Daddy (2015 comedy-drama film)

Daddy is an American comedy-drama film, released in 2015.[1] The directorial debut of Gerald McCullouch, the film is based on the play by Dan Via.

Daddy
Directed byGerald McCullouch
Written byDan Via
Starring
Release date
  • August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30) (MWFF)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film stars McCullouch and Via as Colin McCormack and Stewart Wisniewski, two gay men in their late 40s. Longtime friends whose relationship has taken on many of the emotional undercurrents and routines of a non-sexual marriage,[2] their bond is tested when Colin begins dating a younger man (Jaime Cepero).

The film's cast also includes Brooke Anne Smith, Jay Jackson, Tamlyn Tomita, Scott Henry, John Rubinstein, Mackenzie Astin, Richard Riehle and Leslie Easterbrook.

Background

McCullouch and Via starred in the original stage production of Daddy, which was staged in New York City[3] and Los Angeles[4] in 2010. The film adaptation was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign in 2013.[5]

According to Via, the play and film were inspired by the "daddy" phenomenon in the gay dating scene, as well as a desire to explore the effects of the contemporary normalization of same-sex marriage on older gay men who had been raised to believe that marriage and family were not available to them, and who thus built their own alternative models of family and social connection.[6]

See also
  • List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films of 2015

References
  1. "Coming to Theaters: New Animated ‘Jungle Book’ Film, Gay Offerings of Sundance" Archived 2016-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Frontiers, January 22, 2015.
  2. "Review: ‘Daddy’". Variety, January 10, 2011.
  3. "BWW Reviews: DADDY: Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me". Broadway World, February 5, 2010.
  4. "Gerald McCullouch Stars In DADDY At Hudson Mainstage". Broadway World, December 2, 2010.
  5. "Ooohhh... Daddy!". HIM Magazine, December 1, 2013.
  6. "Dan Via Wrote and Stars in Daddy, But It’s Not A Manifesto". Brooklyn the Borough, February 3, 2010.


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