Get Real (film)
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| Directed by | Simon Shore |
| Screenplay by | Patrick Wilde |
| Based on | What's Wrong with Angry? by Patrick Wilde |
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| Cinematography | Alan Almond |
| Edited by | Barrie Vince |
| Music by | John Lunn |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Classics (through United International Pictures) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.2 million |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
Get Real is a 1998 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Simon Shore, based on the play What's Wrong with Angry? by screenwriter Patrick Wilde. The plot centres around the coming of age of a gay teen while growing up in rural Britain during the Cool Britannia era of the late 1990s. The film was shot and set in and around Basingstoke, England. Get Real has since become a cult classic among fans of gay cinema.