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Layke Anderson (Actor), Stephen Fry (Actor) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Layke Anderson, Stephen Fry, Udo Kier, Steven Webb, Joanna Scanlan
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Peccadillo Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Aug. 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00545L6W2
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 52,613 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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It is 1984. Frank (Layke Anderson) is a determined teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the House of Boys, a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame (Udo Kier) who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates. The first intimations of what is described as 'the gay cancer', casts a long shadow over Frank s tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor (Stephen Fry), will carry him through. House of Boys is a glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that lifts the lid on an exciting world of sex and music, where deep passions suddenly turn into a struggle for courage.

Featuring music from

  • Spandau Ballet
  • Soft Cell
  • Dangerous Muse
  • Jimmy Somerville
  • Roy Orbison
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5.0 out of 5 starsSexy, touching, sad
By Amazon Customer on 10 Oct. 2011
Format: DVD
The film covers the full range. It has the coming out story; it has the over-sexed drugged up tear-away; it has the tender love story; it has the abused child story; it has the heartless old queen manipulating young boys; and it has a heart-wrenching story of AIDS. The story is beautifully written and the acting is superb. The participation the iconic star Stephen Fry only strengthens the fact that this is not just a film, but it is something which is there to make you think. Music by Spandau Ballet, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Sommerville and others is beautifully integrated into the story. This is a must see.
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4.0 out of 5 stars"A Fairy Tale"
By Tommy Dooley TOP 100 REVIEWER on 9 April 2012
Format: DVD
Set in the heady days of the eighties, before the onset of AIDS, this is a tale about Frank (Layke Anderson) who runs away from home with two of his friends; they head off to Amsterdam where he is abandoned by them. He then stumbles on `The House of Boys', who are looking for dancers, so he applies. Madame gives him a job behind the bar instead as he has to work his way up and tells him he can room with top dancer Jake (Benn Northover). Benn has a girlfriend and is allegedly straight, but this does not stop young Frank from falling for him.

Jake also has a troubled past and we are allowed glimpses of that in flashback; he also does `private' work for his clients at the club. During one such session Jake collapses and has to be taken to hospital where it is discovered that he has a problem with his blood.

This is a film about love; it uses the setting of this cabaret, backroom club as the vehicle. It also tries to chart the screaming lack of concern and research that happened in the early days of the AIDS virus. It is even referred to as `the gay cancer' by one doctor. Stephen Fry puts in an appearance as the caring doc too.

This is not a sex fest although there is a smattering of bedroom and risqué dance routines, but for any seasoned clubber there is nothing here to make you spill your cocktail. It is also nice to see that groin grabbing whilst dancing was not invented by the hippity hoppity brigade as there is plenty of that going on here. The music is quite authentic, with Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet and a few other tunes from the era.

Most of the acting is creditable but some bit players that are more drama queen than award nomination material, which can be awkward at times.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsleft with a host of emotions
By David on 12 Feb. 2012
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
I didn't know what to expect with this movie. We haven't had any viewings of this in the states that I am aware of. WOW. It took me back to the late 80's early 90's. I hope we never forget! Silence still equals Death. Bravo to everyone involved in this movie. We are so much more than AIDS stories. The history before we became sick. The abuse some of us experienced that played apart in the decisions we made. You captured that. The tears are still flowing. I hope this film gets a USA showing.
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4.0 out of 5 starsmoving love story
By cartoon on 7 Aug. 2011
Format: DVD
Despite the title and cover this is more a love story than just another titilating coming of age story about the usual sex and drugs . Yes there are glamourous parts to this , homage to Cabaret, to Fame , to those Disney cartoon Snow White birds , but it is the discovery of " gay cancer" that is the real plot . Great music and top performances from Fry and Kier . I found some of the boys acting a little wooden at times and some of their accents annoying so thats why I didnt give 5 stars .
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4.0 out of 5 starsworth seeing
By schumann_bg TOP 50 REVIEWER on 14 May 2014
Format: DVD
House of Boys starts out a bit like Velvet Goldmine, with the viewer thrown in to what seems a fast-moving narrative. You don't quite know where you are, with a move from Luxembourg to Amsterdam, bullying, family relations and a flashback in another boy's life all elided in what looks like a five-minute short, to Jimmy Somerville on the soundtrack and an attractive, carefully designed credit sequence. It then settles into a portrayal of life at the House of Boys, set to almost continuous music of the eighties, which works very well. The stage shows at the club are well done, partly because they are not too slick, and the musical numbers stand up well to repeated viewings, with some sexy gyrations on show. Udo Kier is the club Madam, and the other main actors all have a certain something. The lead, playing Frank, can do the floor show and the emotional scenes he is called upon to act in the latter stages. He is outstanding in these, but I did find it a bit gruelling. Having been quite entertaining it suddenly becomes an Aids drama with the death of the boyfriend Jake shown in realistic stages. It strikes me that this jars with the first hour and a quarter. That could be seen as the whole point of course - that its horrific appearance in people's lives was like this. But there are other films that deal with dying rather better, probably by being set up differently in the first place. I think here it might have been better to have kept that section a bit shorter so the film could have been less grim to sit through, having started out so frothily (even though Jake has a history of abuse as well which makes him a complex character in the present).Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood film.

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5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it!

Watched House Of Boys a few months ago on Netflix. Didn't really think I would like it but gave it a chance and wow, loved it. Read more

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Published on 7 Sept. 2013 by Jeff
4.0 out of 5 starsworth a view

I didn't know what to expect with this movie. We haven't had any viewings of this in the states that I am aware of. It took me back to the late 80's early 90's. Read more

Published on 31 Aug. 2013 by L. Hammond
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