When Boys Fly
6.8 /10 4 Votes
Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director Stewart HalpernLenid Rolov Release date 2002 Directors Stewart Halpern, Lenid Rolov Cast Jason Cavallo, Brandon Delcampo, Tone Desario, Todd Nash, Matthew Sloan Genres Documentary, LGBT, Drama, Romance Film, Biographical film Similar movies Circuit (2001) Similar Daddy and Papa , Circuit (film) , Chemsex (film) |
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When Boys Fly is a 2002 documentary film that explores the world of gay circuit parties.
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When Boys Fly played a number of gay and lesbian film festivals before being released on Region 1 DVD on November 26, 2002.

Synopsis

The film follows several attendees of the annual White Party in Miami, Florida. The major subjects are:
Pre-party
Brandon loses track of Tone, who's unconcerned as he seeks out his "circuit friends." Brandon meets Greg, his boyfriend Jeff, and some of his friends and they shop for party outfits. Greg and his group think Brandon is cool, but Brandon initially thinks Greg is a "typical shallow circuit type." As he gets to know them better he realizes that Greg (who was earning his PhD in Psychology at University of Michigan and planned to enter academia) is deeper than he first thought.
Jon and Todd tell of their traumatic experience with the illegal party drug GHB at a previous party. After taking a normal dose, both of them stopped breathing within 30 minutes and were hospitalized on respirators for several days.
At the party
Tone is staying sober and not having fun. He meets his friend Matt, who feeds him GHB, rationalizing that if he's the one dosing Tone then Matt can control and monitor his usage.
Jon catches Todd "fucking around" with another man and breaks up with him on the spot. Despite having observed Jon and Todd's bad reactions to GHB, Jason decides to take some. He ends up passed out and Jon and Todd take care of him.
Brandon stays true to his decision to stay off drugs. His fears of ostracism prove to be unfounded.
Post-party
Following their return home, Jon and Todd no longer speak. Several months after the party, Brandon has met a boyfriend and brought him home to meet his mother. Tone continued to party and do drugs until he suffered a mild stroke at age 22. Scott nursed him back to health. Tone entered a rehab center and as of the release date of the film remained clean and sober.
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