Hurricane Bianca (2016)

A New York teacher, who moves to small town Texas where he's fired for being gay, returns disguised as a mean lady to get revenge on the nasty town.

Director:

Matt Kugelman

Writer:

Matt Kugelman

Stars:

Roy Haylock, Lola Botha, Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roy Haylock	...	Richard Martinez
Lola Botha	...	Lola
Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick	...	Freckly Boy (as Grayson Kilpatrick)
Willam Belli	...	Bailey
D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce	...	Stephen
Markus Kelle	...	Chakha Convict
Alan Cumming	...	Lawrence Taylor
RuPaul	...	Weatherman
Gene Fogarty	...	Cowboy Willie
Misti Morley	...	Janice
Rachel Dratch	...	Deborah Ward
Kaleb King	...	Bobby
Denton Blane Everett	...	Coach Chuck (as Denton Blaine Everett)
Keven Jackson	...	The Sleeper
Molly Ryman	...	Carly Ward

Storyline

New York substitute science teacher/stand-up comic Richard Martinez - who isn't even remotely effective at either - finally lands a full-time position in Texas through the Teaching Ambassador Program, but his stint falls short when it's discovered he's gay. With only one friendly local behind him, Richard returns to the school as sassy Bianca Del Rio, an outspoken teacher who'll put the unruly students and hypocritical school staff in their proper places, instantly becoming the best teacher he's ever been and the school has ever seen.

---

Plot Keywords:

drag | teacher | gay | texas | revenge | 

---

Taglines:

Revenge is a bitch

---

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

---

Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

19 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bianca, a hurrikán

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cranium Entertainment,Zero Trans Fat Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alyssa Edwards, who plays Ambrosia Salad, did not know ambrosia salad wasn't a normal salad. Roy Haylock had to tell him it was a fruit salad before filming.

---

Goofs

The volcano experiment in the science lab involves mixing chemicals including nitroglycerin. It is very highly unlikely that high school students would be allowed to handle nitroglycerin (even in a highly diluted form) as they did during the experiment.

---

Quotes

Richard Martinez: [voiceover] Scientists have warned residents to beware of storms with female names, as they are perceived to be less threatening but are significantly more likely to kill you.

---

Connections

References Punk'd (2003)

---

Soundtracks

Hurricane Bianca Theme
Performed by Mark Vogel
Written by Mark Vogel
Published by Lindak Music, BMI

User Reviews

You will mostly hear biased opinions on this film

Technically speaking, the movie is amateurish, it is mostly noticeable at the start of the film, Alan Cumming almost feel out of context since he is a great actor, but as the movie keeps going, it simply keeps getting better and better, all the plot points tie up in the end, so the weakness of the script at the beginning as well as the film school shots, eventually turn into something good and then great, I do not know why or how this happened, but this is a film that improves as it goes just as much as its lead character. Overall it was a feel good, great movie, with a useful social commentary and with memorable supporting characters.