Set in Los Angeles on November 30, 1962, this is the story of George Falconer, a middle-aged English college teacher who has struggled to find meaning in his life since the car accident that killed his longtime partner, Jim, eight months ago. Jim’s family disapproved of his relationship with George and didn’t given him permission to attend the funeral.

Throughout the single day depicted in the film, and narrated from his point of view, George dwells on his past, shown in flashbacks, and his seemingly empty future, as he prepares for his planned suicide that evening. He buys bullets for his revolver, empties his safety deposit box in the bank, prepares letters for some friends, and one with some money for his cleaning woman, and arranges his life insurance policy, other important things such as keys, and the clothes he wants to be dressed in by the undertaker neatly in sight. Everyday things and encounters become special for him, realizing that for each it is the last time, and he is extra nice to people, as he is secretly saying goodbye.

Watch the Trailer

More Videos

• UK Trailer
• Clip: Doorway Kiss
• Clip: George and Charley
• Interview: Artisan News Service
• Interview: Towleroad.com

From the Gallery

Promoting the Movie

December 2009: Cinema Society & Tom Ford Host A Single Man Screening

Trivia & Facts

• Tom Ford financed the film himself.
• The movie was shot in just 21 days.
• Colin Firth was originally not available for the role and someone else was cast. Then there was a shift in the movie schedule and Firth was eventually able to take the part.

Quotes: Character

None yet

Quotes: Julianne

“Well, you know what’s interesting to me is we have this whole association of ’60s of being a youth-culture thing, but I’m playing a 48-year-old woman in 1962, so here she is listening to this modern music and doing a modern eye and having modern hair, but clearly, her heyday is in another era. So was George’s. So it was kind of an interesting juxtaposition I thought to be someone who’s trying to reach forward but who’s also kind of stuck in her own life, a little bit behind.”

“You see who this woman is by what she cares about, which is make-up. And then you (recognize) how beautifully she has achieved it, and you realize here is this woman who has got all of this artistry. But it’s artificial. It’s artifice. So you see these two sides to Charley right away in this one little shot.”

“I get to be beautiful and glamorous and fun and the best friend. I get to joke. I have been in movies where they have shot up my legs or something like that … It is nice to see it reversed.”

Awards

The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival and Colin Firth was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor at the film festival for his performance in the film. He has also received a BAFTA for best actor. Firth has also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama nomination, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role nomination, as well as an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. For her performance, Julianne Moore was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in Motion Picture. Abel Korzeniowski was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

On January 14, 2010, the film was nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Release at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.