Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > Circuit
Circuit is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dirk Shafer with Olivier Gruner

Circuit (2002)

Circuit
If you like this film, let us know!
Length 2h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Crime,    Romance
Rating56% 2.8023552.8023552.8023552.8023552.802355

Circuit is a 2001 gay-themed independent film set in the world of gay circuit parties. Written by Dirk Shafer and Gregory Hinton and directed by Shafer, Circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene. Shot on digital video over a period of six months, Shafer was inspired by circuit party music in crafting the film. Circuit received mixed reviews, with reviewers finding the film too long and the performances of several of the lead actors weak.

Synopsis

The film opens with John (Jonathan Wade Drahos) regaining consciousness in a restroom stall at "The Red Party." He stares at himself in the mirror and flashes back to when he was a small-town cop from Illinois who moved to Los Angeles, hoping to find a more welcoming environment. He temporarily moves in with his cousin Tad (Daniel Kucan), who is living with his suddenly ex-boyfriend Gill (Brian Lane Green) and Tad's new boyfriend Julian (Darryl Stephens). Tad is a filmmaker, shooting a documentary on circuit parties and Julian DJs at the parties. Gill takes John to a party in the Hollywood hills, where he meets Hector (Andre Khabbazi), a hustler who is battling mounting insecurities over his looks and age as he is about to turn 30. John and Hector forge a friendship and Hector introduces John to the world of circuit parties and illicit drugs.

Actors

Olivier Gruner

(Dirk Longstreet)Billy Drago

(Lenny)Brian Lane Green

(Nina)Kiersten Warren

(Nina)William Katt

(Gino)
And :
Nancy Allen
Jim J. Bullock
Darryl Stephens
Bruce Vilanch
Trailer of Circuit

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Circuit

There are 78 films with the same actors, 2 films with the same director, 81104 with the same cinematographic genres (including 146 with exactly the same 5 genres than Circuit), 10125 films with the same themes (including 77 films with the same 6 themes than Circuit), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Circuit, you will probably like those similar films :
Circuit
Circuit (2001)
, 1h31
Directed by Dirk Shafer
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Romance, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Olivier Gruner, Gail Harris, Loren Avedon, Billy Drago, Burt Reynolds, Kiersten Warren
Rating41% 2.0731252.0731252.0731252.0731252.073125
Years ago, Dirk Longstreet walked away from The Circuit, the merciless underground fight club with no rules, where money changes hands as men are killed. But now gangsters have got his brother, and only one more journey inside the ring will save his life. Or will it? Not without a fight.. Literally. And this time, it's personal.
The Unwanted
The Unwanted (2014)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films about religion, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors William Katt, Hannah Fierman
Rating39% 1.976231.976231.976231.976231.97623
Carmilla arrives in South Carolina to investigate a woman named Millarca. The only information she has is an address, but Troy, the owner of the house, says nobody named Millarca has ever lived there. He offers to give Carmilla a ride into town, and she later coincidentally visits a restaurant where Troy's daughter, Laura, works. Curious, Laura presses for more details, and Carmilla reveals that Millarca is her mother, whom she never knew. Carmilla eventually becomes annoyed with Laura's questions and leaves, but Laura stops her to explain that her father once rented out a trailer. Carmilla requests public records at the police station, but they tell her it will take two business days.
I Love You Phillip Morris
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
, 1h33
Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Évasion, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Leslie Mann, Brennan Brown, Michael Showers
Rating65% 3.298723.298723.298723.298723.29872
Steven Jay Russell (Jim Carrey) is on his deathbed, recalling the events of his life that led him to this point. He spent his early adult years in Virginia Beach as a police officer. He plays the organ at church, has unenthusiastic sex with his wife, Debbie (Leslie Mann), and spends his off hours searching for his biological mother, who placed him for adoption as a child. Steven locates his biological mother, but she rejects him.
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005)
, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Rape and revenge films, Erotic thriller films, Auto-justice, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sarah Laine, Sandra McCoy, Brad Johnson, Dina Meyer, Claire Coffee, Linden Ashby
Rating45% 2.2583452.2583452.2583452.2583452.258345
Set, like the previous films, in the fictional port town of Blue Bay, Marie Clifton (Laine) is set to inherit two beautiful diamonds, called the "mother and daughter". Marie's step-father, Jay Clifton (Johnson), challenges the will claiming that he believes Marie is not ready for the responsibility, but actually wishing to claim the diamonds for himself. At a sexual education seminar, physician Chad and probation officer Kristen Richards (Meyer) discuss sex crimes. Richards reveals that she was a victim of an anonymous rapist many years before.
No Way Out
No Way Out (1987)
, 1h54
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, United States Armed Forces in films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Sean Young, Howard Duff, David Paymer
Rating70% 3.5484753.5484753.5484753.5484753.548475
At an inaugural ball, US Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell meets a woman, Susan Atwell, and they begin an affair, although she is involved with another man. Later, Farrell begins to work at the Pentagon for the US Secretary of Defense, David Brice.
Kanthaswamy
Kanthaswamy (2009)
, 3h10
Directed by Susi Ganeshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Superhero films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Vikram, Shriya Saran, Ilavarasu, Prabhu, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi
Rating51% 2.5528652.5528652.5528652.5528652.552865
The film's plot revolves around Kanthaswamy (Vikram), who is an Income Tax officer in the CBI, and his friends, granting the wishes of the needy who write letters to a local Lord Muruga temple by disguising himself as an anthropomorphic rooster. During a CBI income tax raid, he discovers a stash of black money owned by Ponnusamy (Ashish Vidyarthi), a rich and corrupted entrepreneur. Ponnusamy pretends to be paralysed to escape the questioning. Angered by the news that her father is paralysed, Ponnusamy's daughter, Subbulakshmi (Shriya Saran) goes after Kanthaswamy to seek revenge by pretending to be in love with him. Kanthaswamy, knowing Subbulakshmi's real intentions plays along in the game. This forms a cat and mouse chase between the two. In a comical role, Thengakadai Thenappan (Vadivelu) is also sought after by a local police inspector who tries to solve the mystery of "Lord Muruga saving the people". The fate of Kanthaswamy's disguise leads into the climax of the story. The local police inspector was able to bring out the truth that a CBI is involved in the role behind the secret work of helping the needy people although he was not able to confirm it. Kanthaswamy finds the password of Subbulakshmi's family bank account, in which the black money is illegally saved. He tricks Subbulakshmi into revealing the password and answers for the security questions indirectly. Kanthaswamy finally transfers the money to his account which would be used for helping the poor and needy people. Ironically, in the end, Subbulakshmi's father was paralysed at the end knowing that the password which was used by him to access his black money was changed. After that Subbulakshmi and Kanthaswamy were married and were living in northern India. Kanthaswamy saw some letters tied to a tree, just like the ones at the Lord Muruga temple. He reads one and puts it into his pocket with a secret smile, which meant he will pursue being the anthropomorphic rooster again.
B. Monkey
B. Monkey (1999)
, 1h32
Directed by Michael Radford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Julie T. Wallace, Ian Hart
Rating59% 2.9504552.9504552.9504552.9504552.950455
Alan (Jared Harris) is a schoolteacher in London who also moonlights as a jazz disc jockey for a hospital PA system. One night after work, he goes to a bar and sees Beatrice (Asia Argento), a beautiful woman who is arguing with two men. Alan is immediately captivated by Beatrice and begins to pursue her. What Alan doesn't know is that Beatrice is an infamous thief known to the police as "B. Monkey" (named for her ability to break into anything), and the men she was arguing with were Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a homosexual couple who are her partners in crime. When Alan becomes aware of Beatrice's secret, he tries to lead her into a safer and more honest way of life, even as she lures him into the thrilling existence he's been dreaming of.