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

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Writer (WGA):

Douglas Carter Beane (written by)

Release Date:

8 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Attitude is everything.

Plot:

Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

Plot Keywords:

Drag | Small Town | Drag Queen | Road | Long Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20	1:00 AM	BET
Fri. Nov. 20	1:00 PM	BET

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Noxeema
Patrick Swayze	...	Vida
John Leguizamo	...	Chi-Chi
Stockard Channing	...	Carol Ann
Blythe Danner	...	Beatrice
Arliss Howard	...	Virgil
Jason London	...	Bobby Ray
Chris Penn	...	Sheriff Dollard
Melinda Dillon	...	Merna
Beth Grant	...	Loretta
Alice Drummond	...	Clara
Marceline Hugot	...	Katina
Jennifer Milmore	...	Bobby Lee
Jamie Harrold	...	Billy Budd
Mike Hodge	...	Jimmy Joe
Michael Vartan	...	Tommy
RuPaul	...	Rachel Tensions
Julie Newmar	...	Herself
Joel Story	...	Little Earnest
Abie Hope Hyatt	...	Donna Lee
Jamie Leigh Wolbert	...	Sandra Lee
Shea Degan	...	State Trooper
Dean Houser	...	State Trooper
Joe Grojean	...	State Trooper
Keith Reddin	...	Motel Manager
Naomi Campbell	...	Girl
William P. Hopkins	...	Small Guy
Dayton Callie	...	Crazy Elijah
Ron Carley	...	Old Man
Shea R. Bredenkamp	...	Rude Boy
Michael A. Tushaus	...	Rude Boy
Patrick Tuttle	...	Rude Boy
Timothy A. Zimmerman	...	Rude Boy
Tim Keller	...	Rude Boy
Miss Understood	...	Herself (as Alexander Heimberg)
Joseph Arias	...	Justine (as Joey Arias)
Allen Hidalgo	...	Chita Riviera
Mishell Chandler	...	Miss Missy
Catiria Reyes	...	Herself
David Drumgold	...	Cappuccino Commotion
Clinton Leupp	...	Miss Coco Peru
Lionel Tiburcio	...	Laritza Dumont
Bernard A. Mosca	...	Olympia
Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe	...	Announcer
David Barton	...	Boy in Chains
Susanne Bartsch	...	NY Pageant Judge
Quentin Crisp	...	NY Pageant Judge
Kevin 'Flotilla DeBarge' Joseph	...	NY Pageant Judge
Matthew Kasten	...	NY Pageant Judge
Widow Norton	...	NY Pageant Judge
Charles Ching	...	Coco LaChine
Mike Fulk	...	Victoria Weston
Niasse N. Mamadou	...	Lola
Candis Cayne	...	Candis Cayne (as Brendan McDanniel)
Shelton McDonald	...	Princess Diandra
Richard Ogden	...	Kabuki
James Palacio	...	Fiona James
Steven Polito	...	Hedda Lettuce
Philip Stoehr	...	Philomena
Margaret H. Flynn	...	Vida's Mother (as Martha Flynn)
Billie J. Diekman	...	Florist
Shari Shell-True	...	Dance Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jimmy Ashmore	...	Club kid (uncredited)
George Costacos	...	Patron (uncredited)
Chauncey Duren	...	Contest Judge (uncredited)
Marshall Factora	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Brian Ferrari	...	Club kid (uncredited)
Alfonse King	...	Extra (uncredited)
The Lady Bunny	...	Contestant (uncredited)
Robin Williams	...	John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)

Directed by
Beeban Kidron

Writing credits (WGA)
Douglas Carter Beane		(written by)

Produced by
G. Mac Brown	....	producer
Bruce Cohen	....	executive producer
Mitchell Kohn	....	associate producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Steve Mason

Film Editing by
Andrew Mondshein

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Wynn Thomas

Art Direction by
Robert Guerra

Set Decoration by
Ted Glass

Costume Design by
Vince Palomino
Marlene Stewart

Makeup Department
Stephen G. Bishop	....	hair stylist
Margot Boccia	....	makeup artist
David Brown	....	hair stylist
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup artist
Linda Grimes	....	makeup artist
Stacy Heatherly	....	makeup artist
J. Roy Helland	....	hair stylist
J. Roy Helland	....	makeup artist
Lori Hicks	....	makeup artist
Steven Lawrence	....	makeup artist
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist
Linda Kay Rendina	....	additional makeup artist
Alan E. Schubert	....	hair stylist (as Alan Schubert)

Production Management
Celia D. Costas	....	unit production manager
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	assistant unit production manager (as Patricia Ann Doherty)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nandi Bowe	....	second assistant director
H.H. Cooper	....	second assistant director
Randy Fletcher	....	first assistant director
Heidi McGowen	....	second second assistant director
Andrew Mondshein	....	second unit director
Dale M. Nielsen	....	second second assistant director (as Dale Nielsen)
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director
Jim Weis	....	second second assistant director (as James Weis)

Art Department
Tommy Allen	....	property master (as Thomas Allen)
Jacqueline Arnot	....	set dresser
JoAnn Atwood	....	set dresser
Ron Botting	....	scenic artist
Teresa Carriker-Thayer	....	assistant art director
Paula Clowers	....	props assistant
Jeffrey L. Glave	....	scenic artist
Gary Grill	....	carpenter
Wendell A. Bud Hill II	....	set dresser
Erik Knight	....	art department coordinator
Robin McKercher	....	scenic artist
Eric M. Metzger	....	props
Timothy Metzger	....	lead man
Jeffrey Rollins	....	set dresser
Alyssa Winter	....	set decorator: New York
Joan Winters	....	graphic designer
Patricia Woodbridge	....	assistant art director
Suzy Zarate	....	illustrator (as Susan Zarate)
Byron K. Lovelace	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steven J. Balzarini	....	cable person
Michael Barosky	....	production sound mixer
Michael Barry	....	additional mixing engineer
David Boulton	....	adr engineer
Richard P. Cirincione	....	dialogue editor
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Ted Clark	....	sound recordist
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ezra Dweck	....	sound effects recordist
Mark Goodermote	....	sound utility
Harry Higgins	....	sound recordist
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor
Zane McCully	....	adr editor
Linda Murphy	....	boom operator
James H. Nau	....	adr editor
Bruce Pross	....	foley supervisor
Maurice Schell	....	supervising sound editor
Paul P. Soucek	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr engineer
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor
Peter Waggoner	....	additional mixing engineer
David Wahnon	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Christoffersen	....	audio utility (uncredited)
Nick Smith	....	assistant adr editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Catlett	....	grip
Phil Cohen	....	camera loader
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator (as David Dunlap)
William Hines	....	rigging gaffer
Bruce MacCallum	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Bruce McCallum)
Kyle T. MacDowell	....	grip
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Heather Norton	....	second assistant camera (as Heather MacDonald Norton)
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Chris Silano	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Susan Starr	....	assistant camera
Allen Stillman	....	electrician
James M. Wykoff	....	electrician
Elizabeth Ziegler	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christopher Lawrence	....	assistant costume designer
Joshua Smith	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Laura Congleton	....	avid advisor
Jennifer Davidoff Cook	....	first assistant editor
John Scott Cook	....	assistant editor
John Sosnovski	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Pilar McCurry	....	executive music producer
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
Happy Walters	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Ray Moyer	....	driver
James Patrick Whalen Jr.	....	transportation coordinator (as James Whalen)

Other crew
Tamara Bally	....	production accountant
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer
Shawn Boyachek	....	production assistant
Bart Brown	....	production associate
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor
John DeSimone	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Sarah Gyllenstierna	....	production assistant
George 'Skip' Henfling	....	production assistant
John Latenser V	....	production secretary
Monica Levinson	....	assistant production coordinator
Eric Myers	....	unit publicist
Kenny Ortega	....	choreographer
Judy Pursley	....	first assistant accountant
Olimpia T. Rinaldi	....	accounting assistant
David Wadley	....	production assistant
Mario West	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1996) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (1999) (Nepal) (VHS) (retail)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2003) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• MCA Soundtracks  soundtrack
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for subject matter involving men living in drag, a brief scene of spousal abuse and some language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, New York, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The name of one of the towns, Bala Cynwyd, is a Philadelphia suburb, where executive producer Mitchell Kohn attended junior high school.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the early scene where the girls are seated at a night club table with John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (Robin Williams,) his hat does some amazing things. Between shots of Schmidt and the girls, his hat brim goes from just above his eyebrows to a point well above the hairline and continues to alternate for about six separate shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Vida Boheme: Ready or not, here comes mama!

Movie Connections:

References Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Soundtrack:

Gotta Move

Loads of Fun

Oh this movie is a lot of fun. Light, frothy, sparkling, shiny fun, fun, fun. So surprising to see such macho actors turn into attractive women---although, to me, in a lot of scenes with that short haired bob wig, Patrick looked like Jack Lemmon's character in Some Like it Hot. The plot of this film is very unrealistic and the town that they land in is something more out of the 1700's than the 20th century, but it is a funny film and also teaches us about tolerance and acceptance for and to others. I laughed so many times at this movie. It is a great comedy and wonderful entertainment. I highly recommend it. Some of these reviewers here who slammed this film really don't see or get the point in reviewing this movie looking for deeper meanings and criticisms all over the place. It is a light, funny comedy. It delivers and it is wonderful.