comedy-drama
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film directed by Doug Langway, and written by Langway and Lawrence Ferber. It stars Joe Conti as a young gay man in the " twink" category who fantasizes about larger, hairier men known as "
bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...
s", and his search to find the perfect man.
The sequel '' BearCity 2: The Proposal'' was released in the fall of 2012. ''BearCity 3'' was funded by an Indiegogo
crowdfunding
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campaign, and had a limited release at various LGBT festivals and venues in 2016, and received a full release digitally and on home media in 2017.
A novelization of the film, also written by Lawrence Ferber, was published by
Lethe Press
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Stephen Guarino
Stephen Guarino (born November 14, 1975) is an American actor and comedian, known as Sully Patterson on the Jim Carrey-produced Showtime series ''I'm Dying Up Here'' (2017–2018) and for his recurring role as Derrick in the ABC comedy series '' H ...
as Brent
*Brian Keane as Fred
*Gregory Gunter as Michael
*Sebastian La Cause as Fernando
*Alex Di Dio as Simon
* James Martinez as Carlos
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Gerald McCullouch
Gerald McCullouch (born March 30, 1967) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for playing Bobby Dawson on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''.
Biography
Early life
McCullouch, an Irish-American, was born in Huntsville, Alabama. ...
as Roger
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Ashlie Atkinson
Ashley Elizabeth Atkinson (born August 6, 1977), known professionally as Ashlie Atkinson, is an American character actress who works in movies and television (with over 90 credits) – as well as in theater. Atkinson is known for her work as Ace o ...