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Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club
- Director: Scott Bloom
- Writer: Scott Bloom
- Producer: Scott Bloom
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An affectionate look at some big hairy boys and the big metallic toys...
Founded in 1954, the Satyrs Motorcycle Club...have traveled through a fair amount of [gay] history...this film tells their story.
More reflective than the here and now - these bikers have grown into old(er) men...less rebellious, still cheeky...an important piece of gay social history.
The only low-point in the film is that self-promoting dickhead from the MCC.
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The(ir) Blurb...
The year was 1954. Stanley Kramer's stylized film portrayal of America's rebellious youth, The Wild Ones, the original motorcycle movie featuring leather-clad icon Marlon Brando, splashed across the silver screen. Americans were healing from the scars of World War II, and gay veterans were exploring ways to covertly meet other masculine men. The Satyrs Motorcycle Club of Los Angeles was there at the beginning of this new era. It was the start of a gay motorcycle club revolution which influenced the creation of other clubs across the nation. This emerging club culture was the means to an end for meeting and socializing with other gay leather-motorcycle buddies. "Original Pride" is a journey into the legendary Satyrs Motorcycle Club and offers a look at the men who were there and frames their stories, memories and influences on the leather community. Archive footage and vintage photographs reveal how these men shaped gay culture.