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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: GYMNAST, THE (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0754703762894
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: WOLFE VIDEO
Manufacturer: WOLFE VIDEO
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WOLFE VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 8806
Studio: WOLFE VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: April 11, 2006
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Product Description:
The staggeringly athletic bodies of the two lead s are a constant source of visual spectacle in The Gymnast. Fortunately the movie also has a solid story to offer: Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber Lovely and Amazing) has lost all pleasure in her life: Her gymnastics career collapsed twenty years earlier due to an injury her marriage has turned sour and her job as a massage therapist has become a rut. When she gets invited to put together an aerial act using long strips of cloth instead of trapezes Jane finds herself revitalized--and surprisingly drawn to her acrobatic partner Serena (dancer Addie Yungmee). The tentative romance between the two is sultry and thanks to their aerial routines visually captivating. The Gymnast occasionally stumbles with some obvious dialogue and unpolished acting moments but it's a strong coming-out story that gives texture and depth to its characters. The character's physical prowess ultimately becomes a metaphor for their emotional strength but the movie also serves as a celebration of female athleticism. Weber and Yungmee's bodies are assertively sexy expressing as much power as eroticism. It's easy to see why The Gymnast has won an abundance of awards at gay and lesbian film festivals.System Requirements:Run Time: 98 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UNRATED UPC: 754703762894 Manufacturer No: WOL4477D
Amazon.com:
The staggeringly athletic bodies of the two lead s are a constant source of visual spectacle in The Gymnast. Fortunately, the movie also has a solid story to offer: Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber, Lovely and Amazing) has lost all pleasure in her life: Her gymnastics career collapsed twenty years earlier due to an injury, her marriage has turned sour, and her job as a massage therapist has become a rut. When she gets invited to put together an aerial act using long strips of cloth instead of trapezes, Jane finds herself revitalized--and surprisingly drawn to her acrobatic partner, Serena (dancer Addie Yungmee). The tentative romance between the two is sultry and, thanks to their aerial routines, visually captivating. The Gymnast occasionally stumbles with some obvious dialogue and unpolished acting moments, but it's a strong coming-out story that gives texture and depth to its characters. The character's physical prowess ultimately becomes a metaphor for their emotional strength, but the movie also serves as a celebration of female athleticism. Weber and Yungmee's bodies are assertively sexy, expressing as much power as eroticism. It's easy to see why The Gymnast has won an abundance of awards at gay and lesbian film festivals. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Real life stuff
This was a good movie... it was realistic and more like real life. The end of the movie was a bit slow.
I liked this movie.
Rating:  - Tea: I believe I will indeed pass, thanks
I first saw this movie on a customer's 'Lists' for erotic movies. And I thought, never heard of it...which doesn't mean really anything.
So, when I saw it on tv, I figured I ought to check it out, being an erotic movie...supposedly.
I didn't get it. First, it took forever and a day (which is a really long time) for it to go anywhere, especially to the erotic part (which really isn't till 3/4 of the way through the movie). Secondly, or maybe firstly, the main character wasn't someone I liked, enjoyed, or was interested in, nor was the actress playing her. She wasn't 'hot', and not that she had to be certain body type/weight or look. She wasn't bringing the heat...or any kind of heat. Nor was the woman playing her 'partner'. All and all, a dud for me.
I thought parts of 'The Piano' were more erotic than this movie, and for sure 'The L Word' series.
Rating: - Another straight women's forray in and pull back
The picture on the cover would lead you to believe this is a lesbian love story. It's not. It's another tired straight women wants to but then she doesn't want to... Should be rated PG.
Rating:  - Awesome movie! I've already seen it 4 times.
A beautiful story about two women finding each other by making performance art in an unusual way.
More stories with a lesbian theme:
Driftwood
Artemesian Artist (Lavender Line) (Lavender Line)
Gaia's Guardian (Lavender Line) (Lavender Line)
Rating: - Great movie.
Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. A bit of intrigue, great story, sexual without the actual sex. Feel good movie.
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