The Velocity of Gary | 
| Director: Dan Ireland
Actors: Danny Arroyo, Jason Cutler (ii), Olivia D'abo, Elizabeth D'onofrio, Hakan D'onofrio
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 23572
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 03763
UPC: 043396037632
EAN: 0043396037632
ASIN: B0001EFTTW
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 1999
Release Date: April 13, 2004
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Product Description
In the underground culture of New York City Valentino (Vincent d'Onofrio) is a bisexual adult film star torn apart by two loves: tempestuous waitress Mary (Academy Award nominee Salma Hayek "Frida") and hunky street hustler Gary (Thomas Jane). Neither of them can stand the other but when Val is diagnosed with AIDS the two must put aside their differences and become strong for the man they love. Together the three of them will explore life love and the true meaning of family.System Requirements:Running Time: 101 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396037632 Manufacturer No: 03763
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Life in New York City, apparently, ain't what it used to be. In director Dan Ireland's "slice of life," Vincent D'Onofrio is a former porn star named Valentino (how's that for subtle metaphor?) who is slowly dying of AIDS. That's the least of your worries. He's also one third of a symbiotic menage a trois that includes waitress girlfriend Mary Carmen (an obnoxious Salma Hayek) and fetishistic gigolo boyfriend Gary (Thomas Jane, strutting like Madonna on valium). The movie comes across like some Midwestern housewife's salacious idea of what life is like "on the edge"--teeming with drugs, wild dancing, and drag queens. There's even a deaf, transgendered, Patsy Cline-wannabe who, no kidding, gets hit by a car while trying to call for an ambulance. Ireland and screenwriter James Still make such an embarrassing show of being outrageous that it's almost offensive; everybody is so busy being dangerously fabulous that nobody is even remotely human. --Steve Wiecking
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 The Velocity of Gary May 1, 2009
I am me. (Georgia USA)
The Velocity of Gary is a "must-have now" for fans of Vincent D'Onofrio's work (especially since the movie has been DISCONTINUED). His performance is what one would expect from an actor of his caliber - unexpected and brilliant. Thomas Jane, and Salma Hayek are perfect compliments; there are also some surprise stars such as Ethan Hawke and Olivia d'Abo("Nicole Wallace" for Criminal Intent fans). I've read negative reviews mentioning the movie's lack of realism; to those people I say: "Pooh to you". There are some SLIGHTLY "whimsical" moments sprinkled about, especially in reference to the "drag twins", but the movie, on the whole, is by no means unrealistic in it's view of a slice of the contra-culture. "Valentino"(D'onofrio) is quite sexy, as is "Gary"(Jane): so you have your eye candy (for both sexes), not to mention a seriously annoying "Mary Carmen"(Hayek) who's sexiness is a little downplayed but still in evidence. A great movie.The Velocity of Gary
 i love this movie December 13, 2007
Robin M. Guido (LASVEGAS NEVADA)
YOU MUST LOVE VINCENT... TO WATCH THIS MOVIE. IT IS NOT FOR THE HOMOPHOBE.
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS IS MOVING AND BELIEVABLE. I WAS ANGRY I LAUGHED I CRIED AND WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE AGAIN AND AGAIN. ITS A RARE FIND TRULY A HIDDEN TREASURE FOR ANY VINCENT FAN.
real July 2, 2007
Patricia M. Forry (NY,NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This picture was like being tarnsported back to 1974-76 when I was bottomed-out and people in the Village saved me. These characters seemed alive and beautiful and touching. It hurts not to be loved, but lovers have no real choice. Sometimes being annoyed or selfish or distracted can do real harm, but again there is no real decision to hurt involved.
 Why Is It Named After Gary? October 28, 2005
Erin Matthiessen (Portland, OR USA)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
A good cast wasted. Poorly written, filled with every cliche of "life on the edge", the film never gives depth to the three characters whose lives are so deeply intertwined. Their feelings for each other are never illuminated, so we don't know why they are together. They yell and fight and act outageously, but they give us no reason to care about them. For this I blame not the actors, but the director who seems to have no idea how real life happens or how real people talk to each other.
Salma Hayek comes off the best, though her charcter is unrelentingly irritating. Vincent D'Onofrio is good as always, a very intelligent actor. Thomas Jane is pouty and intense, but has the least well-written character to work with.
And why is the movie named after him, when the center of this drama is not Gary (Thomas Jane) but Valentino (Vincent D'Onofrio)?
 One of the worst movies ever made...yes, I'm serious May 24, 2005
G. Mitchell (Los Angeles, CA United States)
10 out of 19 found this review helpful
Where to begin? Cliched. Pretentious. Flat. Static. Maudlin. Melodramatic. Homophobic. And finally, just plain BORING. Start with an over-the-top caricature of a deaf-mute Patsy Cline young drag queen arriving the big city, pile on cardboard "colorful" characters like typical AIDS patient, porno star, and loud-mouthed Latina hot mamna, and whaddya get? An amateur film populated with some of the most UNLIKABLE, UNATTRACTIVE characters ever, all spewing some of the unbelievably BAD dialogue ever written - and to think the (formerly talented) director made THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD also with D'Onofrio? Go figure. Nice cover art, though.
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