
The Deadbeat Club tells the uplifting, emotional story of Cynthia Shelly, a tortured high-school misfit, who is faced with overwhelming and extraordinary events that transform her life forever. Cynthia decided to throw a talent show at her school to raise money for a man whose family was killed in a house fire. When the town takes no interest in the show, Cynthia and her group of misfit friends refuse to give up and look past the odds to make a difference for one family. Set in a small West Texas town, this inspirational drama is about friendship, acceptance, courage and what it means to be a member of THE DEADBEAT CLUB.
Cynthia Shelly
Morgan
Kelli-Jo Akemon

The Deadbeat Club tells the uplifting, emotional story of Cynthia Shelly, a tortured high-school misfit, who is faced with overwhelming and extraordinary events that transform her life forever. Cynthia decided to throw a talent show at her school to raise money for a man whose family was killed in a house fire. When the town takes no interest in the show, Cynthia and her group of misfit friends refuse to give up and look past the odds to make a difference for one family. Set in a small West Texas town, this inspirational drama is about friendship, acceptance, courage and what it means to be a member of THE DEADBEAT CLUB.
2004-06-20
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6.9After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.
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7.6In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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5.8A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
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6.7A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
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6.7The lives of an American expat and a half Japanese construction worker living in rural Japan are forever changed over the course of three days as they engage in an unexpected romance.
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7.3A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
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