'29th and Gay' is the gay movie for
the gay everyman. Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story
about a guy who doesn't have a six-pack, a full head of hair or a boyfriend.
James is an unemployed actor stuck in his role of tour guide at a movie studio
/ theme park. He finds himself rapidly approaching thirty years old and wondering
what happened to his plans for fame, fortune and love. With twenty-seven dollars
in his bank account and two hundred and twenty-seven thousand miles on his decrepit
car, he finds himself asking the question that many of us find ourselves posing
- is this all there is?
Between secretly stalking the local coffee boy, discovering the world of online
dating, and earning extra cash dressed as a giant bunny, James finds comfort
in the arms of his friends. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist,
struggles with showing him there is life beyond the glitz and glamour of the
disco ball, his other friend, Brandon, one of those gay boys comfortable in
his own gay skin, works on getting James to at least talk to a boy.
Feeling out of place in the gay world of circuit boys, caught in the middle
of his Hispanic-American heritage and staring in from the outside of Hollywood,
we watch as James finds his place in the world, realizing that life is in the
journey, not the destination.