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Big Eden

Big Eden

  • Status: Released
  • 18-04-2000
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Score: 6.3
  • Vote count: 46

Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for him. While there, Henry hopes to strike up a romance with Dean Stewart, his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike, a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.

Arye Gross

Henry Hart

Eric Schweig

Pike Dexter

Tim DeKay

Dean Stewart

Louise Fletcher

Grace Cornwell

George Coe

Sam Hart

Nan Martin

Widow Thayer

O'Neal Compton

Jim Soams

Corinne Bohrer

Anna Rudolph

Veanne Cox

Mary Margaret Bishop

Douglas Sebern

John Cornwell

Parker Livingston

Andrew Stewart

Cody Wayne

Ben Stewart

Josie Adams

Becky Rudolph

Mark Twogood

Lloyd

Christopher Kendra

Bird

Steve Frye

Fulbright

Steven Brian Conard

Leon

Delbert High

Dick

Ken King

Wheeler

Dori Thompson

Jenny

Mary Cassidy

Carol

Dee Dee Van Zyl

Didi Soams

Tom Cordingley

Reverend Alston

Bekki Vallin

Woman at Church

John Lystne

Man at Church

Beau Holden

Douglas

Wayne Mansaw

Man at Piano

Christianne Brown

Woman in Car #1

Cori Wolff

Woman in Car #2

Alecia LaRue

Woman in Car #3

Tenika Capouch

Schoolgirl #1

Morgan McCarthy

Schoolgirl #2

Sarah Dramstad

Schoolgirl #3

Amanda Upton

Schoolgirl #4

Nicholas K. Gilhool

Carl at Gallery

Caitlin Carter

Julie Bauer

John Dossett

John Bishop

Justin Fonda

Airline Attendant

Clifford Crick

Airport Security Man

Trish Walsh

Airport Security Woman

Brian Grossenbacher

Man in Bar

Mary Rommereim

Choir Director

Amanda Caldwell

Choir Member #1

Doug Rommereim

Choir Member #2

Isaac Simpson

Choir Member #3

Jerry Fletcher

Choir Member #4

Maxine Rasmussen

Mrs. Stewart

Benny Reynolds

Mr. Stewart

William J. Adamo

Eligible Man

Gregory Paul Johnson

Eligible Man

James M. Barry

Eligible Man

K. Mark Summers

Eligible Man

Keith Clark

Eligible Man

Brendan Magone

Eligible Man

Queenie

Pike's Dog Frances

Susanna Harter

Joy at Gallery (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

Well now, what is striking about this drama is that the community deep in rural Montana appear to have no nay-sayers amongst them when it comes to the local gay folks in their community. There is no sign of any of the usual religious reticence amongst the community as Arye Gross ("Henry") returns from his successful New York existence to care for his ailing grandfather. Once there he must re-address relationships with "Dean" (Tim DeKay), his high-school crush and with "Pike" (Erik Schweig) who owns the local general store and who has been looking after his grandad. Talk about the only gay in the village - this town of about a dozen folks appears to have about a 25% rate - which only adds to the rather daftness of it all. The acting is truly wooden - except, perhaps for Nan Martin as the busybody, but well meaning "Widow Thayer" - and although the film relies not a jot on any sense of "beauty" to relay the romance, nor does it relay any sense of innovation or novelty with the characters. Did they get together, did he just go home - not sure I was really bothered.