How "Making Love" Changed Us
Screenwriter Barry Sandler was ready for a challenge. By 1980 Sandler had racked up an impressive resume of glossy mainstream credits that included the romantic biopic Gable and Lombard,the Raquel Welch roller derby vehicle Kansas City Bomber, and the all-star mystery Evil Under the Sun. The time had come for him to write something more personal. With the encouragement of his then-boyfriend, writer A. Scott Berg, Sandler penned the screenplay for Making Love, about a married doctor (Michael Ontkean) who comes out as gay to his wife (Kate Jackson) after an affair with a gay writer (Harry Hamlin). As the hugely anticipated release of the semi-autobiographical film, regarded by many as the first studio movie to treat gay people respectfully, approached, Sandler knew he’d need to be open about his own sexual orientation. In an interview with The Advocate at the time, he spoke about how liberated he felt. “Once you acknowledge to the world, once there are no more secrets, you’re no longer concerned about going to a party with another guy. I don’t give a shit anymore. This is who I am.” Sandler, who now teaches screenwriting at the University of Central Florida, would go on to write numerous other films, including the electrifying Ken Russell-Kathleen Turner collaboration Crimes of Passion, which he is planning to mount for the stage. The GLAAD Award-winning writer speaks with The Advocate about the 1982 film, reveals which actors refused to star in it, and shares what he sees as its legacy.
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2012/07/14/how-making-love-changed-us
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I liked both of them. Everybody did, I guess. 
