''All the Rage'' is a 1997 American film by

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Roland Tec Roland Tec is an American writer and movie director. His 1997 film ''All the Rage (1997 film), All the Rage'' is widely considered a hallmark of the Queer Indie Film Movement of the '90s for what was then its unprecedented critical view of A-list g ...

. It was released theatrically in the U.S., was widely reviewed in numerous publications and continues to be a top-grossing film among

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-themed titles on

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. ''All the Rage'' had its world premiere at the

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during the

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of 1997, after which it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Jour de Fete, a division of

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. In 2001,

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brought the film out on

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; in 2003, it was released internationally by Media Luna, GHB. Hailed by ''

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'' film critic Kevin Thomas as "One of the sharpest, sexiest and most amusing

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life and values ever filmed," it is widely considered a hallmark of the Queer Independent Film movement of the late 1990s. This unique aspect of the film was highlighted in one of its first reviews by Dennis Harvey, who wrote about the film for ''

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''. The film features music by a number of

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artists, including Merle Perkins, who recorded the song "Military Man".

Principal cast

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* 1998 films 1997 comedy films American LGBTQ-related films American satirical films 1990s English-language films American independent films Gay-related films 1997 LGBTQ-related films 1997 films 1998 comedy films 1990s American films English-language independent films {{1990s-US-comedy-film-stub