''Handsome Harry'' is a 2009 American film written by Nicholas T. Proferes and directed by

Bette Gordon Bette Gordon (born June 22, 1950) is an American filmmaker and professor at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is best known for her films ''Variety'' (1983) and '' Handsome Harry'' (2009) both of which received critical acclaim in Nort ...

. The first project produced by

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, it stars

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, Steve Buscemi and

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. It premiered at the 2009

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and was released theatrically in 2010 by Paladin/

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and on DVD/VOD by

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Plot

''Handsome Harry'' is the story of Harry Sweeney's journey to find forgiveness from an old

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friend. One day Harry gets a call from an old Navy buddy, Kelley, who is on his deathbed. At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelley, but soon memories and guilt overcome him and he goes on a journey to confront his old friends. First he goes to meet Kelley in a

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hospital. Kelley asks Harry to seek forgiveness from David on his behalf. Kelley dies in the hospital the next day. Harry then goes on to meet more of his Navy buddies to find the truth about what actually happened the night they assaulted David together. Somebody dropped a generator on David's hand that night, but Harry could not

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who it was. In time it is revealed that Harry and David were having an affair back in the Navy. Kelley found Harry and David in a sexually compromising position in the shower. In fear of repercussion, Harry turned on David. Kelley and rest of the gang including Harry got drunk and assaulted David. It was in the end revealed that Harry was the one who dropped the generator on David,

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him for life.

Cast

as Harry Sweeney *

Campbell Scott Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. His roles include Steve Dunne in '' Singles'', Mark Usher in '' House of Cards'', Joseph Tobin in ''Damages'', and Richard Parker in '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' an ...

as David Kagan * Steve Buscemi as Thomas Kelley *

as Professor Porter * John Savage as Peter Reems *

Titus Welliver Titus B. Welliver (born March 12, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black in ''Lost'', Silas Adams in '' Deadwood'', Jimmy O’Phelan in ''Sons of Anarchy'', and the title role in the television seri ...

as Gebhardt * Karen Young as Muriel * Bill Sage as Pauly *

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as Judy Rheems

References

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* * 2000s English-language films American independent films Films set in New York City American drama road movies 2009 independent films 2000s drama road movies 2009 films American LGBT-related films Worldview Entertainment films LGBT-related drama films Gay-related films 2009 drama films 2009 LGBT-related films Films directed by Bette Gordon Films scored by Anton Sanko 2000s American films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub