Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
| Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story | |
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| Directed by | John L'Ecuyer |
| Produced by | Heather Gordon Haldane |
| Written by | Michael MacLennan |
| Starring | Aaron Ashmore |
| Music by | Gary Koftinoff |
| Cinematography | Glenn Warner |
| Edited by | Mike Lee |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Lifetime Television |
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Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story is a Canadian television film, which aired on CTV in 2004. The film is about Marc Hall, a gay Canadian teenager whose legal fight (Marc Hall v. Durham Catholic School Board) to bring a same-sex date to his Catholic high school prom made headlines in 2002.
Plot
In Inniston, Marc Hall (Aaron Ashmore) is popular and his sexuality relatively well-accepted by his classmates and later his parents. But when he decides to take his boyfriend to the prom as his date, he finds he has stepped over the line straight into the fight of his young life and sends ripples though Canada's media. From just an ordinary teenager, he becomes an icon for LGBT rights across the nation when he discovers he is battling discrimination to date whoever he wants within the spotlight of the nation's media cast center on his struggle,
Cast
- Aaron Ashmore as Marc Hall
- Mac Fyfe as Jason
- Tamara Hope as Carly
- Trevor Blumas as Beau
- Dave Foley as Principal Warrick
- Laura Vandervoort as Young Girl (uncredited)
The offices of Toronto-based Tapestry Pictures were trashed one week before the film's television premiere, and the producers feared the vandalism was linked to its coming, controversial film.
See also
Marc Hall v. Durham Catholic School Board