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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 American road comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York City drag queens who embark on a road trip. Its title refers to an iconic autographed photo of Julie Newmar that they carry
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar: Directed by Beeban Kidron. With Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing. Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
- (38K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Beeban Kidron
- 1995-09-08
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- 2 min
- 568.3K
- Shout! Studios
- Vida Boheme
- Noxeema Jackson
- Chi-Chi Rodriguez
- Lots of Drama?
- The Film's Legacy
“I just took Patrick Swayze’s life growing up in redneck Texas, having a mother as a choreographer, and trying to find out who I was,” Swayze explained in a cover story for The Advocate. “I just took that life and changed it to a boy who has had feminine tendencies all his life and discovered that is who he is. I found Vida very easy to identify wi...
“I grew up in the '70s and even within the street culture, there was a lot of flamboyancy,” Snipes told TODAY of his perception of drag before filming. “Pimps wore the same furs as the prostitutes wore.” “Some of the great musicians of the world, like Parliament-Funkadelic, were very androgynous. So it wasn't really new for me to see men dressed as...
Lesser-known than his co-stars at the time, Lequizamo didn’t really anticipate becoming a transgender icon, but he did know that they were working on something special when they started filming. “Drag didn't really exist in movies,” Lequizamo, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal, told TODAY. “There were straight men pretending to...
On location in Lincoln, Nebraska, rumors were pervasive of a toxic set, that included fighting not only among the three stars, but also the film’s director. Kidron was pregnant when she was first hired by Spielberg for the project, who was a huge believer in her. Hiding her pregnancy for fear of being rejected, when she ultimately revealed her baby...
On Sept. 8, 1995 the film sashayed its way into the hearts of America but not so much the critics. Roger Ebert gave ittwo and a half stars, but noted, "The sneak preview audience seemed to enjoy the movie immensely." Many critics of the film point out that no drag queen would ever be in drag so much outside of performing, but Beane says that he rea...
- 6 min
- Alexander Kacala
Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles.
- (46)
- Beeban Kidron
- PG-13
- Wesley Snipes
Sep 8, 1995 · Comedy. 108 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1995. Roger Ebert. September 8, 1995. 4 min read. I cannot be quite certain, but I believe “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar” is the first movie about drag queens to be rated PG-13.
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After jointly winning a local Drag Queen pageant in New York City, Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) and Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) win the right and are given the round trip airfare to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, California.
