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''The Leather Boys'' is a 1964 British drama film about the rocker subculture in London featuring a gay motorcyclist. This film is notable as an early example of a film that violated the Hollywood production code, yet was still shown in the United States, as well as an important film in the genre of queer cinema.〔Raymond Murray, ''Images in the dark: an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video'', TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1-880707-01-2, p.414〕 An example of British kitchen sink realism, it was considered daring in 1964 as it touched upon homosexuality, however obliquely. Reviewers have noted that it contains naturalistic photography and〔(dOc DVD Review: The Leather Boys (1963) )〕 period locations〔(Movie Review – Leather Boys, The – eFilmCritic )〕 such as the Ace Cafe. The film is based on a novel commissioned by the London literary agent and publisher Anthony Blond,〔(The Leather Boys )〕 who suggested that Gillian Freeman write about a "Romeo and Romeo in the South London suburbs".〔(Review of The Leather Boys (Gillian Freeman) by Martin Foreman )〕〔Anthony Blond, ''Jew Made in England'', Timewell Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85725-200-4, p.173〕 == Novel to screenplay == The book was published in 1961 under the pseudonym Eliot George〔—an inversion of the pen-name of the famous 19th century female author, Mary Ann Evans, who published as George Eliot. Freeman is credited under her own name in the film as the author of the screenplay based on the novel of "Eliot George". The original novel is explicit about the sexual relationship between the two male characters, and about the odds that the hero's wife is pregnant by another man. It also portrays the gang to which they belong as a criminal network, and ends with a botched robbery committed by the two main characters. The film plot was changed considerably, presumably to make it more palatable to 1964 movie-goers. Only one of the main male characters is gay in the film (with the hero Reggie leaving Pete upon finding out his sexuality at the film's end)〔 and there is no criminal activity at all. Even the wife's infidelity is portrayed ambiguously. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Leather Boys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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