Prick Up Your Ears 1987

This film is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton. In his teens, Orton is befriended by the older, more reserved Kenneth Halliwell, and while the two begin a relationship, its fairly obvious that its not all about sex. Orton loves the dangers of bath-houses and liaisons in public restrooms; Halliwell, not as charming or attractive as Orton, doesnt fare so well in those environs. While both long to become writers, it is Orton who achieves fame - his plays "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" and "Loot" become huge hits in London of the sixties, and hes even commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles. But Ortons success takes him farther from Halliwell, whose response ended both his life and the life of the up-and-coming playwright.