Starcrossed (2005 film)

Starcrossed is a 2005 independent short film written and directed by James Burkhammer and produced by POWER UP. It tells the story of Darren and Connor, two teenage brothers who find that their affection for each other is growing beyond the fraternal.

Starcrossed
Theatrical poster
Directed byJames Burkhammer
Produced byStacy Codikow (executive producer)
Debra Schneider (associate producer)
Andrea Sperling
Chris Stinson
Lisa Thrasher
Written byJames Burkhammer
StarringMarshall Allman
J. B. Ghuman, Jr.
John Wesley Shipp
Darcy DeMoss
Music byRadio Sloan
CinematographyKelly Evans
Edited byPhyllis Housen
Joan Sobel
Production
company
Distributed byPOWER UP
Release date
2005
Running time
15 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Darren and Connor are two brothers who, as teenagers, realize that they have deep, strong intimate feelings for each other and not just those of brothers. They enter into a close romantic relationship. While happy together, they fear what would happen if their gay relationship were ever discovered. Their fears are realized when their mother walks in on them sleeping naked together. When Connor overhears their father say that they will never be able to see each other again, the distraught brothers steal a family car and flee to a motel. Deciding that a world that can't understand them is a world in which they do not wish to live, and with a police officer discovering the car, the boys commit suicide by handcuffing themselves to each other through the bottom rung of a ladder in the motel swimming pool.

Cast

  • Marshall Allman - Connor
  • J. B. Ghuman, Jr. - Darren
  • John Wesley Shipp - Lane, the Father
  • Simon Ragaine - Young Darren
  • Derek Sean Lara - Young Connor
  • Darcy DeMoss - Mother
  • Gina Rodgers - Amanda
  • Torrey DeVitto - Maura
  • Victor Bevine - Football Coach
  • Colette Divine - Hotel Clerk
  • Steven Guy - Cop
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