...
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Wendy RobieWendy Robie is an American actress known for playing eccentric, mentally disturbed characters in television and on film. She is especially known for her role as Nadine Hurley in David Lynch's Twin Peaks and as Mommy in Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs...
, Judy McLane,
Jill LarsonJill Larson is an American dramatic actress. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Opal Cortlandt on the popular daytime drama, All My Children, a role she has played for 22 years, garnering her 2 Emmy nominations...
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Zelda WilliamsZelda Rae Williams is an American actress and the daughter of actor and comedian Robin Williams and Marsha Garces. She was named after Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda series of video games. Her first big role was that of Melissa Loggia, the main character's teenage love interest in the 2004...
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Nathaniel David BeckerNathaniel David Becker is an American actor best known for his role as Jonathon in the movie Were the World Mine.-Life:Raised in Yankton, South Dakota, Becker was born in Iowa City, Iowa. His parents lived in smaller North Liberty, later in Pella, Iowa. Born on September 11, he is a Virgo and the...
, and Ricky Goldman.
Timothy (
Tanner Cohen-Career:In 2006, Cohen appeared as Tad Becker in 5 episodes of the American soap opera As The World Turns. He appeared along side Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood in the 2007 thriller The Life Before Her Eyes...
) is an openly gay student at a private boy's school.