Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
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- Synopsis
- Directed by Craig B. Highberger and narrated by Lily Tomlin, Superstar in a Housedress offers a unique retrospective of the late avant-garde actor and female impersonator Jackie Curtis, who was discovered in the 1960s by experimental filmmaker Andy ......
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- Director(s)
- Craig Highberger
- Distributor(s)
- Independent Artists
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 95 min.
Critic Reviews
Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites
Fan, friend and documentarian Craig Highberger delivers the goods with rare clips of the inimitable Jackie in Off-Off Broadway shows written by the star. The shaky, blurry quality of this never-before-seen archival footage shot by the helmer only adds to pic's surreal shoestring mystique.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Carla MeyerAdd Critic to Favorites
Funny, affectionate documentary.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
In Superstar in a Housedress, Curtis remains frozen in his flamboyance. The most resonant parts of the movie are, oddly, the interviews with his fellow glam bohemians.Read the full review
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