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Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
''Henry Gamble's Birthday Party'' is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Stephen Cone. Plot Henry Gamble is a closeted teenager and active member of a church youth group. He and his friend Gabe masturbate together while discussing a girl who will be at his birthday party tomorrow before falling asleep. The next morning the boys join the rest of the Gamble family for breakfast, before Henry’s 17th birthday party begins. The party guests arrive and the film cuts between various storylines going on amongst them. Most of the party guests are members of the same church congregation, with the exception of some of Henry's school friends. One of the adult guests brings wine. Some of the adults are initially opposed to the wine, but by the end of the party most of them are either tipsy or drunk. Bob Gamble is the patriarch of the family and head preacher of their church. Kat Gamble is the matriarch and also plays an active role in the church leadership. Their marriage is straine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cone
Stephen Cone (born August 10, 1980) is an American filmmaker who has received early career retrospectives on the Criterion Channel, MUBI and at the Museum of the Moving Image, Berlin's Unknown Pleasures Festival and Manchester's Bigger Than Life. . Early life Cone was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in South Carolina. He moved to Chicago in 2004 and, in his words, taught himself to make movies "by making movies." Career In 2006, Cone wrote, produced, and directed his first short film ''Church Story'' with actors Isabel Liss, Bill McGough, and Arian Moayed. In 2007, Cone followed with the short film ''Young Wives''. His medium-length film, a metaphysical drama called ''The Christians'', was completed in 2008 and featured performances by J. Kingsford Goode, Bill McGough, Arian Moayed, Sadie Rogers, Laurel Schroeder, Krissy Shields, and Robert Belushi, oldest son of actor Jim Belushi. Cone's next feature film, the full-length ''In Memoriam'', released in 2011, follows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |