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Coming Out

Coming Out

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 10, 1979

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

User Score

45%

Original Title

Coming Out

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Carol Wiseman

Description

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.