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2002 American film
Happy Birthday
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Directed by
| Yen Tan
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Written by
| Yen Tan
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Produced by
| Mark Buchanan
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Cinematography
| Jack Burroughs
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Edited by
| Jay Wesson
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Music by
| Steve Whitehouse
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Release date
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Running time
| 94 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Languages
| English (main), Urdu, Taiwanese, Spanish
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Happy Birthday
is a 2003 American film directed by
Yen Tan
and starring Benjamin Patrick, Michelle E. Michael and John Frazier. It is Tan's debut long feature film.
Synopsis
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The film recounts two days in the lives of five very different characters all born on June 12, that are faced with problems as their birthday approaches: Jim (Benjamin Patrick), a gay, overweight telemarketer working for a weight loss program is facing self-esteem problems; Ron (John Frazier), a church minister, preaches about conversion but himself is addicted to watching gay porn; Javed (Devashish Saxena), a Pakistani who lives in the
U.S.
with a gay porn actor, is faced by the double dilemma of being condemned by his
Muslim
family and is in imminent danger of being deported from the States; Kelly (Michelle E. Michael), a lesbian executive, weathers a breakup with her lover and considers an earlier affair; and Tracy (Ethel Lung), a young Asian lesbian, goes back in the closet when her mother renders a visit.
Cast
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- Benjamin Patrick as Jim
- Michelle E. Michael as Kelly
- John Frazier as Ron
- Devashish Saxena as Javed
- Ethel Lung as Tracy
- Denton Blane Everett as Greg
- Xiao Fei Zhao as Mom
- Lynn Chambers as Julie
- Derik Webb as Troy
- Chip Gilliam as Brian
- Natalie Thrash as Tricia
- Debbie Rey as Sophia
- Ryan Harper as Ricky
- James M. Johnston as Porn director
- David Lowery
as Videographer
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