The Cockettes (2002)

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

Directors:

Bill Weber, David Weissman

Stars:

Larry Brinkin, Peggy Cass, Pristine Condition

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Larry Brinkin	...	Himself
Peggy Cass	...	Herself (archive footage)
Pristine Condition	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jackie Curtis	...	Herself (archive footage)
Candy Darling	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dusty Dawn	...	Herself
Divine	...	Himself (archive footage)
Anton Dunnigan	...	Himself
Ahmet Ertegun	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Flowers	...	Himself
Allen Ginsberg	...	Himself (archive footage)
Goldie Glitters	...	Himself
The Grateful Dead	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Ann Harris	...	Herself
Fayette Hauser	...	Herself

Storyline

On New Year's Eve, 1969, a flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippies took the stage of San Francisco's Palace Theater and The Cockettes were born. For the next 2 1/2 years, these outrageous drag performers created 20 shows with titles like "A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved" and "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma," and were featured in four underground films. But when the Cockettes flew to New York City to appear Off Broadway - well, you'll just have to see what happened when New Yorkers took a look at them. Documentarians Weissman and Weber have crafted a record of a wondrous time and a wild group in The Cockettes.

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Plot Keywords:

the cockettes | new york city | joy | aids | rehearsal | 

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Taglines:

1969 ... San Francisco ... Sexual Anarchy

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for nudity, sexual content, drug references and some language

Details

Official Sites:

GranDelusion.com Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,118 (USA) (10 May 2002)

Gross:

$220,077 (USA) (7 February 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grandelusion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the Weekend of 22 December 2002, the movie grossed $75.00 (by contrast, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers took in $62,007,000).

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Quotes

Himself: They were hippie acid-freak drag queens.

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Connections

References Flaming Creatures (1963)

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Soundtracks

"Do the New York"
Written by Jack Murray, Ben Oakland and Barry Trivers
Performed by John Rothermel
Published by EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Fascinating, exhilarating

Documentary about a late 1960s-early 1970s San Francisco theatre group called the Cockettes. They all lived together in a commune and were quite a mix...gay, straight, bi, men, women. They all wore incredible, colorful costumes (most of the guys were in drag) and put on musicals that were very mean, vicious, explicitally sexual...and hilarious!

This is a truly incredible movie about an unjustly forgotten group. The movie includes some footage of the actual stage shows they put on along with interviews of the surviving cast members. It gives a view of the 1960s in San Francisco that I've never seen. Just absorbing from the word go. A must see!

Highlight--their parody of Tricia Nixon's wedding is hysterical.

See it!!!!!