Themes: Social Climbing, Class Differences, Assumed Identities
Main Cast: Matthew Leitch, George Asprey, Lindsey Coulson, Diana Quick, Peter Youngblood Hills
Release Year: 2002
Country: UK
Run Time: 124 minutes
Plot
Set in 1978 England, AKA opens with 18-year-old Dean (Matthew Leitch) being kicked out of his working-class home by his abusive father. Shy but socially ambitious, Dean subsequently finds work with high society marm Lady Gryffon (Diana Quick), who introduces him to the privileged set. However, Dean does something to perturb the good lady, and is unceremoniously kicked out of her household. Loathe to part company with the perks of high society, he assumes the identity of Lady Gryffon's son, Alex, and relocates to Paris. There, he makes the acquaintance of Benjamin (Peter Youngblood Hills), a cute but drug-riddled American, and Benjamin's lover David (George Asprey), an older playboy who has the hots for Dean. What unfolds is a tale of deceit, class warfare, and the complexities of sexual identity. AKA was screened at the 2002 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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Credit
Dean Clegg - Art Director, Gary Davy - Casting, David Thomas - Costume Designer, Andrea Swales - Costume Designer, Digby Howard - Costume Designer, Donal McCusker - First Assistant Director, Duncan Roy - Director, Lawrence Catford - Editor, Jackie Ophire - Editor, John Cross - Editor, Duncan Roy - Executive Producer, Matt Rowe - Composer (Music Score), Philip Robinson - Production Designer, Scott Taylor - Cinematographer, Steve Smith - Cinematographer, Claire Vinson - Cinematographer, Ingrid Domeij - Cinematographer, Richard West - Producer, Becky Seagar - Sound/Sound Designer, Joe Taylor - Sound/Sound Designer, Aiden Black - Sound/Sound Designer, Duncan Roy - Screenwriter
AKA is a 2002drama film, the first by director and writerDuncan Roy. The film is set in the late 1970s in Britain and deals with the story of Dean, a 18-year old boy who assumes another identity in order to enter high society. Dean then meets David, an older gay man who desires him and Benjamin, a young Texanhustler. It is largely an autobiographical account of writer Duncan Roy's early life.
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