February 12, 1998 /
7:30 PM

"...large on charm, DAVID SEARCHING manages to redefine the quirky romantic comedy." -- SXSW Film Festival

"...a deceptively simple and engaging work that finds some of the stories lurking behind life’ big dramas." -- THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

"a script brimming with authentic (if oddball) dialogue and situations that crystallize the youthful feeling of stumbling through life with hope intact." -- OUTFEST

(1996, 103 min.) In Leslie L. Smith’s deeply emotional, yet hilarious portrait of two young, sex-deprived New York City roommates, Anthony Rapp (the star of RENT on Broadway) plays David, a gay, would-be documentary filmmaker (If his agent could ever get him that meeting with PBS) and self-proclaimed "king of self-pity" to Camryn Manheim’s (TV’s "The Practice)loud and loveable Gwen -- who has plenty of advice for David -- but can’t quite sort out her own feelings. David and Gwen are soulmates... best friends. They support one another on their hapless, individual quests for the perfect man and when they’re feeling especially down, they talk about heroes... that is until a handsome, but exceedingly peculiar drunken stranger (Joseph Fuqua) appears on their couch and David crosses paths with both a world-wise stand-up comic (Julie Halston) and an attractive sex club pick-up (David Courier) who happens to be the only man David has met, who is actually interested in his mind. With music by Julee Cruz, Man Ray, Thunder’s Monkey, Itchy Trigger Finger and others.