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Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
15 (for sexual content and language)
Cast
John Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Rob Campbell, Michael Aronov, Andrea Martin, Ben Mayer-Goodman, Alberta Watson, Gene Pyrz
Director
John Mitchell, Andrew Marcus
Producer
Michael de Luca, Amy Henkels, Mark Tusk, Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel
Writer
John Mitchell
Duration
01:35:00
Official Site
http://www.hedwigmovie.com/
Release
Friday August 31 2001
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Musical
Distributor
Entertainment Film Dists

Synopsis

Hedwig was born a boy named Hansel in Communist East Berlin who dreamed of finding his other half and becoming a big American rock star. When a handsome American GI promises love and liberation, it seems like a dream come true. But there's a catch-in order to marry and emigrate Hansel must "leave a little something behind." Hedwig survives a botched sex change operation that leaves her with an "angry inch" only to be stranded in a Kansas trailer park the very day the Berlin Wall comes down. Undeterred, Hedwig dons immaculate makeup and a Farrah Fawcett wig and forms a rock band-The Angry Inch. While supporting herself with babysitting gigs, she falls for a 16-year-old Jesus freak she renames Tommy Gnosis. Tommy steals her songs and becomes the rock star Hedwig always dreamed she'd be. Refusing to be defeated, she fiercely performs in crumbling theme restaurants seeking recognition, retribution, and reconciliation with her other half.

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