Shock To The System Page #4

Synopsis: Because of a feature article on him in the Advocate, Albany based Donald Strachey has gained some notoriety as a gay private detective. His latest client, Paul Hale, a scared young man, provides Donald with a $5,000 retainer to find "someone", that person unspecified before Paul is scared off. Soon thereafter, Paul is found dead. The official cause of death is deemed suicide by the coroner's office, but Donald wants to do right by Paul by finding who killed him as the police unofficially believe he was murdered. Another person who believes Paul was murdered is his mother, Phyllis Hale. Donald learns that homophobic Mrs. Hale sent Paul to the Phoenix Foundation, run by Dr. Trevor Cornell and his wife Lynn Cornell and for which Paul was the poster child. The Foundation's raison d'etre is repairative therapy i.e. to help people turn from gay to straight. Donald believes Paul's death has something to do with the Foundation, whether it be a connection to one of the Cornells or one of the ot
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Ron Oliver
Production: Regent Releasing
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2006
91 min
Website
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whether you work with us

here at Phoenix or not

is that you are

the only person

who is allowed to

define who you are.

Choosing a homosexual

lifestyle works for some,

but it's a choice.

A very restricting,

limiting choice.

You can fix me?

Make me attracted

to women?

I wish I could.

I can't promise

you that, no one can.

Resisting your sexual urges

may be a lifetime issue.

So what's the point?

The point is to choose

to live a life,

not a lifestyle.

I'm sorry, Trevor,

the group's

a little upset,

you might want

to speak with them.

Tell them I'll

be right there.

I'm sorry Kyle,

I wish we had more time.

That's alright.

Actually, we're having

a group session tomorrow.

You should come.

Meet some of the others

members of the foundation

see what we're doing

to help them.

Alright. It'd be good.

Then we'll see you

tomorrow night at 8:00

thank you, Dr. Cornell.

Trevor.

Kyle...

welcome to the

Phoenix Foundation.

I don't understand

exactly what you're looking

for.

That's because I'm

not exactly sure.

Your son hired

me to find somebody.

Find somebody, who?

I was hoping you might

be able to tell me.

I'm sure I have no idea.

Well, that

makes two of us.

But I'm thinking it

must have something to do

with Trevor Cornell

or his group.

Why would you think that?

Because they're

furious with him.

Whatever your

son was doing,

it was pissing off a lot

of people.

Those people were

Paul's friends.

Okay.

Do you know who might

want your son dead?

Isn't it obvious?

Homosexuals.

If somebody like Paul could

turn away from that life,

could go straight

just think,

how inspirational

that would have been?

You don't like gay people

very much, do you Mrs. Hale?

All I ever wanted

was what was best

for my son.

To see him healthy

and safe and happy.

If you really want to find

out who killed him,

this is where I would

start, Larry Phelps.

Paul kept his photo up.

They were best friends

since they were kids.

I'm sure he's the reason

Paul became confused

to begin with.

So you think this kid

would've hurt Paul?

For the last year,

ever since Paul got

himself turned around,

Larry's done nothing

but harass my son

calling him

a traitor, a fraud.

Paul was very upset.

So why didn't he just

steer clear from him?

They were in film school

at university together.

He couldn't just

steer clear.

Okay, I'll talk

with Mr. Phelps.

You don't have

to lie to me

I'm not the one

paying your fee.

The only reason you're

even investigating this case

is so you can smear

Dr. Cornell's good name.

That's all you really

care about it, isn't it?

Your son came to me

and asked for my help.

He asked me if he

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