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Firebird
Why this pick
Its secret romance between servicemen carries a similarly restrained, aching pull, where professional ambition and a rigid military system make intimacy feel dangerously exposed.
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MOVIE2013 1h 36m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Like Burning Blue, it grounds a forbidden attraction in an intense male partnership and lets professional duty steadily complicate private feelings.
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The Pass
Why this pick
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Yossi
Why this pick
A quiet, mature character study about a guarded professional confronting emotional isolation; its tenderness and restraint suit Burning Blue’s melancholy undercurrent.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Best friends Lieutenants Dan Lynch (Trent Ford) and Will Stephensen (Morgan Spector) are U.S. Navy fighter pilots flying the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and hoping to become the youngest pilots to be accepted into the space program. After two accidents, one of which is due to Will's failing eyesight, their unit is subject to an Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigation led by John Cokely (Michael Sirow).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Morgan Spector
William Stephensen
Rob Mayes
Matthew Blackwood
Cotter Smith
Admiral Lynch
Michael Cumpsty
Admiral Stephensen
Michael Sirow
John Cokely
Chris Chalk
Special Agent Jones
Gwynneth Bensen
Tammi
Mark Doherty
Skipper