To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Beeban Kidron

Written By:
Douglas Carter Beane

Actors:
Wesley Snipes ..... Noxeema
Patrick Swayze ..... Vida
John Leguizamo ..... Chi-Chi
Stockard Channing ..... Carol Ann
Blythe Danner ..... Beatrice
Arliss Howard ..... Virgil
Jason London ..... Bobby Ray
Chris Penn ..... Sheriff Dollard
Melinda Dillon ..... Merna
Beth Grant ..... Loretta
Alice Drummond ..... Clara
Marceline Hugot ..... Katina
Jennifer Milmore ..... Bobby Lee
Jamie Harrold ..... Billy Budd
Mike Hodge ..... Jimmy Joe

Synopsis:

After Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson win a major New York drag contest and a trip to Hollywood, they are persuaded to take the inexperienced drag princess Chi-Chi with them. They hire a beat-up old Cadillac and set off for Los Angeles, but their car breaks down in a small town in the middle of nowhere. With just their wits and an endless supply of garish costumes, they transform the town and everyone who lives there--until homophobic cop Sheriff Dollard catches up with them...

After jointly winning a local drag queen pageant in New York City, Noxeema Jackson and Vida Boheme win the right and are given the round trip airfare to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, California. Noxeema sees herself as the next Dorothy Dandridge, who bucked the trend of most black American movie actresses of her time by never playing the slave house maid. Vida's style reflects her past of growing up in upper class suburban Pennsylvania. One of their fellow New York contestants, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, is a straight-talking but naive and inexperienced drag queen. Seeing that Chi-Chi needs some drag queen confidence (despite her bravada), Vida and a reluctant Noxeema decide to cash in their plane tickets and buy an older model Cadillac convertible and drive to Hollywood with Chi-Chi. Their drive takes them through much of the country where alternate lifestyles are less tolerated than they may be in New York or Los Angeles. The three have an extended stay in small town Snydersville, where their car breaks down. If they ever make it out of Snydersville, they may be the better for their stay by learning more about themselves while dealing with the issues of town residents and spending more time together. Their stay is made even more precarious when they find out that Sheriff Dollard, a homophobic, racist and sexist highway sheriff with who they had an earlier encounter, is on their tail.

Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 January, 2016.