Get Real
“Boy meets boy. Boy likes boy. Boy, oh, boy.”
Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.
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Cast
19 people
Ben Silverstone
Steven Carter
Known for
Lolita
The Browning Version
Brad Gorton
John Dixon
Also in
Starhyke
London's Burning
Charlotte Brittain
Linda
Also in
Secret Society
A Christmas Carol
Stacy Hart
Jessica
Also in
The Beach
Grafters
Kate McEnery
Wendy
Also in
Ballykissangel
Bellman and True
Patrick Nielsen
Mark Watkins
Tim Harris
Kevin Grainger
Also in
Large
Elephant Juice
James D. White
Dave
Also in
Spindrift
In the Bleak Midwinter
James Perkins
Young Steve
Nicholas Hunter
Young Mark
Also in
Windmills of the Gods
Upstairs, Downstairs
Jacquetta May
Steven's Mother
Known for
I'm Alan Partridge
David Lumsden
Steven's Father
Known for
Britannic
Simon Shore Director · Patrick Wilde Writer Alan Almond Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $1.2M · United States release April 30, 1999
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Graphite Film Production (GB)
Production
Paramount Classics
Studio
Distant Horizon
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 16, 1998
Limited theatrical · Edinburgh International Film Festival
United States · April 30, 1999
Theatrical
Argentina
November 21, 2002 · Theatrical
Australia
February 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 26, 2000 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 1998 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 5, 1999 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
June 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Germany
June 4, 1999 · Premiere · Emden Film Festival
October 14, 1999 · Theatrical
Greece
November 13, 1998 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
September 20, 1999 · Premiere · British Film Week
Iceland
April 25, 2000 · Physical
Ireland
June 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
April 18, 1999 · Premiere · Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
June 30, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
October 6, 2001 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 20, 2001 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 14, 1999 · Theatrical
August 8, 2010 · TV · Nederland 3
New Zealand
July 14, 1999 · Premiere · Auckland Film Festival
July 13, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 19, 2000 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 14, 1999 · Theatrical
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