Wigstock: The Movie Movie Review 1995

Documentary of the eponymous annual Labor Day event in Manhattan, billed as the Super Bowl of drag. Shils intercuts stage numbers with interviews from a variety of the talented, witty festival performers, such as Lypsinka, Mistress Formika, and RuPaul. One of the best numbers is performed by the Dueling Bankheads (as in Tallulah) singing "Born to Be Wild." Like the event itself, documentary is more a celebration than a probing, psychological look at drag. Won't appeal to everyone, but a lot of fun for those who can appreciate high hair and high fashion.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Musicals, Gender Bending

Cast

RuPaul Charles, John (Lypsinka) Epperson, Alexis Arquette

Cinematography

Wolfgang Held, Michael Barrow

Director

Barry Shils

Music

Peter Fish, Robert Reale

Producer

Dean Silver, Marlen Hecht, David Sweeney, Tom Parziale, Klaus Volkenborn, Susan Ripps, Barry Shils, Samuel Goldwyn Company