“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders" peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, "Cruising." Directed by William Friedkin, the film triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York's leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy.
Adam Baran
Andy Humm
Armando D. Muñoz
Bud S. Smith
Charles Kaiser
Charles Lum
Dan Savage
Darkqwolf
David Del Valle
David Rothenberg
Dennis Dermody
Don Scardino
Drusilla Adeline
Efrain Gonzalez
Frank Henenlotter
Howard Rosenman
James Polchin
Jim Fall
Jim Hubbard
John Burke
Ken Kidd
Ken Oliver
Kenneth Sherrill
Matt Foreman
Michael Musto
Michael Schiavi
Nat Segaloff
Pamela Verrill Walker
Randy Jurgensen
Richard Berkowitz
Richard Goldstein
Rob Urbinati
Robert Geary
Steve Ashkinazy
Thom Kam
Todd Verow
William K. Hoyt
William Schoel
Addison Verrill
Al Pacino
Arthur Bell
Barton Lane
Anita Bryant
Chuck Scarborough
Dianne Feinstein
Frank O'Dowd
Gene Siskel
George Putnam
Harvey Milk
Holly Woodlawn
Jason Miller
Jerry Weintraub
John Wojtowicz
Linda Blair
Marcia Pally
Marsha P. Johnson
Paul Bateson
Roger Ebert
Tom Snyder
William Friedkin
Vito Russo
Wayland Flowers