Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
- transvestism
- transsexuality
- singer
- glam rock
- lgbt
- self identity
- rock odyssey
- military brat
- restaurant chain
- lgbt in the military
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Rob Campbell — Krzysztof
- Michael Aronov — Schlatko
- Andrea Martin — Phyllis Stein
- Ben Mayer-Goodman — Hansel - 6 years old
- Alberta Watson — Hansel's Mom
- Gene Pyrz — Hansel's Dad
- Michael Pitt — Tommy Gnosis
- Karen Hines — Tommy's Publicist
- Max Toulch — Goth Menses Boy
- Maurice Dean Wint — Sgt. Luther Robinson
- Ermes Blarasin — Fat Man
- Directed
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Written
- John Cameron Mitchell
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 439 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Killer Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
