2013 American Feature
Cast: Shane Bitney Crone, Sasha Andreev, Cindy Bitney, David Crone, Judy Crone, Ronnie Kerr, Pat Managhan, Coleen McMahon and Michaela Myers
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Synopsis:
Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies and Tom's family bars Shane from attending the funeral.
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Ratings:
- Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10
- Rotten Tomatoes - Critics: 82% / Audience: 88%
- Metacritic - Critics: 85% / Audience: 7.7%
- OMG rating: 5/10
- Movie Dearest rating: C-
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Awards:
- Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Dorian Award for Documentary of the Year; also nominated for LGBT TV Show of the Year.
- LA Outfest Audience Award for Documentary.
- North Louisiana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary.
- Outflix International LGBTQ Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary.
- Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary.
- Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary.
Notes/Trivia:
- Originated with Shane Bitney Crone's viral video titled It Could Happen to You, posted on YouTube in 2012 to mark the first anniversary of Tom Bridegroom's death.
- The film's budget was raised on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, where it became the most-funded documentary film project in the history of crowd-funding to date.
- Bridegroom's premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival was introduced by former US President Bill Clinton, a longtime friend of director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (best known for the television series Designing Women).
- Bridegroom made its television premiere on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2013.
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