Holding the Man is a 2015 English-language Biography Drama motion picture written by Tommy Murphy and Timothy Conigrave. The movie is directed by Neil Armfield and produced by Kylie Du Fresne under the banner of Screen Australia. Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team.. Holding the man stars Ryan Corr in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Craig Stott, Sarah Snook, Francesco Ferdinandi, Lee Cormie, David Woods and Piagrace Moon. The screenplay is written by Tommy Murphy which is inspired from Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave. The music was composed by Alan John. Cinematography was done by Germain McMicking and editing by Dany Cooper. The film has a running time of 128 minutes. It was released on 27th August 2015. The Film was successful at box office. Holding the Man was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Transmission Films.