A Cinematic Masterpiece. Thank you Michael Ontkean for accepting this role. You gave a groundbreaking performance. I cherish you as an Actor. You took the hurt and you took the pain. Now there is a door we all walk through because of your brilliant courageous work on this film. Bravo my Friend ! ....Joe Montemurro (Rochester New York) ❤
But Michael Ontkean tried to prevent clips from this movie being used in the 1995 documentary “The Celluloid Closet” and he also refused to be interviewed for it. 1995… So what does that say about this guy? Not so great after all huh.
@@OprechtLetterlijkBizar WRONG! I Saw The Documentary YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO HIM! Death Threats Are A Good Enough Reason For Me Not To Show Up At A Junket With NO SECURITY!
Remember seeing this movie on HBO in the early 80s when I was about 13, and struggling with my own identity. It was a revelation to me, plus I had a big crush on Michael. I know Harry was the one everybody lusted after, but I was on team Michael.
I’m a little older than you, but I remember watching it on HBO and having the exact same set of associations. And I was always on Team Michael. Harry was pretty, but Michael was a beauty for the ages. And he could act circles around Harry 😂
@@DDumbrille Sorry, but Kate Jackson is a fine personality, very nice person, and looks good, but she IS NO ACTRESS!!! This was a chance for her to break out of TV and she still couldn't do it. She's only any good in fluffy TV drama. She ain't got the chops for anything more.
I forgot about that title song, but never forgot the movie. I was a 24 y/o living in socially conservative Wisconsin and this was like some sunshine in the middle of a long gray winter.
it's so touching what you wrote!!! I loved this movie too, I cried a lot when I saw it, Michael Ontkean , Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson were brilliant, in my opinion this movie is a masterpiece..
Totally "matter of fact" as it should be. That does not mean that there was no drama or emotion on the part of all 3 main characters. They all did a great job. @@richalderson6069
This movie had a huge impact on me. I was a 17 yr old gay male. I realized after leaving this film that I could find someone who would love me just the way I am. I had never really seen that before. The last scene with Jackson when she told Mike the baby's name. I could remember crying out of joy for love. Thank you to the cast and all the people who made this movie possible. Thanks for your Bravery.
How funny you should mention that. I had a similar experience. I would sneak into the basement in the wee small hours of the morning, where we had a television and I would watch this movie. I think at that point in my life I felt a connection to it because I felt like it was depicting me and my struggles. I could see myself in this character, although I, like you was very young. It resonated deeply with me and gave me a sense of hope for the future!
It was groundbreaking at the time and is a very underrated movie considering the subject matter at that time. There were people who walked out of the theater.
I was a young gay teenager when this came out… I loved Kate Jackson in Charles angels..and I thought the two guys were gorgeous… at 13 years old, I asked my mother to take me to see it and she would not… I told her I wanted to see Kate.. but in my heart I wanted to see Michael… as a young adult I finally watched the movie and laughed and cried. All three of the main cast were excellent. This movie was the pathway for us to get Brokeback Mountain…. I watched “Making Love’ on RUclips a few months ago, realizing I memories the lines of the scene of the two men leading up to them finally “making love”… my favorite line “I find a certain charm in your CONFUSION”….LOLOL… as a young man.. this movie changed my life….
In 1982 this movie was my life. It took me a few more years before I left my marriage. However, like Michael’s character, I found love with a great man and we have been together for over 25 years. This movie had an incredible effect on my life and I’ll be forever grateful for letting me see myself through his acting. It’s a must see.
I knew of a few men in your situation in the 80s. I'm sure it must have been so difficult for you to make the extremely brave, but ultimately necessary, decision to accept yourself fully, especially with the HIV/AIDS pandemic right around the corner in the early 80s. So very happy that you found yourself and that love found you in return.
Imagine your boyfriend telling you he might be gay to dump me. A man of 59 years old at the time. I tried to help him and made him watch this movie. Only to tell me 5 months later it was all a lie and he was cheating on me as the truth. I couldn’t believe anyone would ever makeup such a lie, but he did. I’m happy all worked out for you.
I couldn't imagine anyone other than Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson performing this movie. They were brilliant. The story line was beautiful. Thank you to all three who accepted a role that was controversial at the time yet, sent a message to all. I believe everyone who left the theater was moved and changed in a good way.
Yes times have changed for the better in so many ways, but there are still many who want gay people to return to being unseen and criminals. We have to remember that always.
I knew I was gay when I was three! I am a gay Christain and Romantic White Man! I have never had a problem with being Gay! The 1982 Movie Making Love shows gay men in a Compassionate, Empathetic, Intelligent, Positive, and Sensitive light without foul, obscene language, or a gay man dying, being murdered, a victim, men in drag, nudity or violence! The 1982 song Making Love recorded and sung by Roberta Flack should have received the Academy Award for best original song from a motion picture!
Terrific actor who we don’t see enough of. I was so disappointed when he didn’t return for the Twin Peaks reboot as he was originally going to do it…..
Always like Michael Ontkean since I first saw him in "The Rookies," when I was very young. Her portrayal of a police officer learning the ropes made me want to join law enforcement. It was a good series. I've enjoyed Michael in everything I've seen him in, and will go out of my way to see a show or a movie with him in it. Loved this movie, very poignant, emotional and extraordinarily well done!! Thank you, Mr. Ontkean, Sir!
I was a student at UT Austin in 1982, the year the film came out. I clearly remember standing outside the movie theatre that was showing it....debating whether to go inside. I didn't go inside. I was not able to work up the nerve to do so. I would have been around 20 at that time.
The three of you, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, and Harry Hamlin all should have been nominated for Academy Awards, not only for your acting but for your courage. You showed gay guys as full-fledged human beings and not sexual predators or pathetic victims. You helped to change culture and all of you paid a professional price for your devotion to your craft. The final scene between Zach and Claire was so deeply moving, it made The Way We Were look like a comedy. You are a fearless actor. I know you're retired, but know you are missed on the screen.
That movie felt like my life story and Michael was me. Thank you Michael for doing that. That was very brave especially back then. I even took my parents to see it after coming out to them.
Have you got the whole interview? Its hard to get any Michael Ontkean interviews. It certainly didnt affect his career, he went on to do Twin Peaks and many good TV movies for the networks which at the time were very popular.
Michael has never done excessive interviewing which I think works to his advantage . He's talented and beautiful with just enough mystery to keep his appeal going strong . I love this man .
it absolutely did affect his career -- he had over a decade in which he couldn't get cast in a major movie. Only the massive success of the TV show Twin Peaks ten years later made him marketable for movies again.
I am surprised to find this. I thought Michael-unlike Harry-never talked about Making Love. I think Barry Sandler has a script done for a sequel. If not, he should write one.
It's really the acting--but especially Ontkean's acting--that elevated this movie beyond a soap opera. He seemed painfully "real" in this role at that time. Some of us saw ourselves in his character, saw what life would be like if we lived a duplicitous life of repression. On that front, the movie was a gift.
I was 16 i remember these movie i new back then that i was gay i new that they were straight and playing a role in the movie i just rememberer thinking how handsome they were and always thought as a actress Sabrina Duncan was bad ass in Charles angels im a masculine gay man when i was young i use to be a male stripper at 18 years old all the way tell i was about 43 and had met men that were married with kids that wanted relationship on the side these movie always came to my mind plus it showed the world that being in love with another man didn't mean you were feminine or have to be i had a man fall in love with me that that was married he stayed married for 25 years still talk to him tell this day he always tells me he regrets staying married now he divorce and felt like he could have had a life with me were just friends now from 1983 tell this day 2024
Freaky. Some friends and I were just discussing "Making Love" over dinner tonight, talking about how groundbreaking it was to see this subject matter in a mainstream movie at the time. Now this video pops up in my feed… You can’t tell me my phone isn’t listening to my conversations at all times. It’s a little scary.
this movie gave me the courage to come out to my baby sister, she was the first but not the last.❤ I told her mid way through the movie 👍 love this movie, Michael baby!! lol
I saw it originally and only recently watched it again…..i thought it great back in the day and no less so now. Kudos to Michael, Harry and Kate for making it. I can’t imagine a better cast. Richard Chamberlain, George Maharris, Tad Hunter, Sal Mineo (forgive any age/time inaccuracy) and I still love this cast. It is my understanding from some interview or other that there was more affection that was cut out. I’d love a re-release of an unedited version.
I think the film hit the mark. I went to see it 3x ...& funny, when I visited our suburban theatre on the opening w/end, (Sat. night), the house was empty Yet, midtown Manhattan was packed in its 2nd weekend. I think all 3 principals were great. Love Michael Ontkean! In retro, it surely marked the temperature & stigma of being gay in 1982. I also loved that Spanish style house that they bought 😊.
This was a good well acted movie. Showed that all gay men were not flamboyant and effeminate like the stereotype. I saw this on TV on late 1980s and they cut out the romantic scenes. Didn't get to see the uncut version until I saw it a couple years ago on RUclips.
It was a very controversial movie. And years later, we still have trouble with that content. Look at the issues presented during “Torch Song Trilogy” and “Brokeback Mountain@, both critically acclaimed films. And then you get the people who actually believe that actors Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin and Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are gay. They are men playing a part…and they did it convincingly. As for “Making Love”, some said it was relevant. Some said it was insipid and shallow. Personally, I enjoyed it. And Kate Jackson as the confused and angry wife was excellent!
Many years later, Ontkean tried to prevent clips from the film from being included in The Celluloid Closet, a 1995 documentary about LGBT characters in film, but he was unsuccessful.[8] This is from Wikipedia. Michael Ontkean would have to state the reason if this is true. The Celluloid Closet was made 13 years after Making Love. We can only speculate as to why. Please chime in Michael. Is it true? I don't believe everything Wikipedia says. I've found errors over the years or incomplete information based on incomplete information fed to Wikipedia.
@@albertmarnell9976 It makes no sense. He was an actor in the film, not a copyright holder. He would have no say in whether or how clips were used. So how would he "try" to stop clips from being used in a documentary?
But Michael Ontkean tried to prevent clips from this movie being used in the 1995 documentary “The Celluloid Closet” and he also refused to be interviewed for it. 1995… So what does that say about this guy? Not so great after all huh.
What's your source for that? It makes no sense, since an actor in a film does not hold the copyright and has no control over whether a clip is used in a later film.
I’d do a double bill with Sunday Bloody Sunday not because of the LGBTQ themes but because of the very grown up way the subject matter was handled in both films.
In the mid-90s he fought against including clips from Making Love in the documentary The Celluloid Closet, so guess his willingness to be seen portraying a gay man decreased with time. He lost the fight, thank goodness. He didn’t have a huge career, much like Harry Hamlin, but he had a successful career. It’s a shame he lost his courage about his appearance in the movie.
Oh, Bull. Quit spreading unfounded Gossip! A great screen and stage career! He's a personal friend! Mike is so well trained, he makes it seem effortless! It isn't effortless. Very gifted performer, and a great guy!
You say it wasn't worth it? That's because you're probably with phobic and that's your opinion. It was worth it and it did a lot to help people in the gay communities so you stand corrected
A Cinematic Masterpiece. Thank you Michael Ontkean for accepting this role. You gave a groundbreaking performance. I cherish you as an Actor. You took the hurt and you took the pain. Now there is a door we all walk through because of your brilliant courageous work on this film. Bravo my Friend ! ....Joe Montemurro (Rochester New York) ❤
But Michael Ontkean tried to prevent clips from this movie being used in the 1995 documentary “The Celluloid Closet” and he also refused to be interviewed for it. 1995… So what does that say about this guy? Not so great after all huh.
@@OprechtLetterlijkBizar WRONG! I Saw The Documentary YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO HIM! Death Threats Are A Good Enough Reason For Me Not To Show Up At A Junket With NO SECURITY!
"A Cinematic Masterpiece." HAHAHAHA! Even the people involved would laugh at that ridiculous appraisal...
Remember seeing this movie on HBO in the early 80s when I was about 13, and struggling with my own identity. It was a revelation to me, plus I had a big crush on Michael. I know Harry was the one everybody lusted after, but I was on team Michael.
I think this film was the first time I saw two men kiss.
@@andyroo9381People walked out of the movie theaters when the two characters made love.
I am on team Michael too. And he has aged remarkably well.
Ditto. I would sneak watch this movie and Partners on HBO around the same time. To have movie about gay men was so cutting edge back then.
I’m a little older than you, but I remember watching it on HBO and having the exact same set of associations. And I was always on Team Michael. Harry was pretty, but Michael was a beauty for the ages. And he could act circles around Harry 😂
Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin & Kate Jackson were remarkable in this Movie👏🏻 A tale of Love & Acceptance & Reality..
Exactly!
Kate was supposed to play Ontkean's part...
@@DDumbrille Sorry, but Kate Jackson is a fine personality, very nice person, and looks good, but she IS NO ACTRESS!!! This was a chance for her to break out of TV and she still couldn't do it. She's only any good in fluffy TV drama. She ain't got the chops for anything more.
@ You're preachin' to the choir. I was joking about her taking Ontkean's part.
Thank you Michael for taking this role . You were brilliant in this beautiful film .
And let's not forget Roberta Flack and the amazing theme song she contributed. I listen to it often and always have.
Welll ,Roberta did have a very famous &talented bestie called Luther vandross 😅
yes. Its some of her best work but is sort of a forgotten hit of the 1980s
I forgot about that title song, but never forgot the movie. I was a 24 y/o living in socially conservative Wisconsin and this was like some sunshine in the middle of a long gray winter.
You saved my life, giving me hope that there were other gays and guys to look up to. Thank you
it's so touching what you wrote!!! I loved this movie too, I cried a lot when I saw it, Michael Ontkean , Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson were brilliant, in my opinion this movie is a masterpiece..
Making Love was ahead of it's time.
But it's one of the best LGBT movie of all time . I love this movie
Yes! Gifted Actor! Very good!!!😊
It's hysterically funny. The dialog, the delivery is so stiff.
There's no T or L even B in it. It's about two men falling in love that's all.
Totally "matter of fact" as it should be. That does not mean that there was no drama or emotion on the part of all 3 main characters. They all did a great job. @@richalderson6069
@@josephkearny5874Not true.
People are alive today, who wouldn't be, because of that movie! Thank you to all involved.
Michael Ontkean is an amazing man.
Yes he is
This movie had a huge impact on me. I was a 17 yr old gay male. I realized after leaving this film that I could find someone who would love me just the way I am. I had never really seen that before. The last scene with Jackson when she told Mike the baby's name. I could remember crying out of joy for love. Thank you to the cast and all the people who made this movie possible. Thanks for your Bravery.
I was 15 years old when I saw this movie while my family was asleep. This is when I knew what my life was about.
How funny you should mention that. I had a similar experience. I would sneak into the basement in the wee small hours of the morning, where we had a television and I would watch this movie. I think at that point in my life I felt a connection to it because I felt like it was depicting me and my struggles. I could see myself in this character, although I, like you was very young. It resonated deeply with me and gave me a sense of hope for the future!
@@Jacques_S Yes, I agree that the movie was a turning point for a lot of us that didn't have representation on television much less role model-ish.
It was groundbreaking at the time and is a very underrated movie considering the subject matter at that time. There were people who walked out of the theater.
I was a young gay teenager when this came out… I loved Kate Jackson in Charles angels..and I thought the two guys were gorgeous… at 13 years old, I asked my mother to take me to see it and she would not… I told her I wanted to see Kate.. but in my heart I wanted to see Michael… as a young adult I finally watched the movie and laughed and cried. All three of the main cast were excellent. This movie was the pathway for us to get Brokeback Mountain…. I watched “Making Love’ on RUclips a few months ago, realizing I memories the lines of the scene of the two men leading up to them finally “making love”… my favorite line “I find a certain charm in your CONFUSION”….LOLOL… as a young man.. this movie changed my life….
Hello, does your mom know now?
@@mehere337 yes... I am currently 57 years old.. I came out when I was 28 ..
@@Haggiedc2 And, is she okay with it?
@@mehere337 Yes, it was a difficult couple of years.. but at this point it is not a problem
This film was very important to me. I was in my mid twenties and it was a revelation to see the subject treated so openly. It gave me hope!
Thanks, Michael! You, Harry and Kate were magnificent in this very beautifully made film. Helped me come out as a teenager.
He is still handsome after 40+ years. I had a mad crush on him back in 1981.
I think the video is from an interview in 1998.
@@valentinr.dominguez2892 Yeah, he was only in his 50s either and arguably at his most handsome. He was still a cracker 10-15 years later.
In 1982 this movie was my life. It took me a few more years before I left my marriage. However, like Michael’s character, I found love with a great man and we have been together for over 25 years. This movie had an incredible effect on my life and I’ll be forever grateful for letting me see myself through his acting. It’s a must see.
I knew of a few men in your situation in the 80s. I'm sure it must have been so difficult for you to make the extremely brave, but ultimately necessary, decision to accept yourself fully, especially with the HIV/AIDS pandemic right around the corner in the early 80s. So very happy that you found yourself and that love found you in return.
Imagine your boyfriend telling you he might be gay to dump me. A man of 59 years old at the time. I tried to help him and made him watch this movie. Only to tell me 5 months later it was all a lie and he was cheating on me as the truth. I couldn’t believe anyone would ever makeup such a lie, but he did. I’m happy all worked out for you.
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How wonderful
I love this man. Had a crush on him for decades. ❤
Millions of us do.
I couldn't imagine anyone other than Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson performing this movie. They
were brilliant. The story line was beautiful. Thank you to all three who accepted a role that was controversial at the
time yet, sent a message to all. I believe everyone who left the theater was moved and changed in a good way.
Thank you Michael, you helped change the course of history and we owe you a debt of gratitude. Beautiful man, beautiful soul.
Gosh, he was gorgeous and talented. Always loved him as Sheriff Truman in Twin Peaks. Really rooted for his and Josie's relationship in the show too.
There are few actors past or present who are as handsome as Michael Ontkean. And in Making Love his beauty is positively heartbreaking.
He was the reason I watched The Rookies !!
One of the few times I've found anything with him talking about the film, thanks for posting
A very good film...but very under rated. Most viewers wouldn't admit the even went to see it.Boy times have changed.
Yes times have changed for the better in so many ways, but there are still many who want gay people to return to being unseen and criminals. We have to remember that always.
Self-efficacy - self-reflection - confidence - genuin e masculinity
What a great movie. Brilliant acting by all.
I knew I was gay when I was three! I am a gay Christain and Romantic White Man! I have never had a problem with being Gay! The 1982 Movie Making Love shows gay men in a Compassionate, Empathetic, Intelligent, Positive, and Sensitive light without foul, obscene language, or a gay man dying, being murdered, a victim, men in drag, nudity or violence! The 1982 song Making Love recorded and sung by Roberta Flack should have received the Academy Award for best original song from a motion picture!
Very well said. A movie ahead of its time.
You speak for the majority of gay men.
@@nightstalkerck Exactly!
You were amazing in this movie. So glad you accepted the part. It is a great movie.
I loved Michael Ontkean when the movie came out! He is adorable!! 🙏🙏♥️♥️😇😇
I loved the end of Slap Shot!
Terrific actor who we don’t see enough of. I was so disappointed when he didn’t return for the Twin Peaks reboot as he was originally going to do it…..
Always like Michael Ontkean since I first saw him in "The Rookies," when I was very young. Her portrayal of a police officer learning the ropes made me want to join law enforcement. It was a good series. I've enjoyed Michael in everything I've seen him in, and will go out of my way to see a show or a movie with him in it. Loved this movie, very poignant, emotional and extraordinarily well done!! Thank you, Mr. Ontkean, Sir!
BRAVO.. THANK YOU STILL to ALL who helped create it. Bravo!
My GOD he's a handsome man.
Michael Ontkean is, and always was, such a beautiful man. Thank you Michael for doing the movie. ❤
I’ll never forget this powerful movie.
I was a student at UT Austin in 1982, the year the film came out. I clearly remember standing outside the movie theatre that was showing it....debating whether to go inside. I didn't go inside. I was not able to work up the nerve to do so. I would have been around 20 at that time.
What a legend!!!❤😃
Just thank you Michael.
Love it, to see me in them, one of the first times, for me. it was a movie, a real life movie about Gay people, at that time. I mattered.
Beautiful film, great portrayal, beautiful man.
Still a handsome man!
The three of you, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, and Harry Hamlin all should have been nominated for Academy Awards, not only for your acting but for your courage. You showed gay guys as full-fledged human beings and not sexual predators or pathetic victims. You helped to change culture and all of you paid a professional price for your devotion to your craft. The final scene between Zach and Claire was so deeply moving, it made The Way We Were look like a comedy. You are a fearless actor. I know you're retired, but know you are missed on the screen.
Excellent film. Excellent subject matter!
Making love is a fantastic movie . I am gay and most gay actors are so predicable. This movie with Harry Hamlin and Michael ontkean was great. Ryan r
If I were an actor I would have no problem playing a gay role, my boyfriend is gay and all the guys I've dated have been gay.
That movie felt like my life story and Michael was me. Thank you Michael for doing that. That was very brave especially back then. I even took my parents to see it after coming out to them.
Lovely man. Thank you.
Michael Ontkean is such an underrated actor. He’s great in every role he’s done.
Have you got the whole interview? Its hard to get any Michael Ontkean interviews. It certainly didnt affect his career, he went on to do Twin Peaks and many good TV movies for the networks which at the time were very popular.
@frizzyred1292 - due to copyright issues, the entire interview is not be allowed to be posted on RUclips
Michael has never done excessive interviewing which I think works to his advantage . He's talented and beautiful with just enough mystery to keep his appeal going strong . I love this man .
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it absolutely did affect his career -- he had over a decade in which he couldn't get cast in a major movie. Only the massive success of the TV show Twin Peaks ten years later made him marketable for movies again.
@@otsoko66he wasn’t really in any major movies before this film either though. It’s not like he was ever A-list.
I am surprised to find this. I thought Michael-unlike Harry-never talked about Making Love. I think Barry Sandler has a script done for a sequel. If not, he should write one.
They should have done a sequel in 2012, 40 years afterwards. The characters that Kate and Harry played never met in the original movie.
@
2012 would have been 30 years afterward.
Michael Ontkean made history playing this groundbreaking role and later in his career, he played the iconic Sherriff Truman in Twin Peaks to boot.
It's really the acting--but especially Ontkean's acting--that elevated this movie beyond a soap opera. He seemed painfully "real" in this role at that time. Some of us saw ourselves in his character, saw what life would be like if we lived a duplicitous life of repression. On that front, the movie was a gift.
Great film!
I was 16 i remember these movie i new back then that i was gay i new that they were straight and playing a role in the movie i just rememberer thinking how handsome they were and always thought as a actress Sabrina Duncan was bad ass in Charles angels im a masculine gay man when i was young i use to be a male stripper at 18 years old all the way tell i was about 43 and had met men that were married with kids that wanted relationship on the side these movie always came to my mind plus it showed the world that being in love with another man didn't mean you were feminine or have to be i had a man fall in love with me that that was married he stayed married for 25 years still talk to him tell this day he always tells me he regrets staying married now he divorce and felt like he could have had a life with me were just friends now from 1983 tell this day 2024
I absolutely loved that movie. All the cast was fantastic. Class act.
They should have done a sequel 40 years after in 2012.
Wow Michael!! You look better at this point than you did back then!!
Freaky. Some friends and I were just discussing "Making Love" over dinner tonight, talking about how groundbreaking it was to see this subject matter in a mainstream movie at the time. Now this video pops up in my feed…
You can’t tell me my phone isn’t listening to my conversations at all times. It’s a little scary.
this movie gave me the courage to come out to my baby sister, she was the first but not the last.❤ I told her mid way through the movie 👍 love this movie, Michael baby!! lol
I saw it originally and only recently watched it again…..i thought it great back in the day and no less so now. Kudos to Michael, Harry and Kate for making it. I can’t imagine a better cast. Richard Chamberlain, George Maharris, Tad Hunter, Sal Mineo (forgive any age/time inaccuracy) and I still love this cast. It is my understanding from some interview or other that there was more affection that was cut out. I’d love a re-release of an unedited version.
One of the best movies of all time….they were chicken actors. You are real actor and hero Ontkean
Thought it was a fantastic film.
I knew people like that!!!
I think the film hit the mark. I went to see it 3x ...& funny, when I visited our suburban theatre on the opening w/end, (Sat. night), the house was empty Yet, midtown Manhattan was packed in its 2nd weekend. I think all 3 principals were great. Love Michael Ontkean! In retro, it surely marked the temperature & stigma of being gay in 1982. I also loved that Spanish style house that they bought 😊.
He looks great!
What a heartwarming response.
Thank you Michael Ontkean
The movie was in 1982, not 1998.
@afs789 - 1998 refers to the year this interview was conducted
@@LGBTCanadaInTheMedia LOL! I thought that was pretty obvious.
I loved when Martin Short would do the parody of Brain Linehan. I think he called his parody Brock Linehan. It was a howl 😂
wish he woulda said "count me in" to later Twin Peaks efforts. He was great in the original.
What a brave actor. Ahead of his time 👏🏼
Good movie. I own it on DVD.
This was a good well acted movie. Showed that all gay men were not flamboyant and effeminate like the stereotype. I saw this on TV on late 1980s and they cut out the romantic scenes. Didn't get to see the uncut version until I saw it a couple years ago on RUclips.
Movie ahead of its time. Casting🔔🔔🔔
Damn he was still good looking in this interview.
It was a very controversial movie. And years later, we still have trouble with that content. Look at the issues presented during “Torch Song Trilogy” and “Brokeback Mountain@, both critically acclaimed films. And then you get the people who actually believe that actors Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin and Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are gay. They are men playing a part…and they did it convincingly. As for “Making Love”, some said it was relevant. Some said it was insipid and shallow. Personally, I enjoyed it. And Kate Jackson as the confused and angry wife was excellent!
Sexy and soothing. Agent Harry Truman. ❤
Then why did he try and stop clips from the film appearing in the Doco film The Celluloid closet?
proof please.
Many years later, Ontkean tried to prevent clips from the film from being included in The Celluloid Closet, a 1995 documentary about LGBT characters in film, but he was unsuccessful.[8] This is from Wikipedia. Michael Ontkean would have to state the reason if this is true. The Celluloid Closet was made 13 years after Making Love. We can only speculate as to why. Please chime in Michael. Is it true? I don't believe everything Wikipedia says. I've found errors over the years or incomplete information based on incomplete information fed to Wikipedia.
@@albertmarnell9976 It makes no sense. He was an actor in the film, not a copyright holder. He would have no say in whether or how clips were used. So how would he "try" to stop clips from being used in a documentary?
@@jasonthewatchmansson8873 He could ask. But legally, you are correct.
But Michael Ontkean tried to prevent clips from this movie being used in the 1995 documentary “The Celluloid Closet” and he also refused to be interviewed for it. 1995… So what does that say about this guy? Not so great after all huh.
What's your source for that? It makes no sense, since an actor in a film does not hold the copyright and has no control over whether a clip is used in a later film.
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What is wrong with the interviewer's face?
This movie did had a negative effect on Hamlin’s career.
I’d do a double bill with Sunday Bloody Sunday not because of the LGBTQ themes but because of the very grown up way the subject matter was handled in both films.
In the mid-90s he fought against including clips from Making Love in the documentary The Celluloid Closet, so guess his willingness to be seen portraying a gay man decreased with time. He lost the fight, thank goodness. He didn’t have a huge career, much like Harry Hamlin, but he had a successful career. It’s a shame he lost his courage about his appearance in the movie.
You wouldn't be an actor?? Weirdest reason I ever heard for taking the role.
That's because you're not an actor..then there's integrity, but that's another conversation.
Yes. If you let personal fears keep you from a good role… what are you? A coward.
It ruined his and Harry's careers! Wasn't worth it.
ohh good grief karen.
Oh, Bull. Quit spreading unfounded Gossip! A great screen and stage career! He's a personal friend! Mike is so well trained, he makes it seem effortless! It isn't effortless. Very gifted performer, and a great guy!
You say it wasn't worth it? That's because you're probably with phobic and that's your opinion. It was worth it and it did a lot to help people in the gay communities so you stand corrected
@@AudrieSiegel-yj8mh love him in the rookies too Been watching the reruns lately thanks too METV plus❤
rubbish
What a good and decent man.