Beautiful Thing (film)

Beautiful Thing is a 1996 British film directed by Hettie MacDonald and released by ChannelFilms. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Harvey based on his own original play of the same name. Initially, the film was only intended for television broadcast but it was so wellreceived that it was released in cinemas. The atmosphere of the film is heavily influenced by a soundtrack consisting almost entirely of the work of Mama Cass Elliot.

Jamie Glen Berry, a teenager who is infatuated with his classmate, Ste, has to deal with his single mother Sandra Linda Henry, who is preoccupied with ambitious plans to run her own pub and with an everchanging string of lovers, the latest of whom is Tony Ben Daniels, a neohippie. Sandra finds herself at odds with Leah Tameka Empson, a sassy and rude neighbour who has been expelled from school, does several drugs, and constantly listens and sings along to her mothers Cass Elliot records. While Jamies homosexuality remains concealed, his introvert nature and dislike of football are reason enough for his classmates to bully him at every opportunity.Ste Scott Neal, who is living together with his drugdealing brother and abusive, alcoholic father in the flat next door, is one night beaten by his brother so badly that Sandra takes pity and lets him sleep over. In the absence of a third bed, Ste has to make do with sleeping toptotoe with Jamie. On the second night they share a bed after a massage and a minor conversation, the boys soon change sleeping arrangements and Jamie kisses Ste for the first time. ........

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