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

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

PG-13 09/07/1995 (US) Comedy, Drama 1h 49m

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Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Beeban Kidron

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Douglas Carter Beane

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Patrick Swayze

Vida Boheme
Wesley Snipes

Noxeema Jackson
John Leguizamo

Chi-Chi Rodriguez
Stockard Channing

Carol Ann
Blythe Danner

Beatrice
Arliss Howard

Virgil
Jason London

Bobby Ray
Chris Penn

Sheriff Dollard
Melinda Dillon

Merna
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A review by Charles Tatum

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Written by Charles Tatum on September 27, 2023

Although it often crosses over into stereotype and sentimentality, this film is made likeable by its fabulous cast. Vida (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema (Wesley Snipes) are co-winners in a New York drag queen contest. They win a trip to Hollywood to compete in a national pageant. Taking pity on drag queen in training Chi-Chi (John Leguizamo), they sell the two plane tickets and buy a Cadillac convertible and drive cross country. They have a run-in with hick sheriff Dollard (Chris Penn), and Vita thinks she has killed him after he discovers her male identity. The car breaks down somewhere in the Mi... read the rest.

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