"Thanks to his generosity, he touches on the universal." - Telerama
New HD restoration
Taiwanese naturalized American, Wei-Tong lives in New York with his companion Simon. His parents, who remained in Asia, are unaware of his homosexuality and do everything to find him a wife. Simon then has an idea: that Wei-Tong marry Wei-Wei, his Chinese tenant in search of a green card. That's when Wei-Tong's parents arrive in New York for the wedding...
The second part of Ang Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy, Boy of Honor is a joyful comedy of manners that tackles with delicacy, intelligence and humor the strong themes of homosexuality, conflicts between generations and the clash of cultures. . Film which revealed Ang Lee to the general public and winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1993, Garcon d'honneur is to be discovered for the first time in its restored version in High Definition.
BEST MAN
(1993 – Colors – 108 mins)
new HD restoration
SUPPLEMENTS *
. TAIWAN AND NEW YORK: ANG LEE AND JAMES SCHAMUS TALK ABOUT THE START OF THEIR COLLABORATION (24 mn)
Director Ang Lee and producer and co-writer James Schamus reflect on the origin of their collaboration and the filming of Pushing Hands .
. FAMILY VALUES: ANG LEE ON "GUARD BOY" (26 mins)
Ang Lee talks about family, a key theme in his second feature film.
. THE COMEDY OF REMARRIAGE: JAMES SCHAMUS ON "GARÇON D'HONNEUR" (22 mn)
James Schamus reflects on the phenomenal success of Groomsman .
. THE GROOMER: MITCHELL LICHTENSTEIN ON "GARÇON D'HONNEUR" (21 mn)
Actor and director Mitchell Lichtenstein reminisces about his role as Simon and reminiscing about filming that American-Taiwanese co-production.
* in HD on the Blu-ray version
Released November 25, 2015
