A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 18 nominations total
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- TriviaMatt Dillon's outing of his teacher in his acceptance speech is based upon Tom Hanks' real-life acceptance speech at The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) for his Oscar for Philadelphia (1993), in which he thanked a gay teacher.
- GoofsThe timing referred to in the film is way off. The celebration dinner before the wedding is held in the daytime before the Oscars. At the dinner, Howard states that he is getting married on Sunday, in three days. The Oscars are never held on Thursday, they have been held either Sunday or Monday. Meanwhile, this is a short time before high school graduation, which is in late May or early June. The Oscars are now being held in January or February.
- Quotes
Glenn Close: [presenting at the Academy Awards] This is Cameron's first nomination, and he's in extremely good company. Tonight he joins fellow Best Actor nominees Paul Newman for Coot, Clint Eastwood for Codger, Michael Douglas for Primary Urges...
[blows him a kiss]
Glenn Close: ... and Steven Seagal for Snowball in Hell.
- Crazy creditsDuring the end credits, the cast is dancing to "Macho Man" and goofing off at Berniece and Frank's wedding reception.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Fire Down Below/In and Out/Julian Po/Bang (1997)
- SoundtracksEverything's Coming Up Roses
Written by Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne
Performed by Ethel Merman
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
One of Kevin Kline's Best Performances in a Great Comedy...
Kevin Kline offers a brilliant comic turn in the 1997 comedy IN & OUT. Kline plays Howard Brackett, a small town history teacher who excitedly sits down to watch the Academy Awards this year because one of his former students (Matt Dillon) is a nominee. He is nominated for his performance in a film where he plays a gay soldier and when he wins, he thanks Howard in his speech for inspiring him because Howard is gay. Now this floors Howard because he as no clue why thus guy would say this on international television. Howard is even engaged to be married (to Joan Cusack, in an Oscar-nominated performance)so he has no idea where Dillon;s Cameron Drake got the idea that he is gay and finds he has to defend himself to everyone at school but is shocked that no one seemed terribly shocked by what Cameron said on the Oscars. Howard has a birthday party where he is given birthday presents like the soundtrack to YENTL and ends up explaining to his guests why Barbra Streisand had to make FUNNY LADY. His parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds) are shocked but promise to support their son, even if he is gay. He also gets a visit from an out of town reporter (Tom Selleck) who wants to do an article about him because he's gay too. The moment when Selleck plants a big kiss right on Kline's lips is a classic. But all of these little things have Howard actually questioning his sexuality and wondering if he really is gay...much to the aggravation and frustration of his fiancée, Cusack, who is beyond confused. The scene where she leaves a bar in her wedding gown and stands in the middle of street screaming about the lack of single straight men in the world is a classic. But what I like about this movie is the way Kline fully invests in the role and was not afraid to look foolish or look gay. There is a fabulous scene, probably the most famous from the film, where he buys a record, on how to be macho, and the guy on the record is talking about how real men don't dance and a disco tune comes on (I WILL SURVIVE if memory serves)and the narrator on the record says no matter what you do, don't dance, but Howard can't help himself and he ends up shaking his groove thing all over the room. It's hysterically funny and Kline plays it with sincerity and gusto. The film is not pro or anti gay...it's just a deft and amusing character study about a man trying to figure out exactly who he is. Wonderful film.
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- Also known as
- ¿Es o no es?
- Filming locations
- Sparta, New Jersey, USA(exterior bar scenes)
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- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,856,929
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,019,821
- Sep 21, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $63,856,929
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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