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It's My Party

1996 · 110 min

A heartfelt, bittersweet gathering that balances warmth and sorrow as friends confront mortality and love.

Directed by
Randal Kleiser
Genres
Drama
Tagline
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Overview
Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon, a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.

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Directed by
Randal Kleiser
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • friendship
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Randal Kleiser
Written by
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Starring
Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Lee Grant, Bruce Davison, Olivia Newton-John, Devon Gummersall, Marlee Matlin, Margaret Cho
Music
Basil Poledouris
Cinematography
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Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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