
Making the Boys
2011•90 min•
★4.7
Documentary
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, it traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone.
Cast & Crew

William Friedkin
Self

Mart Crowley
Self

Larry Kramer
Self

Edward Albee
Self

Dominick Dunne
Self

Michael Cunningham
Self

Candis Cayne
Self

Andy Cohen
Self

Cheyenne Jackson
Self

DirectorCrayton Robey
Similar Movies

Tin Tan
2010
★7.2

After the War, You Have to Tell Everyone About the Dutch Gay Resistance Fighters
1991
★1.0

The Uninhabitable Ones
2020
★4.0

The Last Book
2019
★0.0

See Me: A Walk Through London's Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020
2022
★0.0

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
★6.5

Vanilla
2017
★1.0

The Deal
2015
★0.0

Dear Viv
2025
★0.0

Women 50 Minutes
2007
★9.0

The Last Supper
2024
★0.0

This is Jessica
2021
★0.0