John Cameron Mitchell co-wrote, directed and stars in this adaptation of his off-Broadway play about the trials and tribulations of an embittered transsexual rock singer touring the country, John Cameron Mitchell gives a stunning performance in this adaptation of his off-Broadway hit about a transsexual rocker. A botched operation leaves Hedwig (Mitchell) deformed and embittered. To add insult to injury, his former lover steals his songs and becomes an international star. Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski., His/ her tale told in flashback via his/ her songs, Hedwig was born in the GDR and wanted to be a woman from an early age. Promise of marriage to a US army serviceman, providing he had a sex change operation, promised a way out, but one botched operation later, leaving the “angry inch”, he/ she’s dumped alone in America. Hooking up with Tommy Gnosis, the two form a band but then Gnosis quits, stealing Hedwig’s material and going on to stadium-filling fame while a bitter Hedwig is reduced to supper club gigs, shadowing Tommy’s tour with a set of songs that tell the story of his/ her life., Adapted from the hit off-Broadway musical of the same name, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the tale of an “internationally ignored” rock & roll singer who hails from Communist Berlin and who dreams of becoming an American sensation. Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell), born a boy named Hansel, is raised by a single mother (Alberta Watson) who wishes to see her son do better than his poverty-stricken family. Some years later, Hansel is attracted to a good-looking American G.I., who promises a better life overseas for young Hansel, under one condition: that he undergo a sex-change operation to become a fully functional female whom he can then marry. The operation is seriously botched, leaving the now-renamed Hedwig with an “angry inch” only to be stranded in a dingy Kansas trailer park on the day the Berlin Wall comes tumbling down. Hedwig then supports herself through a series of ill-fated lounge gigs and side jobs, meeting up with 16-year-old Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt), a religious type who befriends her and later steals her songs and becomes the rock star Hedwig always dreamed of being. Undeterred, Hedwig continues to perform in the shadow of Tommy’s sold-out stadium tour, attempting to make herself whole in spirit, if not physically. The film features several songs by composer Stephen Trask, who also appears as a member of Hedwig’s disinterested rock band; Miriam Shor portrays Hedwig’s newfound love and backup singer., Urged by his US Army boyfriend to change his sex, East German rocker Hedwig goes under the knife. But it all goes slightly wrong and the recently emigrated Hedwig is dumped and left in the middle of Kansas. An off-Broadway hit, mixing comedy with pathos.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch ” ?
A: The main cast includes John Cameron Mitchell,Michael Pitt,Miriam Shor,Stephen Trask,Theodore Liscinski,Rob Campbell,Michael Aronov,Andrea Martin,Ben Mayer-Goodman,Alberta Watson,Maurice Dean Wint,Gene Pyrz,Michael Stevens,Karen Hines,Max Toulch,Maurice Dean Witt,Ermes Blarasin,Sook Yin Lee,Maggie Moore,Renat Options,Arianne Phillips,Lewis Goldstein,Mike Potter,Frank G. DeMarco,Amy Henkels,Michael DeLuca,Mark Tusk,Andrew Marcus,Thérèse DePrez,Nancy Pankiw,Susan Shopmaker,Jerry Mitchell,Paul Urmson,Tim Good,John Cameron Mitchell.
Q: When Did the “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Released?
A: The Movie “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” originally aired on 2001-07-20 and released in the year of 2001.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” ?
A: “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
