{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Tiger Orange | image = Tiger Orange poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Wade Gasque | producer = | writer = {{plainlist| *Wade Gasque *Mark Strano }} | starring = Mark Strano<br>[[Johnny Hazzard|Frankie Valenti]]<br>Gregory Marcel | music = | cinematography = Lila Javan | editing = | studio = Picture Stable | distributor = [[Wolfe Video]] | released = {{Film date|2014|7|18|[[Outfest]]|df=yes}} | runtime = 76 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Tiger Orange''''' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Wade Gasque and written by Gasque and Mark Strano. The film starts Strano and [[Johnny Hazzard|Frankie Valenti]] as Chet and Todd, two [[gay]] brothers struggling to reconnect after their father's death.<ref name=thr>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tiger-orange-outfest-review-719988 "'Tiger Orange': Outfest Review"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', July 21, 2014.</ref>
==Plot== Chet, shy and reserved, has been living relatively [[closeted]] in the small town where the brothers grew up, running their father's hardware store and taking great care not to be too open about his sexuality in the town's relatively conservative social order, while Todd, more upfront about his sexuality, left home at 18 to move to [[Los Angeles]], where he has been struggling to build a career as an actor.<ref>[https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-tiger-orange-1201274531/ "Film Review: ‘Tiger Orange’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', August 5, 2014.</ref> Despite the clash of personalities, however, each also envies some aspects of the other's life; Chet envies Todd's freedom to live his life openly, while Todd regrets not having experienced Chet's sense of belonging to a close-knit community and the opportunity he had to remain in close contact with their father.<ref name=thr/> The tensions between them reach their peak when Brandon (Gregory Marcel), Chet's high school crush, also returns home to take care of his ailing mother; Chet continues to struggle with his feelings for Brandon, while Todd actively pursues him.<ref name=thr/>
==Release and reception== The film premiered on July 18, 2014 at [[Outfest]].<ref name=thr/> Strano won the festival's award for Best Actor in a Feature Film.<ref>[http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2014/07/20/gaby-hoffmann-tiger-orange-greg-louganis-doc-win-outfest "Gaby Hoffmann, Greg Louganis Doc, Tiger Orange Win at Outfest"]. ''[[Out (magazine)|Out]]'', July 20, 2014.</ref> Valenti's performance also drew praise from critics, with many calling attention to how unexpectedly strong it was for an actor previously known primarily for [[gay pornography|porn]].<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/07/31/frankie_valenti_aka_johnny_hazzard_shines_in_tiger_orange.html "Tiger Orange Shows a Gay Culture—and a Gay Actor—in Transition"]. ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', July 31, 2015.</ref>
In a 2015 post for ''[[Indiewire]]''{{'s}} /Bent blog on LGBT film, Gasque described the film as having been inspired by the LGBT community's "subtle tug-of-war between our desire to stand out and our need to fit in."<ref name=bent>[http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/tiger-orange-director-wade-gasque-on-capturing-a-new-lgbt-narrative-20150707 "'Tiger Orange' Director Wade Gasque On Capturing a New LGBT Narrative"]. ''[[Indiewire]]'', July 7, 2015.</ref>
The film was picked up by [[Wolfe Video]] for distribution on DVD, video on demand and digital media platforms in January 2015.<ref>[http://www.indiewire.com/article/wolfe-releasing-acquires-worldwide-rights-to-boy-meets-girl-and-tiger-orange-20150114 "Wolfe Releasing Acquires Worldwide Rights to 'Boy Meets Girl' and 'Tiger Orange'"]. ''[[Indiewire]]'', January 14, 2015.</ref> It was released to those platforms in July 2015.
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|2866824}}
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