To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Name: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1995-09-08
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner

Attitude is everything.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Release date

1995-09-08

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$30 000 000

Box office

$47 774 193

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Director

Beeban Kidron

Actors

Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Jason London, Chris Penn, Melinda Dillon, Beth Grant
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Scenario

Producer

G. Mac Brown, Bruce Cohen, Walter F. Parkes

Camera operator

Steve Mason

Composer

Rachel Portman

Artist

Wynn Thomas, Teresa Carriker-Thayer, Patricia Woodbridge

Audition

Suzanne Crowley, Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden

Editing

Andrew Mondshein
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Short description

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

What's left behind the scenes

One day, the actress, singer, and dancer Julie Newmar herself appeared on the set. She was even persuaded to play a cameo role in the film.
The beauty pageant scenes featured real drag queens (a slang term for performers, usually male, who use female images and dress in women's clothing).
Immersing themselves in their roles, the main characters spent some time in New York's drag scene.
A man named Chi-Chi Rodriguez, a golfer, won a lawsuit against Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment for an undisclosed amount, claiming that John Leguizamo's character used his name. The plaintiff argued that this damaged his reputation.
Before filming the scene where Chris Penn’s character stops his car, Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) put an ear of corn down his trousers. Penn’s astonishment in the subsequent shots was entirely genuine.
Once, the actress, singer, and dancer Julie Newmar herself appeared on the set. They even managed to persuade her to play a cameo role in the film.
Before filming the scene in which Chris Penn's character stops his car, Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) stuffed a cob of corn into his underwear. Penn's astonishment in the subsequent shots was not acted at all.