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Were the World Mine

Were the World Mine

a musical dream come true

20086.21h 37m

Overview

If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.

Directed by Tom Gustafson
Written by Tom Gustafson, Cory Krueckeberg
Produced by Tom Gustafson, Cory Krueckeberg, Peter Sterling
Box Office0Revenue: $120K

Top Cast

Tanner Cohen

Tanner Cohen

Timothy

Judy McLane

Judy McLane

Donna

Zelda Williams

Zelda Williams

Frankie

Wendy Robie

Wendy Robie

Mrs. Tebbit

Jill Larson

Jill Larson

Nora Bellinger

R

Ricky Goldman

Max

N

Nathaniel David Becker

Jonathon

Christian Stolte

Christian Stolte

Coach Driskill

David Darlow

David Darlow

Dr. Lawrence Bellinger

Parker Croft

Parker Croft

Cooper

Themes & Keywords

high schoolhomophobiamusicalbullyingbased on play or musicalschool playlgbtlgbt teenlove potiongay themebased on short film

About Were the World Mine

Were the World Mine is a fantasy, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of high school, homophobia, musical, bullying, based on play or musical, school play. Directed by Tom Gustafson, it stars Tanner Cohen, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams. If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.

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