| Breakfast with Scot | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Laurie Lynd[1] |
| Written by | Sean Reycraft |
| Based on | Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing |
| Produced by | Paul Brown Howard Rosenman Nadine Schiff |
| Starring | Thomas Cavanagh Ben Shenkman Noah Bernett |
| Cinematography | David A. Makin |
| Edited by | Susan Shipton |
| Music by | Robert Carli |
| Distributed by | Miracle Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Breakfast with Scot is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It is adapted from the 1999 novel by Tufts University professor Michael Downing.[2][3]
The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by Laurie Lynd. The film attracted significant press attention in 2006,[4] when the National Hockey League[citation needed] and the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they had approved the use of the team's logo and uniforms in the film.[2][5][6][7] Breakfast with Scot was the first gay-themed film ever to receive this type of approval from a professional sports league.[1][8]
In early 2007, several months before the film's release, an excerpt was screened at Toronto's Inside Out Film and Video Festival as an advance preview, alongside Lynd's earlier short films RSVP and The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore.[9]
- ^ a b "'Gay Hockey Movie' Hopes to Score Despite Vicious Remarks". CBC News. 13 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Homosexual Ice Hockey Film Shatters Sports Taboo". Taipei Times. 22 December 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Hart, Hugh (5 October 2008). "Industry Buzz". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Salem, Rob (16 November 2007). "Leaf Fans Get New Surprise After Tlusty Photo Affair". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ Rodriguez, Rene (4 December 2008). "Breakfast With Scot: The Spoonful of Sugar Helps Messages Go Down". Miami Herald.
- ^ Johnson, Brian D. (22 February 2012). "A Gay Hockey Dad Breaks the Ice". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ Abramowitz, Rachel (7 October 2008). "'Breakfast With Scot' Takes Gay Cinema Mainstream". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Martin DeGroot, "Queer Film Festival Hopes to Involve More of Public". Toronto Star, March 4, 2008.
- ^ "Inside Out Wrap-Up: Laurie Lynd and the Gay-ple Leafs". Torontoist, May 27, 2007.