Grant has two loves in his life, his fiancée and his boyfriend
Original title
Squeeze
Released
10/12/1980
Origin country
NZ
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Trilogic Film Productions, New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 19min
Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the "conspiracy of silence" about homosexuality. A pioneering early portrait of Auckland's LGBT scene, Squeeze centres on the relationship between a young man (Paul Eady) and the confident executive (Robert Shannon) who romances him, then mentions he has a fiancée. The film was discussed in Parliament after Patricia Bartlett campaigned against the possibility it might get NZ Film Commission funding (it didn't). Kevin Thomas in The LA Times praised Squeeze's integrity and the "steadfast compassion with which it views its hero".
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