feature length
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comedy
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film, written and directed by Lane Janger. It is also a 1998 short film by the same director on which the long feature was based on.
1998: ''Just One Time'' (short)
The film ''Just One Time'' is based on an 8-minute short film of the same name produced in 1998 in which a man wants his girlfriend to have a sexual relationship with another girl, just one time. It was written and directed by Lane Janger and includes Guillermo Díaz (as Victor), Jennifer Esposito (as Michelle), Joelle Carter (as Amy) and
Lane Langer (as Anthony)
;Award
The short won aGLIFF Award in "Best Boy's Short" category at the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival.
1999: ''Just One Time'' (feature film)
The film ''Just One Time'' was screened at the
1998 Toronto International Film Festival
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, ''The Red Violin''.
Awards
Programmes
Gala Opening Nigh ...
. Janger is the star, writer, and director; and he plays lead role as Anthony. It also stars
Joelle Carter
Joelle Marie Carter (born October 10, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ava Crowder in the FX series '' Justified''.
Early life
Carter was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Her father, Jimmy,Guillermo Díaz as Victor, and
Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as ''Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appea ...
as Michelle.
;Synopsis
Film is about
sexual orientation
Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender. These attractions are generall ...
plays. The fiancée of a fireman reluctantly agrees to participate in a "menage a trois" with another woman, a sexual fantasy of his. She agrees to the arrangement, but insists to turn the table on him. She suggests that he agree to reciprocate by having a one time relationship with another man. This ultimately puts the impending marriage of the two in jeopardy.
;Cast
* Lane Janger as Anthony
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Joelle Carter
Joelle Marie Carter (born October 10, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ava Crowder in the FX series '' Justified''.
Early life
Carter was born in Thomasville, Georgia. Her father, Jimmy,Guillermo Díaz as Victor
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Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as ''Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appea ...
as Michelle
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Vincent Laresca
Vincent Laresca (born January 21, 1974) is an American actor.
Laresca is of Panamanian and Italian descent. He first appeared in film in the 1992 movie ''Juice,'' as Radames. Since then, he has appeared in many popular films, including '' The De ...
as Nick
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Domenick Lombardozzi
Domenico "Domenick" Lombardozzi (, ; born March 25, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Herc in ''The Wire'', and is also known for his roles in ''A Bronx Tale'' (1993), ''Entourage'', and ''The Irishman'' (2019).
Care ...
as Cyrill
*David Lee Russek as Dom
*Mickey Cottrell as Father Sebastian
*Jerran Friedman as Young Man in Bathroom (credited as Jerran Marshall)
*Anthony Gestone as Club dancer
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Hazelle Goodman
Hazelle Goodman (born Hazel Goodman; February 16, 1959) is an actress from Trinidad and Tobago. As a child she was inspired to become an actress after viewing ''The Sound of Music'', before her family moved to New York where she was raised in th ...
as Discussion leader in Ladies' bookstore
*Harley Kaplan as Fireboy's Friend
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Susan Kellermann
Susan Kellermann is an American actress.
Education
Kellermann graduated from Randolph College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. She also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisne ...
as Nava Hannibal (Amy's Mom)
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Priscilla Lopez
Priscilla Lopez (born February 26, 1948) is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Diana Morales in ''A Chorus Line''. She has had the distinction of appearing in two Broadway landmarks: one o ...
as Victor's Mother
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Ajay Mehta
Ajay Mehta ( ) () is an Indian actor based in North America, known for his deep baritone voice.
Early life and education
Mehta was born in New Delhi, India and he was educated in New Delhi, in Mayo College and St. Stephen's College. Accordin ...
as Husan NY Deli owner
*Pat Moya as Mona
*Chris Stewart as Bartender
*André Vippolis as Fireboy
;Award nomination
*1999: Nomination for "Best Producer" for film producer Jasmine Kosovic during the Independent Spirit Awards. It was jointly for the film ''Just One Time'' and another film she had produced, namely ''
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
''The Adventures of Sebastian Cole'' is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tod Williams and starring Adrian Grenier as the title character.
Plot
In June 1983 in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole's stepmother, who ...