Poole was inspired to make the film after he went with some friends to see a film called Highway Hustler. The segment ends following Donovan's climax with the dildo, with the real Moore coming inside the house and closing the door behind them. The remainder of the segment consists of Donovan's fantasized sexual encounters with Moore throughout the house intercut with shots of Donovan sniffing poppers and penetrating himself with a large black dildo. Donovan spots Moore from his balcony, and Moore sees Donovan as well. Inside: This final segment opens with shots of Donovan showering, toweling off and wandering idly around his room, intercut with shots of African-American telephone repairman Tommy Moore checking various poles and lines outside.The scene closes with the two engaged in horseplay in the pool and then walking off together down a boardwalk. Di Cioccio turns the tables and tops Donovan until Donovan's climax. The two couple by the pool, with each performing oral sex on the other and Donovan penetrating Di Cioccio in a variety of positions. The water starts to churn and dark-haired Danny Di Cioccio emerges to Donovan's delight. Inside is a tablet, which he throws into the pool. After a number of days pass (marked by fluttering calendar pages), he receives a reply in the form of a package. Intrigued by an ad in the back of the paper, Donovan writes a letter in response. He returns to his house, strips by the pool and begins reading. Poolside: The segment opens with Donovan on a pier, holding a newspaper.Donovan dons Fisk's abandoned clothes and heads off down the beach. Fisk runs into the ocean and vanishes, mirroring Donovan's entrance. The scene ends with Fisk taking the strap from his genitals and attaching it around Donovan's wrist. Following Donovan's climax he returns to servicing Fisk orally and, as Fisk is climaxing, momentary flashes of previous scenes are intercut. They continue the scene, with each performing oral sex on the other and Donovan penetrating Fisk. They kiss and touch each other, then Donovan takes a studded leather strap from Fisk's wrist and attaches it around Fisk's genitalia. Fisk grabs the blanket and follows, catching up to Donovan in a clearing. Fisk performs oral sex on Donovan, who then leads Fisk into the woods. Suddenly, out in the water, blond naked Donovan appears and runs up onto the beach to Fisk. He strips and sits on blanket, watching the sea intently.
Bayside: Dark-haired, bearded Peter Fisk walks along the wooded paths of the island until reaching a beach.īoys in the Sand is composed of three segments set on Fire Island. The film's title is a parodic reference to the 1968 Mart Crowley play The Boys in the Band, which had been adapted into a 1970 film of the same name. A sequel Boys in the Sand II was eventually released in 1986, but in the much-changed film and porn markets did not match the success of the original. The film brought Donovan international recognition. Promoted by Poole with an advertising campaign unprecedented for a pornographic feature, it premiered in 1971 at the 253-seat 55th Street Playhouse in Manhattan, where it was an immediate critical and commercial success. Produced on a budget of about $8,000, the film collects three segments depicting Donovan's sexual adventures at a gay beach resort. It was the first gay porn film to include credits and to be reviewed by the film industry journal Variety, and one of the earliest porn films – after Andy Warhol's 1969 film Blue Movie, but preceding 1972's Deep Throat – to gain mainstream credibility. The 1971 film was directed by Wakefield Poole and stars Casey Donovan. Boys in the Sand is a landmark American gay pornographic film, released early in the Golden Age of Porn.