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Director:

Jeffrey Dupre

Producer:

Jeffrey Dupre, Eliza Byard, Andrew Tobias

Release Date:

Jul 31, 1998

Runtime:

1hr 37m

Synopsis

Historically provocative documentary about a Salt Lake City girl's efforts to form a gay high school club, tied to the venerable tradition of homosexual repression in the United States.

Cast

  • Linda Hunt
  • Stephen Spinella
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Cherry Jones
  • Edward Norton
  • Leland Gantt

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  • Nov 15, 2022

    edward harrison norton III

    4 Likes
    Pilot 🧃
    Pilot 🧃
    Jun 11, 2023

    Raw but passionate doc. Most of the time I pretend I never lived in Salt Lake and this doc is a great example of why.

    2 Likes
    Israellawton
    Israellawton
    Dec 17, 2018

    "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past." A valuable documentary for its time putting queers throughout history, and their struggle for acceptance, front and center, and the message has only become more important over the…

    2 Likes
    SweeneyTom
    SweeneyTom
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    Mar 8, 2021

    good documentary on the history of the gay-straight alliance and the whole movement surrounding it

    1 Likes
    grace
    grace
    Mar 6, 2019

    Watched for my Sexuality and Society class

    1 Likes
    Nicholas Vernacchio
    Nicholas Vernacchio
    Jan 27, 2026

    Decent documentary. I was more interested when they talked about the gay straight alliance controversy rather than shoehorning in historical gay figures. Like that's cool and all but if I were in charge of this, I would have discussed the gay icons briefly during the first…

    0 Likes
    hopkinaj
    hopkinaj
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    May 4, 2024

    Okay

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    THE VVITCH
    THE VVITCH
    Oct 11, 1998

    Presented as part of the 1998 Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

    0 Likes
    Tampa Theatre
    Tampa Theatre
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Out of the Past (1998)?
The movie is 1hr 37min long.
What's Out of the Past (1998) about?
Historically provocative documentary about a Salt Lake City girl's efforts to form a gay high school club, tied to the venerable tradition of homosexual repression in the United States.
Who's the cast of Out of the Past (1998)?
  • Linda Hunt
  • Stephen Spinella as Michael Wigglesworth
  • Gwyneth Paltrow as Sarah Orne Jewett
  • Cherry Jones as Annie Adams Fields
  • Edward Norton as Henry Gerber
  • Leland Gantt as Bayard Rustin
Who's the director behind Out of the Past (1998)?
Jeffrey Dupre directed Out of the Past (1998).
Who produced Out of the Past (1998)?
Jeffrey Dupre, Eliza Byard and Andrew Tobias produced Out of the Past (1998).