Cruising Movie Trailer

This is the trailer from the movie "Cruising" (1980) starring Al Pacino and Karen Allen.

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• Pacino
• Allen
• Friedkin
• Cruising

[Tenebre81]

Setting the record straight here (pun intended). I am a 26 year old homosexual. I've done my research. Like it or not, this movie does NOT degrade the homosexual community in any way. The sad truth is, THIS IS WHAT NEW YORK WAS LIKE BACK THEN. Any homosexual who has a problem with this film: Sink back into your bubble-dome life where ignorance is bliss. It's no masterpiece, but it's no piece of crap either. It's a time piece with some decent performances. Plain and simple.

[rickw1100]

The reason that this film DOES degrade the Gay community and why it sparked protests and was universally panned by all critics as well as Civil Rights groups was not that it showed S &M clubs- they did and still do exist-. It was because they created the impression that ALL Gays did this wacky shit- and that is a lie. Men who seek out fast. non committed sex do exist in the Gay community- they also exist in a much larger group in the Straight community. Most men, Straight or Gay, settle down.

[jasonpeng1]

The directors commentary with Billy fried kin really gives ah good detail on how difficult it was to make this film.

[hordetrooper]

funny how so many ignorant people post so much disgust for this movie or gay life when there was the sexual revolution for straight porn in the 70's when anything goes with that circle

[thetruegladiator]

I stopped watching this sick disgusting movie as soon as two men started kissing at the beginning of the movie!

[witchman67]

for a good look at the politics of this film, and the time from when it was made, read "The Celluloid Closet," by Vito Russo.

[launwatch]

Someone PLEASE post this movie on YT. Yes it'll be flagged maybe BUT for that little while we get to see it . . .

[ufuckfacesonofabitch]

@rickw1100 I will, I see someone has posted it on YT.

[rickw1100]

@ufuckfacesonofabitch - No argument , you have a right to stand by your opinion. But you owe it to yourself to see the film "The Celluloid Closet"- it traces the images of gay and lesbian people historically in film, from it's inception to present times. Its' a great piece that I believe you would find interesting if you are a fan of "Cruising" or any other gay-themed film. See it if you can.

[ufuckfacesonofabitch]

@rickw1100 Well, that's your opinion. I still stand by mine!

[rickw1100]

@Tenebre81 Well, how impressive. You've "done your research" huh? I suggest you go back and research a little more if you think that ALL gay guys were into this wacky shit , in New York "BACK THEN", or anywhere else. And if YOU are a "homosexual" who has a problem with THAT - sink back into that bubble dome that is your head and consider what you're praising. This film was a deliberate hate piece that thankfully sank faster than a turd in a flushed toilet.

[rickw1100]

@ufuckfacesonofabitch Not so. Friedkin makes NO distinction between gays involved in S&M behaviors and all others. If one examines everything from the filthy,insidious dialogue from beginning to end as well as the subliminal split second shots of men engaged in sexual relations inter-cut with the brutal stabbing in the first murder, this film was an invitation to hate and kill gay men. There is not one gay character who isn't a predator or pathetic victim. Back in '80, this film cost lives.