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The Living End

An irresponsible movie by Gregg Araki.

6.7(98)19921h 25m3

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

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Status
Released
Budget
$20K
Box office
$692.6K
Language
English
  • california
  • robbery
  • aids
  • nihilism
  • road trip
  • hiv
  • crime spree
  • sex worker
  • film critic
  • gay theme
  • independent film
  • boys' love (bl)

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Gregg Araki

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 1992
    • PremiereNRNew York New Directors and New Films Festival3 Apr 1992
    • PremiereNRNew York, New York14 Aug 1992
    • TheatricalNR21 Aug 1992
    • PremiereNRSundance Film Festival18 Jan 2008
    • PhysicalNR"Remixed and Remastered" DVD29 Apr 2008
    • PremiereNROutfest Film Festival11 Jul 2009
    • PremiereNRFilm at Lincoln Center21 Apr 2021
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1812 Feb 1993
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+4 Mar 1993
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Premiere18+Febio Film Festival28 Mar 2009
  • DenmarkDK

    • PremiereCopenhagen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival22 Oct 2005
  • FranceFR

    • Premiere18Deauville American Film Festival1 Sept 2010
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere18Berlin International Film Festival1 Feb 2008
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical20 Nov 1993
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TV1822 Nov 1992
  • PolandPL

    • Premiere18Warsaw International FilmFest11 Oct 2008
    • Physical18"Remixed and Remastered" DVD20 Sept 2010
    • Premiere18LGBT International Film Festival Poland8 Apr 2019
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1829 Jul 1994
  • SwedenSE

    • TV6 Nov 2012

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The Living End was released on 21 August 1992.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/11/2023

    7/10

    Anyone else remember those robotic fish that you'd prod and they wagged their tails? We had one that also sang Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife"! Here, one features occasionally, but quite amusingly, in this quite provocative drama that follows a road trip taken by "Luke" (Mike Dytri) and "Jon" (Crag Gilmore). The former guy is a gay hooker who's got by on the streets using his looks and his wits whilst contracting HIV …

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