Outfest Sunday: “Spork” at the Ford while “Role/Play,” “Boys Shorts” and “BearCity” get encores!

Tomorrow is closing day of Outfest 2010. I’m looking forward to seeing Spork at the Ford Ampitheatre (Chad Allen pictured with cast and crew is a producer and has a supporting role) then wrapping things up at the Closing Night party at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood.

I’ll also be at the awards program before lunch and try and catch an early afternoon flick – most likely From Beginning to End at 2:30 at DGA 1. It was added to the schedule as a replacement for a Drop Dead Diva program that was dropped.

There is plenty else going on during the final day with encore showings of some of the more popular films.  At noon inside DGA 1 you can catch Boys Shorts which is well-worth seeing with such standout short films as GaySharkTank.com, Gayby, Billy and Aaron, and Curious Thing. Here is a LINK to my review of the collection.

At around the same time (12:15 p.m.) in DGA 2 is an encore showing of Girls Shorts and over at the Redcat at noon is a second encore presentation of the German drama Sasha.

At 2:30 p.m. at Redcat, you can catch the second showing of BearCity which I saw the other night and enjoyed immensely.

Directed by Doug Langway from his screenplay with Lawrence Ferber, thing of this flick as a very hairy Sex and the City.

The flick follows the funny, romantic, and occasionally dramatic adventures of a group of bears and cubs in New York City leading up to a big bear weekend. From the folks who brought you Another Gay Movie, Bear Cub, Raising Heroes, and the short film Birthday Time.

I did not expect this movie to be so damned funny but probably should have since Stephen Guarino of The Big Gay Sketch Show cast has a principal role.

At the Thursday night screening, I sat next to musician Michael Mirlas whose song Puppy Dog Eyes plays over one of the movie’s key scenes between leads Joe Conti who is fresh and appealing and cute as can be be and Gerald McCullouch who is the real sexpot in this flick. He reminded me of a combination of Harrison Ford and John Slattery and that is damned sexy!

At 5 p.m. in DGA 1 is the drama Role/Play which rests on the able shoulders of leading men Matthew Montgomery and Steve Callahan. (pictured at last weekend’s screening).

Both lead characters are high-profile guys (one a soap actor, the other a gay rights activist) who are guests at a gay resort in Palm Springs.

Both arrive with some serious baggage and secrets and it all comes out as the two get to know each other – mostly in bed!  Both are accomplished actors, are a real-life couple and they have all kinds of chemistry. They are also both very fit as you will see for yourself with a lot of nudity – all very tasteful!

As much as I enjoyed seeing these guys in the buff, I enjoyed their conversations even more like this fun exchange:

Callahan: “You have no sense of gay culture. Have you seen Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”

Matthew:   “It’s a TV movie about a little girl who fell down a well.”

In addition to the performances (David Pevsner plays the resort owner and Jim J. Bullock is fun as Callahan’s publicist), it’s an intelligent script that nails the worlds of daytime soaps and of gay activism.

The movie was shot on location in Palm Springs in just eight days. Explained writer-director Rob Williams at last weekend’s screening: “These guys were so good we didn’t need more time. It’s not something I would recommend but it can be done.”

Other Sunday screenings include:

Rosie O’Donnell’s HBO documentary A Family is a Family is a Family has been added to the schedule and will screen at 5 p.m. in DGA 2.

For complete listings and tickets, go to Outfest.org.