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Status
Released
Release
1998
Runtime
48m
"Two gay teenage boys meet at a high school in the 1960s."
One of Them! was one of two dramas (alongside Niki Caro movie Memory and Desire) inspired by short stories collected in Peter Wells' 1991 book Dangerous Desires. It was made for TV One as a Montana Sunday drama. Set in Auckland, 1965, One of Them! follows Lemmy and Jamie, two teenage boys coming to terms with their sexuality. In the dark days before gay liberation, bullying and intimidation was rife, and while the boys flaunt their sissyness, their internalized homophobia wreaks havoc on their emotional lives — until they can admit to being "one of them".
15 Cast Members
Ciaran Pennington
Jamie
Cameron J. Watt
Lemmy
Stephen Papps
Frenchie Friggs
Ray Woolf
Mr. Stephenson
Alannah O'Sullivan
Mrs. Stephenson
Collette Pennington
Mrs. Caughey
Maggie Tarver
Mrs. Clairol
Celia Nicholson
Tobaccionist
Nigel Godfrey
Tramping Dad
Elizabeth Cassidy
Tramping Mum
Jeena Steel
Tramping Girl
Mark Tronson
Tramping Boy
Stephen Ure
Drunk
Luke Weston
Archie Bumstead
Dwayne Cameron
Rusty