Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

2015 1h 27m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 111

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Synopsis

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Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Cole Doman
Henry Gamble
Pat Healy
Bob Gamble
Elizabeth Laidlaw
Kat Gamble
Nina Ganet
Autumn Gamble
Daniel Kyri
Logan
Francis Guinan
Larry Montgomery
Hanna Dworkin
Bonnie Montgomery
Darci Nalepa
Grace Montgomery

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Cone
Writers: Stephen Cone
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 7

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stephen Cone, shot by Jason Chiu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Cone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Cole Doman and Pat Healy and Elizabeth Laidlaw carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3703836 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Stephen Cone directs. Jason Chiu behind the camera. Stephen Cone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Directed by Stephen Cone, shot by Jason Chiu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Stephen Cone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Cole Doman and Pat Healy and Elizabeth Laidlaw carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3703836 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 18 themes, including "chicago, illinois", "adultery", "birthday", "sexuality".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jason Chiu
Editing: Stephen Cone
Production design: Caity Birmingham
Costume design: Chelsey Batson
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)

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kinrich302026-08-29
★ 1/10
This was kind of annoying; this is another movie marketed to an LGBT audience, but has almost no gay content. It's about an ultra-religious right-wing family who throws a pool party for their son. The entire movie deals with their friends and family's straight problems. Then about the last 50 seconds of the movie the son reveals he's gay to a friend, although the opening scene did hint he was in the closet. When they market films like this it's a bit misleading. This isn't a gay story, it's just a straight story that happens to have a gay character in it.

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