Product Details

• Actors: David Drake
• Directors: Tim Kirkman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tla
• VHS Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000066C90
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #499,921 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thousand Nights of Enjoyment..., July 4, 2002

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James Hiller (Beaverton, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (DVD)

...for this amazing artist piece of wonder, written and acted by the amazing star himself, David Drake.

I'd heard about this performance piece for years, but never had the pleasure of seeing it until it's recent release on DVD. Drake plays a multitude of gay characters through the show, from an innocent child, to lovestruck teenager, to a happy half of a couple in an long term relationship. The dexterity to which he switches roles at a moment's notice is startling and honest. He plays the range of characters, not only to make a statement, but to also include us in the piece as well. Drake is at his finest in this piece, and thankfully, forever captured on this DVD.

The piece itself builds from the development of a gay man around his birthdays, to the end, which paints a lovely, if not fantastical, vision of the future. Steeped in history, honoring those who have fallen before us in the great early-ignored plague of the 80's and 90's, introspective, we see roots, and we see the wings of probably one of the most important times in our history. Such things shall not be forgotten. If anything good will come out of the turmoils we suffered and continue to suffer, it's quite possibly the wonderful quality of art that it has inspired us to produce. This DVD testifies to that.

A must have for any DVD collector, I highly recommend this artsy, gutsy, wonderful piece of writing and acting for your collection. You'll watch it again and again.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great theatre and a great DVD production., June 6, 2002

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Kevin Casey (Fishers, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (DVD)

As riviting on film as it was in the theatre. David Drake can, in the blink of an eye take you from a humorous moment deep into thought and retrospect. A great plus of this DVD are the two older endings that suscintly show how our lives have been changed since the beginning of this piece to the 1990's Off Broadway production and to this more current version.This piece was written as a message of hope and it certainly delivers. Thanks, David.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars witty, poignant and stunning, July 19, 2011

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (DVD)

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me is a tour de force for actor David Drake! David very successfully puts on a show to vividly bring to life many if not all aspects of gay life in this film which was recorded so that people who could not attend the off-Broadway show could still enjoy his superlative acting ability and genius. This film is also great for people who saw the show in the theater and want a copy of it for their own collections!

The overall plot consists of nine stories; and each story comes alive as Drake performs it--he is, at times, a very young child, a teenager just on the verge of discovering his real sexuality; a young man who eagerly goes with other men for the thrill of gay sex and romance; a man who is in a committed relationship with another man--and who is also one of the two fathers their children now have--and so much more including a poignant part of the show that deals with AIDS which stands in memory to the ones we have lost along the way.

I could tell you many more details about certain stories or even all of them, but then I'd be ruining it for you. Suffice it to say that David Drake really does a great job all the way through and I was very impressed by his energetic performance.

The DVD comes with a few extras including two alternate endings that were filmed before this presentation; I particularly liked these because they shed some light on the development of David's show.

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me is a must-have for anyone in the gay community; and people who enjoy dramas with a touch of comedy thrown in for a good effect will also want this.