Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Title:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Author:
Vachon, Christine, film producer.
ISBN:
9780780636873
Publication Information:
New York, NY : New Line Productions : Distributed by New Line Home Entertainment, [2011]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
New Line platinum series
New Line platinum series.
General Note:
Adapted from a work for the stage "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", music & lyrics by Steven Trask, text by John Cameron Mitchell.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features include: Commentary with actor/writer/director John Cameron Mitchell and director of photography Frank DeMarco [optional audio feature]; "Whether you like it or not: the story of 'Hedwig'" [featurette] (85 min.); deleted scenes (13 min.); Select-a-song [selective menu feature]; cast & crew [text feature]; DVD-ROM features [requires a DVD-ROM drive and installation of interActual player 2.0 (included)].
Contents:
'America the Beautiful' -- 'Tear Me Down' -- Yitzhak -- St. Louis -- East Berlin 1968 -- 'Origin of Love' -- Wild side -- Menses fair -- Luther and Gummy Bears -- 'Sugar Daddy' -- Cut and paste -- 'Angry Inch' -- Freedom -- 'Wig in a Box' -- Mall appearance -- Tommy Speck -- 'Wicked Little Town' -- Knowledge -- Love is immortal -- "I'm going to Guam!" -- Reunion -- 'Hedwig's Lament/Exquisite Corpse' -- 'Wicked Little Town' -- 'Midnight Radio' -- 'Origin of Love'/End credits -- 'Wig in a Box'/End credits.
Abstract:
Adapted from the off-Broadway musical hit, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" presents a drama queen getting not only what she needs, but also what she wants: love, unfettered and unconditional. Hedwig, a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany, travels the States with his band, playing a string of Red Lobster-type restaurants to audiences rendered incredulous by his boyish brand of girl glam; he reveals his story in flashbacks between musical numbers. For Hedwig, who exists in an indeterminate but politically charged space between freedom and frustration, life is about looking for her personal dividing wall - to smash it into ruin.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Rated R for sexual content and language.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Motion picture)
Container of (expression): Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Motion picture). French.