| Love! Valour! Compassion! | |
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| Directed by | Joe Mantello |
| Screenplay by | Terrence McNally |
| Based on | Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally |
| Produced by | Doug Chapin |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alik Sakharov |
| Edited by | Colleen Sharp |
| Music by | Harold Wheeler |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $2.9 million |
Love! Valour! Compassion! is a 1997 drama film directed by Joe Mantello and written by Terrence McNally, adapted from McNally's play of the same name.[1] It revolves around eight gay men who gather for three summer weekends at a lakeside house in Dutchess County, New York, where they relax, reflect, and plan for survival in an era plagued by AIDS.[2]
As with many screen adaptations of stage plays, the script underwent numerous changes, eliminating almost all direct addresses to the audience and the conclusion of one of the subplots. Mantello was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville Film Festival.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (May 16, 1997). "Love Valour Compassion (1997) Tenderness and Rage Residing in Men's Hearts". The New York Times.
- ^ Bell, Chris (2006). "American AIDS Film". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 2022-06-15.