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Beauty Is Embarrassing

  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.
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  • Documentary
  • Biography
  • Comedy

A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.

IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Neil Berkeley
  • Writers
    • Neil Berkeley
    • Chris Bradley
    • Kevin Klauber
  • Stars
    • Wayne White
    • Mimi Pond
    • Paul Reubens
Top credits
  • Director
    • Neil Berkeley
  • Writers
    • Neil Berkeley
    • Chris Bradley
    • Kevin Klauber
  • Stars
    • Wayne White
    • Mimi Pond
    • Paul Reubens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

    Videos1

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 2:24
    U.S. Version

    Photos12

    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Wayne White in Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
    Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

    Top cast

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    Wayne White
    Wayne White
    • Selfas Self
    Mimi Pond
    • Selfas Self
    Paul Reubens
    Paul Reubens
    • Selfas Self
    Mark Mothersbaugh
    Mark Mothersbaugh
    • Selfas Self
    Matt Groening
    Matt Groening
    • Selfas Self
    Lulu White
    • Selfas Self
    Woodrow White
    • Selfas Self
    Cliff Benjamin
    • Selfas Self
    David Pagel
    • Selfas Self
    Kaz
    • Selfas Self
    Alison Mork
    • Selfas Self
    Charles Stone III
    Charles Stone III
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Charles Stone)
    Paul Zaloom
    Paul Zaloom
    • Selfas Self
    Willis White
    • Selfas Self
    Billie June White
    • Selfas Self
    Melissa White
    • Selfas Self
    Brian Griffin
    • Selfas Self
    Roger White
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Neil Berkeley
    • Writers
      • Neil Berkeley
      • Chris Bradley
      • Kevin Klauber
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show which soon led to more work design some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture. Recently his word paintings featuring pithy and and often sarcastic text statements finely crafted onto vintage landscape paintings have made him a darling of the fine art world. The movie chronicles the vaulted highs and crushing lows of an artist struggling to find peace and balance between his professional work and his personal art. This is especially complicated for a man who struggles with the virtues he most often mocks in his art...Vanity, ego and fame. —Neil Berkeley
    • driving cross country
    • painting
    • artist
    • landscape painting
    • word painting
    • 171 more
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    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • Biography
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    Did you know

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    • Connections
      Features Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Is There A Ghost
      Written by Benjamin Barrett, Creighton Birdwel and James Hampton

      Published By Birdsmell Brand Songs (ASCAP). Say Hello to America (ASCAP), Walker Texas Music Arranger (ASCAP)

    User reviews6

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Raw Honesty Screws Artistic Genius
    This movie is a phenomenal experience for anyone interested in art of any kind. I saw it at the new Sundance Sunset in West Hollywood, a wonderful place, and rarely do we get such a blatantly honest lookinside the mind and life history of an artistic genius as well the worlds he currently lives and works in.

    I say worlds plural because Wayne has traversed many of them in his long and highly successful career, including three Emmys, and inhabits several of them still. If Wayne wasn't so scrupulously honest about his emotions he might be a wealthier man but that he always sticks to his guns is what makes him a great artist and a better person. No doubt his fellow genius wife had a lot to do with that. Thus my title, get it?

    As a writer I enjoyed it immensely and found his rebirth as a rock star painter/poet to be uniquely inspiring. Watching the critics say "where the hell did this guy come from?" was priceless for anyone languishing to create something great while getting little recognition for it. Meeting him after the showing proved to be as funny and heartwarming as seeing him on the big screen. Do what you love well, have fun, make beauty, and never quit and the rest of it will work out!! Thanks again Wayne!
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    • djdavig
    • Sep 15, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 28, 2012 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Красота - это немного стыдно
    • Production companies
      • Future You Media
      • Eddie Schmidt Productions
      • Tremolo Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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