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Superstar in a Housedress

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Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:18

Rotten:0

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. The film... Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. The film features on-camera interviews with actor Harvey Fierstein who played Jackie’s mother in “Americka Cleopatra” when he was 18, Ellen Stewart, founder of LaMama Experimental Theater Club, John Vaccarro, founder of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Paul Morrissey, director of the Andy Warhol films, and surviving superstars Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro, plus 24 other friends and colleagues of Jackie’s. The film includes never-before-seen video and film clips of Jackie performing in stage plays including ”Femme Fatale”, and “Glamour, Glory and Gold”, and cabarets including the legendary ”Cabaret in the Sky: An evening with Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis” (1974). The music of jazz musician and composer Paul Serrato, who wrote and performed music for many of Jackie’s productions, including ”Vain Victory” is featured, as is the photography of Jack Mitchell who took more photo-graphs of Curtis and the Warhol crowd than any other professional. Interviews with media personalities, writers and editors put the work and life of Jackie Curtis in historical perspective. Narrated by Lily Tomlin. [More]

Starring: Penny Arcade, Joe Dallesandro, Harvey Fierstein, Joe Franklin

Starring: Penny Arcade, Joe Dallesandro, Harvey Fierstein, Joe Franklin, Taylor Mead, Paul Morrissey, Sylvia Miles, Frank Mitchell, Michael Musto, Holly Woodlawn

Director: Craig Highberger

Director: Craig Highberger

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Reviews for Superstar in a Housedress

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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
AV Club

It's an engrossing peek at an era that now seems as meteoric, crazy and distant as the Roaring Twenties.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
01/20/05
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

A vibrant, skin-deep flirt, both refined and tawdry, fabulous and skin deep -- probably a comparison Curtis himself would appreciate.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
08/23/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

As this entertaining documentary makes clear, the witty, wisecracking, son-of-a-Marine drag queen was an artist in his own right.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/21/04
E! Online

The film is full of flamboyant personalities, and they all contribute to the impression that Highberger above all wants to pay tribute to Curtis' brave determination to discover and express his ever-changing identity at all costs.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/19/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Slow-starting but ultimately invigorating.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/19/04
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly

Entertaining and fine-looking doc.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/08/04
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Fascinating.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/06/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle

An affectionate biographical documentary.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
07/23/04
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Undeniably fun.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
07/22/04
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

Highberger's movie is as much a reclamation of cultural territory as it is a bio-pic.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/28/04
Susan Walker
Susan Walker
Toronto Star

An enthusiastic backstage biography of one of Warhol's drag-queen divas, Jackie Curtis.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/28/04
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail

The most resonant parts of the movie are, oddly, the interviews with his fellow glam bohemians.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/12/04
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

There are several admiring -- and often hilarious -- interviews with an astounding array of Curtis' surviving pals.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/11/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

What makes Highberger's docu so rewarding is the wealth of material available.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/10/04
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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Required viewing for all Warholia aficionados and any one with even a passing interest in the counter-culture of a New York City that exists only as a dimming memory in the minds of those lucky enough to have lived there.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/06/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

[Curtis'] life fascinates, as colorful as one of the old movies he loved.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
05/06/04
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

A vivid and affectionate portrait of Jackie Curtis, the drag personality who cut a speed-driven swath through New York's downtown bohemia in the late 1960's and 1970's.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/05/04
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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A fabulously fond and entertaining tribute.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/04/04
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
 
 
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