Directed by:
Christopher Ashley

Writing credits:
Paul Rudnick

Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive.

Plot Outline: Surprisingly lighthearted and witty, Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey (based on his off-Broadway play) was one of the first films to tackle the AIDS crisis without patting itself on the back or offering everything up in a sobering movie-of-the-week scenario. The titular Jeffrey (Steven Weber) is a happy-go-lucky gay man who suddenly comes face to face with the fact that AIDS has turned sex into something "radioactive." Paranoid in the extreme, he vows to become celibate--at just about the same time that hunky Steve (The Pretender's Michael T. Weiss) saunters into his life, eyes twinkling and hormones raging. The only problem is that Steve, for all his muscles and charm, is HIV-positive, thus setting Jeffrey's deepest fears into motion. When it was written in 1995, Jeffrey struck a nerve in mining the fear that a number of gay men felt during the height of the AIDS crisis. Even just a few years later, though, Jeffrey's paranoia (what, he's never heard of condoms?) seems dated, and his behavior more self-damaging than self-aware--basically, he needs a slap upside the head as opposed to therapy. Still, Rudnick (who went on to pen the more mainstream In and Out) is never one to pass up a witty one-liner or an opportunity to poke fun at anyone, and Jeffrey now stands as a hilarious, sometimes poignant portrait of gay single life and the perils of dating in a paranoid time. Weber's Jeffrey is simultaneously open to the possibilities of life and fearful to embrace them, and Weiss is, well... gorgeous and funny and sexy beyond belief. Still, it's Patrick Stewart, as Jeffrey's interior decorator best friend, who effortlessly steals the film with his cutting wit; in his mouth, Rudnick's lines are priceless gems. With a host of amazing cameos, including Sigourney Weaver as a conceited New Age maven, Kathy Najimy as her sad-sack follower, Christine Baranski as a high-society hostess for a roundup-themed charity dinner, and a top-form Nathan Lane as a gay priest who seems to have discovered the meaning of life--literally.

Cast (in credits order)
Steven Weber .... Jeffrey
Peter Jaconson .... Man #1
Tom Cayler .... Man #2
David Thornton .... Man #3
Lee Mark Nelson .... Crying Guy
John Ganun .... Tourist
Michael T. Weiss .... Steve
Joseph Dain .... Movie Theatre Guy #1
Jeffrey Ross .... Movie Theatre Guy #2
Irma St. Paule .... Mother Teresa
Patrick Stewart .... Sterling
Nicky Paraiso .... Salesman
K. Todd Freeman .... Barney's Waiter
Robert Klein .... Skip Winkley
Patti Ann O'Connell .... Cheryl the Showgirl
Patrick Kerr .... Waiter/Actor/Policeman
Peter Bartlett .... Casting Director
Christine Baranski .... Ann Marwood Bartle
John Seidman .... Boss
Victor Garber .... Tim
Bryan Batt .... Darius
Barton Heyman .... Elderly Man
Darryl Theirse .... Homeboy
Camryn Manheim .... Single Woman
Sigourney Weaver .... Debra Moorhouse
Kathy Najimy .... Acolyte
J. Smith-Cameron .... Sharon
Ethan Phillips .... Dave
Lou Sumrall .... Thug #1
Robert Capelli Jr. .... Thug #2
Vinny Capone .... Thug #3
Nancy Ticotin .... Woman in the Window
Peter Maloney (.... Dad
Debra Monk .... Mom
Marcus Lovett .... Memorial Guest
Michele Pawk .... Young Mother
Demitri Corben .... House Manager
Alexander Cohen Smith .... Child
Nathan Lane .... Father Dan
Mary Bond Davis .... Church Lady #1
Lenka Peterson .... Church Lady #2
Olympia Dukakis .... Mrs. Marcangelo
Gregory Jbara .... Angelique
Peter B. Master .... Master (as Peter B.)
Albert Macklin .... Slave
Michael Duvert .... Sean
Alison Sheehy .... Network V.O.
Sarah Peterson .... Nurse
Marylouise Burke .... Aunt Phyllis
Joe Ponazecki .... Uncle Barney
Alice Drummond .... Grandma Rose
Henry Stram .... Cousin Gary
Leroi Freman .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Scott Fowler .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Christopher Harrison .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Sergie A. Trujillo .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
J. David Elder .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Christopher Davis .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Richard Amaro .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
Andreas Niedermeier .... Cater-Waiter Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Jimmy Ashmore .... Cater-Waiter (uncredited)
Brian Ferrari .... Cater-Waiter (uncredited)
Kevin Nealon .... TV Reporter (uncredited)