To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

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

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1995-09-07

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$0

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

Audition

Suzanne Crowley, Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden

Editing

Andrew Mondshein
All team (27)

• 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.