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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Original title: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
  • 19951995
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
32K
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POPULARITY
1,527
147
John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
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Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
32K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,527
147
  • Director
    • Beeban Kidron
  • Writer
    • Douglas Carter Beane
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Patrick Swayze
    • John Leguizamo
Top credits
  • Director
    • Beeban Kidron
  • Writer
    • Douglas Carter Beane
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Patrick Swayze
    • John Leguizamo
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 144User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
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    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    Wesley Snipes in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
    A sassy, ultra-hip Noxeema Jackson is traveling trio's exponent of "attitude is everything."
    Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

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    Wesley Snipes
    Wesley Snipes
    • Noxeemaas Noxeema
    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    • Vidaas Vida
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Chi-Chias Chi-Chi
    Stockard Channing
    Stockard Channing
    • Carol Annas Carol Ann
    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Beatriceas Beatrice
    Arliss Howard
    Arliss Howard
    • Virgilas Virgil
    Jason London
    Jason London
    • Bobby Rayas Bobby Ray
    Chris Penn
    Chris Penn
    • Sheriff Dollardas Sheriff Dollard
    Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon
    • Mernaas Merna
    Beth Grant
    Beth Grant
    • Lorettaas Loretta
    Alice Drummond
    Alice Drummond
    • Claraas Clara
    Marceline Hugot
    Marceline Hugot
    • Katinaas Katina
    Jennifer Milmore
    • Bobby Leeas Bobby Lee
    Jamie Harrold
    Jamie Harrold
    • Billy Buddas Billy Budd
    Mike Hodge
    Mike Hodge
    • Jimmy Joeas Jimmy Joe
    Michael Vartan
    Michael Vartan
    • Tommyas Tommy
    RuPaul
    RuPaul
    • Rachel Tensionsas Rachel Tensions
    Julie Newmar
    Julie Newmar
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Beeban Kidron
    • Writer
      • Douglas Carter Beane
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Wong Foo, or "Fooey" as his friends called him, was the head bartender at the China Bowl restaurant. It was on 152 west 44th Street east of Broadway and closed in 1993. The walls of the restaurant were covered with head shots of famous actors and actresses who had stopped by the place.
    • Goofs
      Vida gives the clerk in the general store a paperback edition of Diana Vreeland's memoirs; moments later, the clerk is leafing through a hardback edition of that book.
    • Quotes

      Noxeema Jackson: When a straight man puts on a dress and gets his sexual kicks, he is a transvestite. When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body and has a little operation he is a Transsexual.

      Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: I know that.

      Noxeema Jackson: When a gay man has way too much fashion sense for one gender he is a drag queen.

      Vida Boheme: Thank you.

      Noxeema Jackson: And when a tired little Latin boy puts on a dress, he is simply a boy in a dress!

    • Crazy credits
      Noah Kidron Style .... Best Baby (Noah was born to director Beeban Kidron on the last day of filming).
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar/Magic in the Water/The Innocent/Last of the Dogmen/Truman (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Body Beautiful
      Written by Bernadette Cooper

      Rap by Cheryl 'Salt' James

      Performed by Salt-N-Pepa featuring Bernadette Cooper

      Salt-N-Pepa appears courtesy of London Records and Noise in the Attic Productions

    User reviews144

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Hilarious and full of Amazing Performances
    From its original conception, this film must have started as a riot. The premise of having three macho actors take on the roles of drag queens to put together a very funny and insightful comedy of the sexes must have appeared as an impossible task. In the end, the film works because of its tight screenplay and its well defined characters. Swayze, Leguizamo, and Snipes hold nothing back, making each character real and multi dimensional. There are elements of farce, hilarity, outrageousness, and some very daring moves from its three leads. With the help of a strong supporting cast that includes Stockard Channing, as a battered woman, the film moves along quite nicely.

    It's a fantasy with a firm hold in reality. The leads portray three human beings that must confront what society deals them, and in the film, they manage to make some of their dreams come true. Unlike other movies dealing with special types of love, such as "Beautiful Thing" and "Big Eden" where the ending perfectly matches the rest of the fantasy, this one faces reality and offers an interesting type of compromise. It's bittersweet, expertly interweaving both the possible and impossible.

    Leguizamo shines as the very caliente latina persona who lives dangerously and tries to fit in, in her own special way. Swayze is the classy one, who is not allowed to forget her true nature. Wesley Snipes' role borders on caricature, but he keeps it from crossing the line between farcical and ridiculous. They all do very good work with this very risqué and difficult material. It works out.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Gửi Wong Foo, Cảm ơn vì tất cả! Julie Newmar
    • Filming locations
      • 7764 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,474,193
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,019,180
      • Sep 10, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,774,193
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • DTS-Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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