Hedwig and the Angry Inch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell
, Michael Pitt
Michael Pitt
, Miriam Shor
Miriam Shor
, Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask
John Cameron Mitchell
Hedwig and the Angry Inch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell
, Michael Pitt
Michael Pitt
, Miriam Shor
Miriam Shor
, Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask
John Cameron Mitchell

Blu-ray (Color / Wide Screen)

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Overview

A transgendered would-be rock star shares the strange but heart-tugging story of her life with the patrons of a cut-rate seafood restaurant in this wildly outrageous comedy based on John Cameron Mitchell's successful off-off-Broadway revue. Hedwig (Mitchell) began life as Hansel, a boy growing up in East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Abused by his father and told horrible stories about the nature of love by his mother, Hansel took solace in American rock & roll he heard on the radio. As a teenager, Hansel fell in love with Luther (Maurice Dean Wint), an American soldier who was willing to marry Hansel and take him to America -- under the condition he get a sex-change operation. Hansel, however, suffered a severe setback on the road to freedom when the surgeon flubbed the job, turning Hansel into Hedwig, an hermaphrodite. Needless to say, the marriage is doomed to failure, and the mostly (but not entirely) female Hedwig finds herself living in squalor in a Kansas trailer park as she tries to put together a rock & roll band. Hedwig befriends Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt), a fellow musician, and soon Hedwig becomes both lover and mentor to the ambitious young rocker. However, Hedwig soon finds out just how ambitious Tommy is -- he steals Hedwig's songs and uses them to springboard a career as a top-selling rock act. As Tommy mounts a sold-out tour of America's biggest venues, Hedwig and her band shadow them on the road, playing each night in a different location of the nationwide seafood chain, Bilgewaters. Hedwig and the Angry Inch also features Andrea Martin as Hedwig's long-suffering agent; noted alternative rock band Girls Against Boys contributed to the soundtrack.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/25/2019
UPC: 0715515231213
Original Release: 2001
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:31:00
Sales rank: 8,413

Special Features

Audio commentary from 2001 featuring Mitchell and DeMarco New conversation among members of the cast and crew New conversation between composer and lyricist Stephen Trask and rock critic David Fricke about the soundtrack Documentary from 2003 tracing the development of the project Close look at the film's Adam and Eve sequence New programs exploring Hedwig's creation, look, and legacy through its memorabilia Deleted scenes with commentary by Mitchell and DeMarco Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig/Hansel
Michael Pitt Tommy Gnosis
Miriam Shor Yitzhak
Stephen Trask Skszp,Composer
Theodore Liscinski Jacek
Rob Campbell Krzysztof
Michael Aronov Schlatko
Andrea Martin Phyllis Stein
Ben Mayer-Goodman Hansel (age 6)
Alberta Watson Hansel's Mom
Gene Pyrz Hansel's Dad
Karen Hines Tommy's Publicist
Max Toulch Goth Menses Boy
Maurice Dean Witt Sgt. Luther Robinson
Ermes Blarasin Fat Man
Sook Yin Lee Kwahng-Yi
Maggie Moore Trailer Park Neighbor
Renat Options Tranny Hooker
Maurice Wint Luther
Michael Stevens HedHead

Technical Credits
John Cameron Mitchell Director,Screenwriter
Tim Good Special Effects
Amy Henkels Executive Producer
Pamela Koffler Producer
Katie Roumel Producer
Susan Shopmaker Casting
Mark Tusk Executive Producer
Christine Vachon Producer
Michael DeLuca Executive Producer
Paul Urmson Sound/Sound Designer
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