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Making the Boys

4.720111h 30mMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorCrayton Robey

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Cast · Directed by Crayton Robey

WFWilliam Friedkin
William Friedkin
Self
MC
Mart Crowley
Self
LKLarry Kramer
Larry Kramer
Self
EAEdward Albee
Edward Albee
Self
DDDominick Dunne
Dominick Dunne
Self
MC
Michael Cunningham
Self
CCCandis Cayne
Candis Cayne
Self
ACAndy Cohen
Andy Cohen
Self
CJCheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson
Self

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Making the Boys hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 29, 2011. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.