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Coming Out
50%
Movie
1h 9m
AI Analysis
Coming Out (1979) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Coming Out (1979) — a movie tagged as Drama, Comedy, and TV Movie with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay m… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~69 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Coming Out 50% (5 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1979-04-10
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- TMDB rating
- 5.0
- TMDB ID
- 597409
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What is Coming Out about?
Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Coming Out?
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How long is the movie Coming Out?
The official runtime for Coming Out is approximately 69 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Anton Rodgers
Lewis Duncan/Zippy Grimes
Nigel Havers
Richie
Hywel Bennett
Harry Essendorf
Michael Byrne
Gunnar Wedelman
Richard Pearson
Gerald Fox
Helen Cherry
Mrs Cooper
Lynda La Plante
Cecilia Plasche (as Lynda Marchal)
- R
Roy Evans
Charlie Rose
- B
Ben Ellison
Polo
- A
Anthony Felton
Brian
Davyd Harries
Brian's Father
- M
Melanie Gibson
Judy
John Normington
Letter Writer
- C
Charlie Stewart
Barman
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