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

Revenue

$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

Operator

Steve Mason

Composer

Rachel Portman

Artist

Wynn Thomas

Audition

Suzanne Crowley, Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden

Editing

Andrew Mondshein
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Short description

A cross country trip to Hollywood is cut short by an unreliable engine & an unpleasant encounter with law enforcement. With the power of drag, three self proclaimed career-girls bring a bit of much needed beauty to rural middle America!

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.