Outrageous! (1977)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Richard Benner

Writers:

Richard Benner (writer)
Margaret Gibson Gilboord (story)

Release Date:

31 July 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic. |

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Cross Dressing | Independent Film

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Craig Russell	...	Robin Turner
Hollis McLaren	...	Liza Connors
Richert Easley	...	Perry
Allan Moyle	...	Martin
David McIlwraith	...	Bob
Gerry Salsberg	...	Jason
Andrée Pelletier	...	Anne
Helen Shaver	...	Jo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Bryan	...	Miss Montego Bay
Michael Daniels	...	Performer in Gold
René Fortier	...	Manatee Disc Jockey
Martha Gibson	...	Sister Carr
Helen Hughes	...	Mrs. Connors
Michael Ironside	...	Drunk
Jackie Loren	...	Herself
Michel	...	Performer in Pink
Maxine Miller	...	Peggy O'Brien
Richard Moffatt	...	Stewart
Jonah Royston	...	Dr. Bedoes
Rusty Ryan	...	Jimmy
Aaron Schwartz	...	New York Club Owner
David Woito	...	Hustler

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (original version) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)

Quotes:

Robin Turner: There are three important things in life: sex, movies, and my career. You should think almost entirely about them and never about yourself.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Homo Promo (1993)

One of my favorite films

Outrageous is a very special film. Imagine you live in the 70s and you were in a club or theatre anywhere in Canada or the USA. The announcer says: Ladies and Gentlemen. Mrs. Judy Garland. You think by yourself. Judy Garland? I thought this woman is dead. But the women on the stage is not Judy Garland but Craig Russell (a Canadian), one of the best female impersonators of our century. Because he was not only able to imitate the look of his idols (many great actresses and singers from the 30s to the 60s). He could also imitate the voices of the women. In the film he plays a gay character (which he really was) who shares a flat with a schizophrenic woman and makes his unbelievable shows at the evening. Craig Russell died too early of AIDS and he made only two films: Outrageous and the sequel. Craig Russell was a unique person and after his death Canada and the world had lost one of its greatest idols.