By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. From big screen to Lifetime, Susan Sarandon to Sigourney Weaver, it's taken 12 years to bring Prayers for Bobbythe story of homophobe-turned-activist Mary Griffith, to life. The success of Brokeback Mountain notwithstanding, convincing Hollywood suits to make a gay-themed film for a mainstream audience is tough. If your script also happens to involve suicide and an indictment of evangelical faith, you're pretty much screwed. A rare exception is Prayers for Bobbybased on Leroy Aarons's nonfiction account of a mother named Mary Griffith, whose erstwhile religious extremism led her gay son to kill himself. Starring Sigourney Weaver, the film will finally make it to the screen this January 24, thanks to Lifetime Television in its new, post-evil-twin-drama incarnation and the three gay executive producers who stuck with the film through 12 years of development agony. David Permut, 52 whose eclectic career encompasses movies as varied as the Travolta action flick Face-Off and the upcoming Michael Cera indie Youth in Revoltand his production partners Daniel Sladek, 43, and Chris Taaffe, 42, describe themselves as "three men on a mission. With additional support from Stanley M. Brooks producer of the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Broken Trailtheir efforts have yielded a strategically "palatable" movie that is nevertheless bound to provoke debate among the book's many gay fans as well as the broader Lifetime audience. David: Not really. I believe in fate Even though it took 12 years to get this movie made, I think it was meant to be. And of course, we got very lucky with Sigourney Weaver. To have a star of her caliber working with the confines of a day shoot for a cable network is remarkable. What was the project's genesis? Dan: Back inbefore David came on board, Chris walked into A Different Light bookstore [in Los Angeles] and found a copy of Prayers for Bobby. When I came home that night, he said "Don't talk to me until I finish this book. Was that easier said than done? Chris: Yes. The book had already been optioned. But we finally flew up to Northern California to meet the author, Leroy Aarons, a year later. When we walked into his backyard, Mary Griffith and her entire family were waiting for us too, which was a shock. For probably eight hours, we all had this cathartic, storytelling, get-to-know-you discussion. They wanted to know our motivations in telling Bobby's story. What was your goal at that point? Dan: A feature film. We talked a lot about Kramer vs. KramerOrdinary People -- the moment when Mary Tyler Moore can't put her arm around her son for the family portrait. So Chris and Best Black Gay Moviel needed to hook up with a theatrical producer. And fortunately, when David Permut read the book, he was in on page Best Black Gay Moviel and that helped us attach an A-List actress. We lucked out with Susan Sarandon, who'd recently done Dead Man Walking. Chris: The first question Susan asked was, "Who is this movie for? Because when families are at home over the dinner table, whenever the next fag joke comes up, it's going to be the mother [who'd seen this movie] who silences it. When did the project go to TV? Dan: Susan was being courted by NBC to come make her first television film. When she insisted we go MOW [movie of the week], that was the first left turn. But we thought, What the hell.
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