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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Cameron Mitchell |
| Stars: |
Stephen Trask |
| Actors: |
Theodore Liscinski |
| Genre: |
Musical & Performing Arts |
| Subgenre: |
Soldiers · Musicals |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen |
| UPC: |
794043540127 |
| Release Date: |
2001 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 35min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 31min Release Company: Warner Home Video (December 11, 2001) UPC: 794043540127 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 35min Release Company: Warner Home Video (December 11, 2001) UPC: 794043540035 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
John Cameron Mitchell |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/01/2001, p.44-5, John Mount): "...A confident and energetic updating of the movie musical....Mitchell brings an assurance and charisma to his performance..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
John Cameron Mitchell is the creator of the off-Broadway hit HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, which he and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask have transformed into a funny, dramatic, and curiously poignant self-described "post-punk neo-glam musical" film, with extra songs and a new instrumental score. Hedwig (played by Mitchell) was born as Hansel in East Berlin. In his twenties, Hansel agrees to undergo a sex change in order to marry a U.S. soldier (Maurice Dean Wint) and escape to America. Unfortunately, the procedure fails, and Hedwig is left with nothing but a sexless "angry inch" between her legs. After being abandoned in a Kansas trailer park by her husband, Hedwig decides to make the most of her situation: She develops a taste for outrageous wigs and costumes, forms a band, and becomes a singer. Hedwig soon meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Tommy (Michael Pitt), who also harbors rock star aspirations, and makes him her musical prot?g?. But Tommy is the one who ends up stealing the superstardom that ... |
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