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Larry Kramer is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Dialogue American born on 25 june 1935 at Bridgeport (USA)

Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 june 1935 at Bridgeport (USA)
Death 27 may 2020 (at 84 years)

Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935) is an American playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBT rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for Women in Love in 1969, earning an Academy Award nomination for his work. Kramer introduced a controversial and confrontational style in his 1978 novel Faggots, which earned mixed reviews but emphatic denunciations from the gay community for his portrayal of shallow, promiscuous gay relationships in the 1970s.

Kramer witnessed the spread of the disease that became known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among his friends in 1980, and co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), which has become the largest private organization to assist people living with AIDS in the world. Not content with the social services GMHC provided, Kramer expressed his frustration with bureaucratic paralysis and the apathy of gay men to the AIDS crisis by writing a play titled The Normal Heart which was produced at The Public Theater in New York City in 1985. His political activism extended to the founding of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, a direct action protest organization widely credited with changing public health policy and widespread perception of people living with AIDS (PWAs) and awareness of HIV and AIDS-related diseases. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Destiny of Me (1992), and has been a two-time recipient of the Obie Award. Kramer currently lives in Manhattan and Connecticut.

Best films

Women in Love
Women in Love
(1969)
(Writer)

Usually with

Clive Donner
Clive Donner
(1 films)
Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim
(1 films)
Jeffrey Friedman
Jeffrey Friedman
(2 films)
Rob Epstein
Rob Epstein
(2 films)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Larry Kramer (12 films)

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Actor

Outrage
Outrage (2009)
, 1h29
Directed by Kirby Dick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Larry Kramer, Ronald Reagan
Roles Self
Rating74% 3.7363853.7363853.7363853.7363853.736385
Outrage argues that several American political figures have led closeted gay lives while supporting and endorsing legislation that is harmful to the gay community. The film examines mass media's reluctance to discuss issues involving gay politicians despite many comparable news stories about heterosexual politicians and scandals. Outrage describes this behavior as a form of institutionalized homophobia that has resulted in a tacit policy of self-censorship when reporting on these issues. The film is based on the work of blogger Michael Rogers and his site BlogActive.com.
Gay Sex in the 70s
Gay Sex in the 70s (2005)
, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about cities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Larry Kramer, Bette Midler
Roles Himself
Rating69% 3.483993.483993.483993.483993.48399
The film opens with a rapid montage of visuals that transport people back to the 1970s in and around Greenwich Village. Driving disco music of the time sets the pace. Using intimate interviews it begins to develop the story of gay sex in the 70′s through characters such as Larry Kramer, Scott Bromley, Barton Benes, Rodger McFarlane, and others. These characters begin to expand the elements that were visually introduced. They talk about the public sex: the streets, the piers, and the trucks.

Scriptwriter

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart (2014)
, 2h12
Directed by Ryan Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Alec Baldwin, Taylor Kitsch
Roles Writer
Rating78% 3.9484453.9484453.9484453.9484453.948445
It is summer of 1981. Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo) is an openly gay writer from New York City who travels to Fire Island Pines on Long Island to celebrate the birthday of his friend Craig Donner (Jonathan Groff) at a house on the beach. Other friends in attendance include Mickey Marcus (Joe Mantello) and the charismatic Bruce Niles (Taylor Kitsch), who has recently begun dating Craig. Craig is young and appears to be in good health. While walking on the beach, however, Craig feels dizzy and collapses. Later, when blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, Craig begins to cough repeatedly.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973)
, 2h30
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Olivia Hussey, Charles Boyer
Rating52% 2.604142.604142.604142.604142.60414
This version is much closer to the 1937 film than to the original James Hilton novel. It tells the story of a group of travellers whose airplane is hijacked while fleeing a bloody revolution. The airplane crash lands in an unexplored area of the Himalayas, where the party is rescued and taken to the lamasery of Shangri-La. Miraculously, Shangri-La, sheltered by mountains on all sides, is a temperate paradise amid the land of snows. Perfect health is the norm, and inhabitants live to very old age while maintaining a youthful appearance.
Women in Love
Women in Love (1969)
, 2h11
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sculpture, LGBT-related film
Actors Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Nike Arrighi, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5458853.5458853.5458853.5458853.545885
The film takes place in 1920, in the Midlands mining town of Beldover. Two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, discuss marriage on their way to the wedding of Laura Crich, daughter of the town's wealthy mine owner, Thomas Crich, to Tibby Lupton, a naval officer. At the village's church, each sister is fascinated by a particular member of the wedding party – Gudrun by Laura's brother, Gerald, and Ursula by Gerald's best friend, Rupert Birkin. Ursula is a school teacher and Rupert is a school inspector; she remembers his visit to her classroom, interrupting her botany lesson to discourse on the sexual nature of the catkin.
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
, 1h36
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Adrienne Posta, Diane Keen
Rating61% 3.0957753.0957753.0957753.0957753.095775
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal sixth-former in a swinging sixties new town, delivering groceries for the local supermarket. However he is more interested in matters sexual and sets out to lose his virginity by attempting to seduce the local girls – Linda, Paula, Caroline, Audrey, and his dream girl Mary.

Producer

Women in Love
Women in Love (1969)
, 2h11
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sculpture, LGBT-related film
Actors Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Nike Arrighi, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.5458853.5458853.5458853.5458853.545885
The film takes place in 1920, in the Midlands mining town of Beldover. Two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, discuss marriage on their way to the wedding of Laura Crich, daughter of the town's wealthy mine owner, Thomas Crich, to Tibby Lupton, a naval officer. At the village's church, each sister is fascinated by a particular member of the wedding party – Gudrun by Laura's brother, Gerald, and Ursula by Gerald's best friend, Rupert Birkin. Ursula is a school teacher and Rupert is a school inspector; she remembers his visit to her classroom, interrupting her botany lesson to discourse on the sexual nature of the catkin.
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
, 1h36
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Adrienne Posta, Diane Keen
Roles Associate Producer
Rating61% 3.0957753.0957753.0957753.0957753.095775
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal sixth-former in a swinging sixties new town, delivering groceries for the local supermarket. However he is more interested in matters sexual and sets out to lose his virginity by attempting to seduce the local girls – Linda, Paula, Caroline, Audrey, and his dream girl Mary.

Team

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
, 1h36
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Adrienne Posta, Diane Keen
Roles Additional Dialogue
Rating61% 3.0957753.0957753.0957753.0957753.095775
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal sixth-former in a swinging sixties new town, delivering groceries for the local supermarket. However he is more interested in matters sexual and sets out to lose his virginity by attempting to seduce the local girls – Linda, Paula, Caroline, Audrey, and his dream girl Mary.