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Torch Song Trilogy

1988

120 minutes (2 hrs 00 mins)

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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Paul Bogart

Starring

Anne Bancroft · Matthew Broderick · Harvey Fierstein · Brian Kerwin · Karen Young · Eddie Castrodad

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 14th December 1988

United States release: 14th December 1988

Canada release: 10th February 1989

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 19th May '89
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 4
Debut gross: £162.7 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

Box Office debut: 16th Dec '88
Debut position: 15
Highest position: 15
Debut gross: $70 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

19 May, 1989
4

26 May, 1989
10

2 Jun, 1989
12

9 Jun, 1989
13

US box office

16 Dec, 1988
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

13+

K-14

Tous publics

Not Rated

M/16

Unrated

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£295.1 Thousand

US total gross
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$70 Thousand

Global total gross
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News from around the web

How we made ... Harvey Fierstein and Antony Sher on Torch Song Trilogy The Guardian Mon, 28th May 2012

Torch Song Trilogy movie review Roger Ebert Mon, 30th October 2017

Torch Song Trilogy Review | Movie empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

Torch Song Trilogy Mountain Xpress Tue, 17th March 2015

Review/Film; A Bittersweet View of the Gay Life (Published 1988) The New York Times Wed, 14th December 1988

Gay And Jewish Themes Converge Once Again In ‘Torch Song’ The Forward Fri, 20th October 2017