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 | |
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| Directed by | James Burkhammer |
| Produced by | Stacy Codikow (executive producer) Debra Schneider (associate producer) Andrea Sperling Chris Stinson Lisa Thrasher |
| Written by | James Burkhammer |
| Starring | Marshall Allman J. B. Ghuman, Jr. John Wesley Shipp Darcy DeMoss |
| Music by | Radio Sloan |
| Cinematography | Kelly Evans |
| Edited by | Phyllis Housen Joan Sobel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | POWER UP |
Release date | 2005 |
Running time | 15 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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 as Connor
- J. B. Ghuman, Jr. as Darren
- John Wesley Shipp as Lane, the Father
- Simon Ragaine as Young Darren
- Derek Sean Lara as Young Connor
- Darcy DeMoss as Mother
- Gina Rodgers as Amanda
- Torrey DeVitto as Maura
- Victor Bevine as Football Coach
- Colette Divine as Hotel Clerk
- Steven Guy as Cop