Release Year: 1997 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 90 minutes Director: Frank Oz Producer: Scott Rudin
synopsis
A high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches. Story rumored to be loosely based upon Tom Hanks acceptance speech when receiving his Academy Award for "Philadelphia".
cast
Joan Cusack as Emily Montgomery Kevin Kline as Howard Brackett Lauren Ambrose as Vicky Matt Dillon as Cameron Drake Selma Blair as Cousin Linda Shalom Harlow as Sonya Tom Selleck as Peter Malloy
Proceed no further, Gentle Reader, if you are of a delicate constitution or prefer to see your films with no potential surprises revealed: I am about to "out" IN & OUT. You see, the Paramount marketing department has been living a lie. They've been selling IN & OUT in commercials and theatrical trailers as the story of Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), an Indiana high school teacher who hears his former student, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), thank him during an Academy Awards acceptance speech...while simultaneously announcing to the world that Howard is gay. Only Howard insists he's _not_ gay. In fact, he's engaged to be married in less than a week to long-time sweetheart Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack). It's all a big misunderstanding, he claims, based on his cleanliness, his sense of style, and his inordinate fondness for the Barbra Streisand oeuvre.
