Walk Like a Man, full title Walk Like a Man: A Real Life Drama About Blood, Sweat & Queers, is a 2008 Australian documentary film about gay rugby union, co-produced and co-directed by Patricia Zagarella and Jim Morgison and narrated by Australian former rugby league international Ian Roberts.
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Synopsis
Filmed in San Francisco, Sydney, Australia, and New York, United States, it concentrates on preparations for the 2006 New York final of the Bingham Cup (Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament), effectively the World Cup of gay rugby union, by the two finalist teams, the reigning incumbent champions San Francisco Fog RFC and the up-and-coming rivals, the Sydney Convicts. The Convicts end up winning the Cup with a score of 16–10.
Cast
Narrator
Ian Roberts
San Francisco Fog
Annah-Ruth Dominis
Pete Dubois
Sean Dmyterko
Bryce Eberhart
Leandro Gonzales
Andrew Sullivan
Sydney Convicts
Luke Carpenter
Angus Donald
Sam Irvine
Andrew Purchas
Rob Rosenberg
Charlie Winn
Steve Thorne
Commentators
Peter FitzSimons
Alice Hoagland
Esera Tuaolo
Chris Stahl
Background
The Bingham Cup is named after Mark Bingham, a gay rugby player and a member of San Francisco Fog. During the 9/11 attacks, he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 and stormed the cockpit and prevented the hijackers from hitting their eventual target.
Production
The film, whose full title is Walk Like A Man: A Real Life Drama About Blood, Sweat And Queers, was directed and produced by Patricia Zagarella and Jim Morgison, and written by Lester Shane and Patrick Downs. Production completed in 2007.
Release
The film was released in February 2008. It was shown on Australian Special Broadcasting Service and also shown on Logo TV.
Reception
In 2020, NME rated the film no. 8 in its list of "The 15 greatest Australian LGBTQI films of all time".