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Dominican Rep. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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- Original title
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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John Cameron Mitchell
Michael Pitt
Miriam Shor
Alberta Watson
Stephen Trask- Theodore Liscinski
Rob Campbell
Michael Aronov
Andrea Martin
Maurice Dean Wint- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Musical. Drama | Independent Film (US). Transgender. Music. Cult movie
- Synopsis
- Hedwig (played by John Cameron 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 protégé. But Tommy is the one who ends up stealing the superstardom that Hedwig worked for, after stealing Hedwigs songs and claiming them as his own. In order to expose him as a fraud, she embarks on a tour of strip mall restaurants, telling her story to the audience while trailing Tommy on his own tour across America.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2001: Sundance: Audience Award and Best Director2001: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actor in Comedy or Musical (John Cameron Mitchell)2001: Gijon Film Festival: Best Actor (John Cameron Mitchell)2001: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: New Generation Award. 2 Nominations2001: Independent Spirit Awards: 5 Nominations including Best Film & Best Director2001: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. Best Int. Ind. Film – English Lan.
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- 32 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (81)
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