Widescreen Dreams

Growing Up Gay at the Movies

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by Patrick E. Horrigan

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

psychology, cinema influence, sexuality

Publishing date

2001

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Collection

Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 256 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-299-16164-1
978-0-299-16164-4

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Book Presentation:
In 1973, a sweet-tempered, ferociously imaginative ten-year-old boy named Patrick Horrigan saw the TV premiere of the film version of Hello, Dolly! starring Barbra Streisand. His life would never be the same. Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies traces Horrigan’s development from childhood to gay male adulthood through a series of visceral encounters with an unexpected handful of Hollywood movies from the 1960s and 1970s: Hello Dolly!, The Sound of Music, The Poseidon Adventure, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Wiz.

About the Author:
Patrick E. Horrigan lives in New York where he is associate professor of English at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University.  He is the author of a play, Messages for Gary, and lives in Manhattan.

Press Reviews:
"[Horrigan’s] personal anecdotes illuminate the complex relationship between film and the imagination."—Publishers Weekly

"Horrigan transforms a series of his critical writings on film into a touching and insightful look at a gay youth coming of age… This fascinating autobiographical tribute to American film-making is highly recommended."—Library Journal

"Widescreen Dreams is a terrific book and an impressive debut."—William J. Mann, author of The Biograph Girl and Wisecracker

See the publisher website: University of Wisconsin Press