After three chaste years of engagement, popular high school teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is finally getting married, and his upcoming wedding to Miss Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack) is the talk of their small, friendly town. But when a hometown boy-made-movie star outs Howard as gay during his Best Actor Oscar acceptance speech on national television, Howard must convince his friends, family, fiancée, and students that he's straight before his wedding day--but can he convince himself? Joan Cusack received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as the beleaguered fiancée in this Frank Oz-directed comedy.

Exuberant, tart, and gently mocking of America's straight-laced response to nontraditional sexual matters, IN & OUT traces the both painful and laugh-filled journey of popular teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) from being everyone's buddy to an being an oddity when he's outed on national television by a former student turned movie star. Only days away from marrying longtime fiancée Emily (Joan Cusack), Howard scrambles all over town assuring everyone that he's not gay and the wedding is still on. But a kiss from a male TV entertainment reporter (Tom Selleck) spins Howard's world upside down--or perhaps finally right-side up. A howlingly funny and dead-on script by Paul Rudnick, shining performances by Kline and Cusack, and a deftly crafted message about placing individuals above stereotypes propel IN & OUT into the upper echelon of social comedies.

The story of Howard Brackett was inspired by Tom Hanks's "outing" of his retired drama teacher in his Oscar acceptance speech for PHILADELPHIA.

Joan Cusack's Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for IN & OUT was her second, the first being for her role in WORKING GIRL.

Screenwriter Paul Rudnick, as Libby Gelman-Waxner, writes a popular film-criticism column for PREMIERE magazine.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection

Kevin Kline: Actor, SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Joan Cusack: American actress, WORKING GIRL (1988)
Tom Selleck: American Actor, MAGNUM, P.I.
Shawn Hatosy: Actor: JOHN Q/FAITH OF MY FATHERS
Matt Dillon: American Actor, DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989)
Debbie Reynolds: American Actress/Singer, MOTHER (1996)
Wilford Brimley: American supporting actor
Bob Newhart: American Comedian/Actor
Gregory Jbara: 
Shalom Harlow: Supermodel
Zak Orth: 
Lauren Ambrose: American actress, SIX FEET UNDER
Alexandra Holden: 
Lewis J. Stadlen: 
Deborah Rush: Actress/"Zelig"
J. Smith-Cameron: Supporting Actress
Kate McGregor-Stewart: Actress
Debra Monk: Actress/...Madison County
Ernie Sabella: 
John Cunningham: Supporting Actor/1990s
Gus Rogerson: 
Dan Hedaya: American TV/Film Actor
Joseph Maher: Supporting Actor
William Parry: 
William Duell: 
Richard Woods: 
Kevin Chamberlin: 
Wally Dunn: 
Larry Clarke: 
June Squibb: 
Alice Drummond: Supporting Actress
Mary Diveny: 
Anne Russell: 
Patrick Garner: 
Adam LeFevre: Actor/"Only You 1994"
Bill Camp: 
Scott Robertson: 
John Christopher Jones: 
Macintyre Dixon: 
Joanna Wolff: 
Chris L. McKenna: 
Mark Ballou: 
Charles Newmark: 
Andrew Levitas: 
Jonathan Michael Hershfield: 
Daniel Joseph: 
Seth Ullian: 
Greg Siff: 
Ryan Janis: 
Jane Hoffman: Supporting Actress
Becky Ann Baker: 
William P. Hoag: 
Danny Canton: 
Selma Blair: Actor, CRUEL INTENTIONS/HELLBOY
Patricia Guinan: 
Nesbitt Blaisdell: Actor
Samantha Buck: 
Lauren Fox: 
Lizzy Mahon: 
Simone Marean: 
Michael McGruther: 
Niki Roma: 
Jacqueline Maloney: 

Frank Oz: Director/Muppeteer

Scott Rudin: Producer/Executive

Paul Rudnick: Screenwriter; alter ego is "Premiere's" Libby Gelman-Waxner

Marc Shaiman: American Composer

Dan Hanley: Editor, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000)
John Jympson: British Editor, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

"...Full of topical belly laughs....IN is one coming-out party that aims to please nearly everyone..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
"...IN AND OUT does deliver laughs and skewer a few stereotypes, thanks to extremely sly wit and a fine cast..."
"...A truly funny, sophisticated, compassionate mainstream Hollywood comedy..."
"...IN & OUT is a comedy of the moment with laughs that last far into the night..."
"...IN AND OUT is a lot of fun, an audience pleaser that creates characters that only become more likable the more the plot digs in..."