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- Uncle Frank is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Alan Ball. The film stars Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis. Set in the 1970s, Uncle Frank is a road movie about a gay man who confronts his past.
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Uncle Frank is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Alan Ball. The film stars Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis. Set in the 1970s, Uncle Frank is a road movie about a gay man who confronts his past. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020.
Nov 25, 2020 · Advertisement. Uncle Frank is gay and living in New York City. Having escaped his small-town existence, he’s been shacking up with Wally ( Peter Macdissi ), an immigrant from Saudi Arabia. It’s 1969, and the narrator of our story, Beth ( Sophia Lillis ), has found a kindred spirit in her fellow family outcast.
In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor.
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Aug 2, 2022 · No, ‘Uncle Frank’ is not based on a true story. Alan Ball played around with the idea for this film for years before the final script took shape. He claims that the film is not based on a true story. However, it strongly reflects certain aspects of his personal journey.
Nov 25, 2020 · In “Uncle Frank,” the writer-director Alan Ball (“True Blood”) combines several overworked genres — the coming-of-age picture, the road-trip odyssey, the angst-filled family-reunion ...
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Nov 25, 2020 · Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis star in writer-director Alan Ball's "Uncle Frank," a melodrama set in late 1960s/early 1970s about a closeted gay NYU professor and his South Carolina family....
Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. Uncle Frank. Jump to Edit. Summaries. In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover, Walid.
