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A Single Man

Summary: An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

Release Date: February 05, 2010

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Tom Ford

Writers: Christopher Isherwood

, David Scearce

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fade to Black Productions, Depth of Field, Artina Films

Distributor: The Weinstein Company, IM Global, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,176,000

International: $ 15,788,890

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1940s 21 year old accident aging angel animal death anti semitism architect aspirin bad news bandage bank bank teller bank vault bar bare butt bare chested male bartender based on novel bathroom beach beer bereavement black and white scene blood book borrowing a cigarette boy brassiere bread briefcase briefs broken bottle broken heart broken watch brother sister relationship bullet burning a document burning a letter bus california camera shot of feet car car accident car radio cardiac arrest chest pains cigarette cigarette lighter cigarette smoking classroom close up of eye close up of mouth closeted homosexual college college campus college professor collision color communist threat contemplating suicide cousin cousin relationship crying cuban missile crisis cut dancer dancing daydream dead animal dead body death death of loved one death of partner denver colorado depression desk digging dinner diving dog dog urination downpour dream dressing drinking from a bottle drowning drug use drunkenness envelope epiphany ex husband ex wife relationship eye liner eye makeup eyebrow eyeglasses faculty lounge falling in love fantasy sequence father daughter relationship father son relationship fear finger gun fireplace flashback flower foreboding friend friendship gay gay kiss gay love gay relationship gender in title gift gigolo gin gin and tonic girl glass house grief gun gun in mouth gun kept in desk gun shop head injury head wound homophobia homosexual homosexuality housekeeper husband wife relationship ink ink stain insurance policy invisibility isolation jew kiss kiss of death kissing an animal kneeling knocking on a car window laughter lecture lecture hall letting go of the past lighting a cigarette lighting cigarette for woman liquor store listening to a radio listening to music london england loneliness long term relationship looking at oneself in a mirror los angeles california lying on the floor madrid spain magnifying mirror maid male full back nudity male hustler male male kiss male nudity male prostitute male pubic hair male rear nudity man sits on a toilet man undresses man wears eyeglasses memory mescalinity metal detector midlife crisis mirror money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship motorcycle mourning narrated by character neighbor neighbor relationship next door neighbor nightmare nude photograph nudity obsession ocean office older man younger man relationship overhead camera shot overturned car owl packing pain pants around ankles parking lot party passing out pay phone pencil sharpener persecution photograph pill pillow pistol planning suicide politics practicing a suicide professor pubic hair public nudity radio news rain reading reading while sitting on a toilet record player recording recurring dream red moon redemption reference to aldous huxley reference to bayer aspirin reference to breakfast at tiffany's the novel reference to charlton heston reference to elvis presley reference to james dean reference to janet leigh reference to kafka's metamorphosis reference to stanford university refrigerator rifle safe deposit box sailor santa monica california santa monica canyon california savior scene during opening credits scorpion scotch whiskey secretary shaving shaving off an eyebrow shower shower curtain sitting on a toilet skinny dipping sleeping bag sleeping on a couch slow motion scene snow straight actor gay character subtitled scene suicide suicide note swimming swimming underwater tanqueray and tonic teacher student relationship telephone booth telephone call tennis tennis player timeframe 1940s towel transformation twenty something twist the dance underwater scene underwear undressing unrequited love urinating on someone urination vito russo test passed voice over narration watching tv waving goodbye year 1962

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