Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker’s search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. From Arnold’s hilarious steps toward domestic bliss with a reluctant school teacher, to his first truly promising love affair with a young fashion model, Arnold’s greatest challenge remains his complicated relationship with his mother. But armed with a keenly developed sense of humor and oftentimes piercing wit, Arnold continues to test the commonly accepted terms of endearment–and endurance–in a universally affecting story that confirms that happiness is well worth carrying a torch for.
Release Date: 14 December 1988Runtime: 120 min
Stars:
- Anne Bancroft
- Axel Vera
- Benji Schulman
- Brian Kerwin
- Charles Pierce
- Eddie Castrodad
- Geoffrey Harding
- Harvey Fierstein
- Karen Young
- Ken Page
- Kim Clark
- Matthew Broderick
- Nick Montgomery
- Robert Neary
- Stephanie Penn
Director: Paul Bogart
