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	Mudge Boy

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THE MUDGE BOY
(available from the 9th May 2006)

SYNOPSIS

A boy, his chicken, and a burning gay crush drive this eloquently shot, intelligently written
and sublimely acted rural American drama, which takes its cues from traditional gay teen
coming-of-age films but reroutes them into something completely fresh.

REVIEW
Gentle, awkward adolescent Duncan Mudge (Emile Hirsch), mourning the sudden loss of his
mother--his closest friend--is left alone on their farm with a well-meaning but old-school
values father (Richard Jenkins). Rarely without his beloved pet chicken in tow, Duncan is
regarded as a social outcast by the local youths until circumstances lead to a first
friendship with an older teen, Perry (Thomas Guiry), who endures a similarly tortured
domestic situation. As they bond, however, Duncan’s attraction for the virulently--at least
outwardly so--heterosexual Perry emerges, setting off a firestorm of painful and life-
changing events.

The Mudge Boy was expanded from Burke’s 1999 short, Fishbelly White, on the Boys Life 5
collection. While retaining its precursor's jaw-dropping climax, Burke astutely fleshes out
many aspects, especially the father-son relationship, into something truly honest and free
from cliché - not an easy accomplishment in this “coming out” genre. Ultimately, The Mudge
Boy is an assured, uncompromising tale of rural gay youth.

Lawrence Ferber