Superstar in a Housedress

Name: Superstar in a Housedress
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: May 5, 2004
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 71

2004

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Abramorama | Release Date: May 5, 2004

Summary: This documentary examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. (Highberger Media Inc.)

Director: Craig Highberger

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 95 min

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Albert Williams

Evoking Curtis's mystique and eccentric personality, filmmaker Craig Highberger also delivers an invaluable chronicle of New York's barrier-smashing underground arts scene circa 1968-'74. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Fan, friend and documentarian Craig Highberger delivers the goods with rare clips of the inimitable Jackie in Off-Off Broadway shows written by the star. The shaky, blurry quality of this never-before-seen archival footage shot by the helmer only adds to pic's surreal shoestring mystique. Read full review

J. Hoberman

A fabulously fond and entertaining tribute to the quick-witted Lower East Side kid. Read full review

Carla Meyer

Funny, affectionate documentary. Read full review

Stephen Holden

This bright, entertaining movie focuses on Curtis, but it is also a portrait of a scene, whose survivors look back with a mixture of pride and a screwball sense of mischief. Read full review

Ken Fox

Narrated by Lily Tomlin and featuring a bevy of in-the-know interviews, this exceptionally entertaining documentary from filmmaker Craig Highberger shines the footlights on Jackie Curtis, an Andy Warhol superstar who transcended the Factory scene and proved to be rather exceptional himself. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

It's an engrossing peek at an era that now seems as meteoric, crazy and distant as the Roaring Twenties. Read full review

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