To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

Regista:

Beeban Kidron

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Douglas Carter Beane (written by)

Data di uscita:

8 settembre 1995 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy

Slogan:

Attitude is everything.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Gay Lead Character | Domestic Abuse | Actress Playing Herself | Long Title | Secret Admirer

Premi:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Loads of Fun

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Noxeema Jackson
Patrick Swayze	...	Vida Boheme
John Leguizamo	...	Chi-Chi Rodriguez
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
Michael Vartan	...	Tommy
RuPaul	...	Rachel Tensions
Julie Newmar	...	Herself
Joel Story	...	Little Earnest
Abie Hope Hyatt	...	Donna Lee
Jamie Leigh Wolbert	...	Sandra Lee
Shea Degan	...	State trooper #1
Dean Houser	...	State trooper #2
Joe Grojean	...	State trooper #3
Keith Reddin	...	Motel manager
Naomi Campbell	...	Girl
William P. Hopkins	...	Small guy
Dayton Callie	...	Crazy Elijah
Ron Carley	...	Old man
Shea R. Bredenkamp	...	Rude boy
Michael A. Tushaus	...	Rude boy
Patrick Tuttle	...	Rude boy
Timothy A. Zimmerman	...	Rude boy
Tim Keller	...	Rude boy
Miss Understood	...	Herself (as Alexander Heimberg)
Joseph Arias	...	Justine (as Joey Arias)
Allen Hidalgo	...	Chita Riviera
Mishell Chandler	...	Miss Missy
Catiria Reyes	...	Herself
David Drumgold	...	Cappuccino Commotion
Clinton Leupp	...	Miss Coco Peru
Lionel Tiburcio	...	Laritza Dumont
Bernard A. Mosca	...	Olympia
Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe	...	Announcer
David Barton	...	Boy in chains
Susanne Bartsch	...	New York pageant judge
Quentin Crisp	...	New York pageant judge
Kevin 'Flotilla DeBarge' Joseph	...	New York pageant judge
Matthew Kasten	...	New York pageant judge
Widow Norton	...	New York pageant judge
Charles Ching	...	Coco LaChine
Mike Fulk	...	Victoria Weston
Niasse N. Mamadou	...	Lola
Candis Cayne	...	Candis Cayne (as Brendan McDanniel)
Shelton McDonald	...	Princess Diandra
Richard Ogden	...	Kabuki
James Palacio	...	Fiona James
Steven Polito	...	Hedda Lettuce
Philip Stoehr	...	Philomena
Margaret H. Flynn	...	Vida's mother (as Martha Flynn)
Billie J. Diekman	...	Florist
Shari Shell-True	...	Dance teacher
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Jimmy Ashmore	...	Club kid (uncredited)
George Costacos	...	Patron (uncredited)
Chauncey Duren	...	Contest Judge (uncredited)
Marshall Factora	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Brian Ferrari	...	Club kid (uncredited)
Alfonse King	...	Extra (uncredited)
The Lady Bunny	...	Contestant (uncredited)
Robin Williams	...	John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)

Regia di
Beeban Kidron

Scritto da (WGA)
Douglas Carter Beane		(written by)

Prodotto da
G. Mac Brown	....	producer
Bruce Cohen	....	executive producer
Mitchell Kohn	....	associate producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	executive producer

Musiche originali di
Rachel Portman

Fotografia di
Steve Mason

Montaggio di
Andrew Mondshein

Responsabile casting
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Scenografie di
Wynn Thomas

Architetto-scenografo
Robert Guerra

Arredatore
Ted Glass

Costumi di
Vince Palomino
Marlene Stewart

Trucco
Stephen G. Bishop	....	hair stylist
Margot Boccia	....	makeup artist
David Brown	....	hair stylist
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup artist
Linda Grimes	....	makeup artist
Stacy Heatherly	....	makeup artist
J. Roy Helland	....	hair stylist
J. Roy Helland	....	makeup artist
Lori Hicks	....	makeup artist
Steven Lawrence	....	makeup artist
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist
Alan E. Schubert	....	hair stylist (as Alan Schubert)

Direttore di produzione
Celia D. Costas	....	unit production manager
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	assistant unit production manager (as Patricia Ann Doherty)

Aiuto regista
Nandi Bowe	....	second assistant director
H.H. Cooper	....	second assistant director
Randy Fletcher	....	first assistant director
Heidi McGowen	....	second second assistant director
Andrew Mondshein	....	second unit director
Dale M. Nielsen	....	second second assistant director (as Dale Nielsen)
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director
Jim Weis	....	second second assistant director (as James Weis)

Art Department
Tommy Allen	....	property master (as Thomas Allen)
JoAnn Atwood	....	set dresser
Ron Botting	....	scenic artist
Teresa Carriker-Thayer	....	assistant art director
Paula Clowers	....	props assistant
Jeffrey L. Glave	....	scenic artist
Gary Grill	....	carpenter
Wendell A. Bud Hill II	....	set dresser
Erik Knight	....	art department coordinator
Robin McKercher	....	scenic artist
Eric M. Metzger	....	props
Timothy Metzger	....	lead man
Jeffrey Rollins	....	set dresser
Alyssa Winter	....	set decorator: New York
Joan Winters	....	graphic designer
Patricia Woodbridge	....	assistant art director
Byron K. Lovelace	....	props (uncredited)

Sonoro
Steven J. Balzarini	....	cable person
Michael Barosky	....	production sound mixer
Michael Barry	....	additional mixing engineer
David Boulton	....	adr engineer
Richard P. Cirincione	....	dialogue editor
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Ted Clark	....	sound recordist
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ezra Dweck	....	sound effects recordist
Harry Higgins	....	sound recordist
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor
Zane McCully	....	adr editor
Linda Murphy	....	boom operator
James H. Nau	....	adr editor
Bruce Pross	....	foley supervisor
Maurice Schell	....	supervising sound editor
Paul P. Soucek	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr engineer
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor
Peter Waggoner	....	additional mixing engineer
David Wahnon	....	assistant sound editor
Nick Smith	....	assistant adr editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Catlett	....	grip
Phil Cohen	....	camera loader
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator (as David Dunlap)
William Hines	....	rigging gaffer
Bruce MacCallum	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Bruce McCallum)
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Heather Norton	....	second assistant camera (as Heather MacDonald Norton)
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Chris Silano	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Susan Starr	....	assistant camera
Allen Stillman	....	electrician
Elizabeth Ziegler	....	steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christopher Lawrence	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Laura Congleton	....	avid advisor
Jennifer Davidoff Cook	....	first assistant editor
John Scott Cook	....	assistant editor
John Sosnovski	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Pilar McCurry	....	executive music producer
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
Happy Walters	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Ray Moyer	....	driver
James Patrick Whalen Jr.	....	transportation coordinator (as James Whalen)

Altro personale
Tamara Bally	....	production accountant
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer
Shawn Boyachek	....	production assistant
Bart Brown	....	production associate
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor
John DeSimone	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Henfling 'Skip' George	....	production assistant
Sarah Gyllenstierna	....	production assistant
George 'Skip' Henfling	....	production assistant
John Latenser V	....	production secretary
Monica Levinson	....	assistant production coordinator
Eric Myers	....	unit publicist
Kenny Ortega	....	choreographer
Judy Pursley	....	first assistant accountant
Olimpia T. Rinaldi	....	accounting assistant
David Wadley	....	production assistant
Mario West	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1996) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• United International Pictures (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (1999) (Nepal) (VHS) (retail)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2003) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• MCA Soundtracks  soundtrack
• Sylvia Fay/ Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Alias:

A Wong Foo, grazie di tutto! Julie Newmar (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for subject matter involving men living in drag, a brief scene of spousal abuse and some language.

Durata:

109 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS

Divieti:

South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Luoghi delle riprese:

Cornwall, New York, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Curiosità:

According to the three male leads, upon completion of filming they burned their costumes, wigs and make-up because it took so long each morning to "become women."

Errori:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie, Carol Ann is saying goodbye to Vida and Carol Ann's hair is in a ponytail. In the next shot, her hair is loose in the back and not a ponytail.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Vida Boheme: Ready or not, here comes mama!

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a Island in the Sun (1957)

Colonna sonora:

Do What You Wanna Do

Loads of Fun

Oh this movie is a lot of fun. Light, frothy, sparkling, shiny fun, fun, fun. So surprising to see such macho actors turn into attractive women---although, to me, in a lot of scenes with that short haired bob wig, Patrick looked like Jack Lemmon's character in Some Like it Hot. The plot of this film is very unrealistic and the town that they land in is something more out of the 1700's than the 20th century, but it is a funny film and also teaches us about tolerance and acceptance for and to others. I laughed so many times at this movie. It is a great comedy and wonderful entertainment. I highly recommend it. Some of these reviewers here who slammed this film really don't see or get the point in reviewing this movie looking for deeper meanings and criticisms all over the place. It is a light, funny comedy. It delivers and it is wonderful.