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Hedwig and the Angry Inch [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3913 | Alliance AtlantisSeries: New Line platinum seriesPublication details: Montreal : Alliance Atlantis, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997 H439 2001
Production credits:
  • Music, lyrics, and original score by Stephen Trask ; director of photography, Frank G. DeMarco ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; production designer, Thérèse DePrez ; Hedwig's hair and make-up by Mike Potter ; costume designer, Arianne Phillips.
Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Andrea Martin, Michael Pitt, Alberta Watson, Stephen Trask, Rob Campbell, Theodore Liscinski, Michael Aronov, Miriam Shor.Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0517 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050094144

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: audio commentary with actor/writer/director John Cameron Mitchell and director of photography Frank DeMarco; Whether you like it or not: the story of Hedwig documentary; 2 deleted scenes with optional audio commentary; select-a-song feature; theatrical trailer; cast & crew filmographies.

DVD, region 1; widescreen 1.85:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital stereo.

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

Soundtrack in English or French; subtitles in English; closed-captioned.

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