Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen (2008) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Burns

Writers:

Jean-Louis Ginibre (book) and
Kevin Burns
(more)

Release Date:

16 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A revealing look at Hollywood's greatest gender benders.

Cast

Tim Curry	...	Himself
Andy Fickman	...	Himself - Filmmaker
John Landis	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Jack Lemmon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Musto	...	Himself - Columnist, 'The Village Voice'
Camille Paglia	...	Herself - Prof. of Humanities and Media Studies
RuPaul	...	Narrator
John Waters	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Damon Wayans	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robin Williams	...	Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Kevin Burns

Writing credits
Jean-Louis Ginibre		(book)
Kevin Burns
David Comtois
Steven Smith

Produced by
Natalie Artin	....	associate producer
Kevin Burns	....	executive producer
Gregory S. Cohan	....	post-production producer
Jean-Louis Ginibre	....	associate producer
Scott Hartford	....	co-executive producer
Rick Hull	....	producer
John Landis	....	executive producer
Kim Sheerin	....	co-executive producer
Gary Simson	....	producer

Film Editing by
Damon Brewster
David Comtois
Bert Glatstein
Molly Shock

Makeup Department
Tracy Richards	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Shannon Schaefer	....	production manager

Sound Department
Albert Alonso	....	sound
Jim Baldree	....	sound mixer
Albert Delgado	....	sound
Francis Kalfas	....	sound (as Fran Kalfas)
Dave Losko	....	sound
Mark Lyons	....	sound
Sheila O'Neal	....	sound
Chiara Roy	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Taka Ikari	....	title designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Henriques	....	camera operator
Brad Jimenez	....	camera operator
Randy Krehbiel	....	camera operator
J.B. Letchinger	....	camera operator
Jayme Roy	....	camera operator
Tom Upton	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Justin Bitton	....	post-production coordinator
Dustin Ebsen	....	on-line editor
Lonnie Goodwin	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Steven Belgard	....	publicist
Bianca Cioffi	....	clearance coordinator
Matt Cunningham	....	researcher
Amber Isbilen	....	production assistant
Brandon Kennedy	....	researcher
Mary Kochones	....	director: rights & clearance (as Mary DeMaria)
Joe Lessard	....	clearance coordinator
Steven J. Peña	....	business & legal affairs
Amy Prenner	....	publicist
Atoy Wilson	....	production accountant
Jonathan Garda	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Mario Marchiaro	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Prometheus Entertainment

Distributors

• Starz Entertainment (2008) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Prometheus Entertainment

Really superficial

The only adjective that would fit this movie is ""cute"". This documentary tries to look into the appeal of transvestitism in Hollywood; while it is off to a good start it looses it's way towards the middle and ultimately fails to make a point. One of the major flaws I found was that it favours male-to-female cross-dressers, portraying them almost as ""heroic"" while gender-bending females only wear suits to get closer to power or fulfil a heterosexual male sexual fantasy. I find depressing to think that gender roles remain as strict as ever in the world of gender-bending, or rather in the seemingly tiny minds of the academic critics interviewed. These distinguished people drone on and on about common knowledge and all seem to agree, which makes for pretty bland information. Another issue with this movie is that it associates transvestites with homosexuality and transsexuality without admitting it. Or rather, it never clearly addresses the issue or tries to separate the three categories.. The actors interviewed are interesting but don't really get in depth about their experiences, and all that is left are details about brands of fishnets or high heels.. Tim Curry looks like he'd rather be dead than talk about RHPS again.