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Squeeze

1980·Directed by Richard Turner

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Released
October 12, 1980
Runtime
1h 19m

About Squeeze

  • Drama

Synopsis

Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the "conspiracy of silence" about homosexuality. A pioneering early portrait of Auckland's LGBT scene, Squeeze centres on the relationship between a young man (Paul Eady) and the confident executive (Robert Shannon) who romances him, then mentions he has a fiancée. The film was discussed in Parliament after Patricia Bartlett campaigned against the possibility it might get NZ Film Commission funding (it didn't). Kevin Thomas in The LA Times praised Squeeze's integrity and the "steadfast compassion with which it views its hero".

Director
  • RTRichard Turner
Writer
  • RTRichard Turner

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Donna Akersten
  • PEPaul Eady
  • DFDon Farr
  • Faye Flegg
  • PHPeter Heperi
  • DHDavid Herkt
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