Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Craig Highberger

Writer:

Craig Highberger (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Tagline:

He was a celebrated poet, a playwright, a Warhol Superstar. He lived and performed... sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman.

Plot:

"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol...

Plot Keywords:

Drag | Transvestite | Artist | Gay Interest | Transgender

Cast

Paul Ambrose	...	Himself
Michael André	...	Himself
Penny Arcade	...	Herself
Michael Arian	...	Himself
Gretchen Berg	...	Herself
David Bowie	...	Himself (archive footage)
Styles Caldwell	...	Himself
Leee Black Childers	...	Himself
Jackie Curtis	...	Herself (archive footage)
Joe Dallesandro	...	Himself
Candy Darling	...	Himself (archive footage)
Laura de Coppet	...	Herself
Alexis Del Lago	...	Herself
Harvey Fierstein	...	Himself
Joe Franklin	...	Himself
Robert Heide	...	Himself
Don Herron	...	Himself
Rev. Timothy Holder	...	Himself
Madeleine Le Roux	...	Herself (archive footage)
Agosto Machado	...	Himself
Sasha McCaffrey	...	Himself
Taylor Mead	...	Himself
Sylvia Miles	...	Herself
Jack Mitchell	...	Himself
Paul Morrissey	...	Himself
Michael Musto	...	Himself
Joey Preston	...	Himself
Rose Royalle	...	Herself
Paul Serrato	...	Himself
Ellen Stewart	...	Herself
Lily Tomlin	...	Herself
John Vaccaro	...	Himself
Steven Watson	...	Himself
Holly Woodlawn	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Highberger Media Inc.

Fascinating remembrance of a unique artist

Fascinating remembrance of a unique artist who could seemingly change his sex at will, and also was a talented playwright and performer. Recalls the Warhol era in New York City which saw wide artistic experimentation in art, underground theater, and experimental film. The film includes archival film and video shot in the late sixties and early seventies and hundreds of photographs. Most interesting is the look inside the apartments of about two dozen interviewees in New York and Hollywood, including obscure artists and people like Lily Tomlin and Harvey Fierstein. The stories told by Jackie's surviving friends and colleagues are priceless - and hilarious! Bravo to Highberger for capturing and sharing them with us!