An engaging slice of life drama that happens to double as a gay coming-of-age story, Beautiful Thing captures its place and time with deceptive depth and skill.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Hettie MacDonald -
Producer -
Tony Garnett , Bill Shapter -
Screenwriter -
Jonathan Harvey -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures Classics -
Production Co -
Channel Four Films , World Productions -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 9, 1996, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 25, 2020 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$1.5M -
Runtime -
1h 29m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby , Surround
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