Clapham Junction (2007) on Netflix
In Clapham, south London, a hot 36-hour stretch brings gay men's paths together. A screenwriter's script is rejected, a couple celebrate a civil partnership, and a teenager pursues an older man.
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Plot summary
During a heatwave in Clapham, south London, a civil partnership ceremony is under way: Gavin and Will are marking their union while Alfie works the event as a waiter. Elsewhere, the screenwriter Robin is told that a script of his about gay life has been done before. The schoolboy Danny practices his violin and is taunted on his way home. Fourteen-year-old Theo, in the library, picks up a pen left behind by Tim, a man of twenty-nine. Terry drives for a living, listens to music through headphones, and lives with his nan. In the evening he and Alfie both turn up at a club in Vauxhall, where they catch each other's eye.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Clapham Junction (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Clapham Junction was inspired by the murder of Jody Dobrowski on Clapham Common on 14 October 2005, with David Leon's character Alfie based on the events.
- Terry, the assailant played by Paul Nicholls, tells his victim he hates the Pet Shop Boys as he attacks him - and at the band's request the track was replaced and that dialogue dubbed out when Clapham Junction was repeated on More4 on 30 July 2007.
- Clapham Junction caused controversy and a mixed reaction, particularly from gay viewers who felt it a negative portrayal of gay men; producer Elinor Day said in The Independent the intention was to raise awareness of homophobia.
- A bench scene with Will and Gavin, nominally set on Clapham Common, was in fact filmed miles away in the park on Primrose Hill in north London.
