

The Living End
An irresponsible movie by Gregg Araki.
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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6.7/10
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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



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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
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/11/2023
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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