Directed by:
John Cameron MitchellScreenplay:
John Cameron MitchellCinematography:
Frank G. DeMarcoComposer:
Stephen TraskCast:
John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Andrea Martin, Rob Campbell, Alberta Watson, Maurice Dean Wint, Rosie O'Donnell (more)VOD (2)
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With this trailblazing musical, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature creation from stage to screen for a movie as unclassifiable as its protagonist. Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig (Mitchell) undergoes a traumatic personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, characterized by Mitchell as a “beautiful gender of one.” The film tells Hedwig’s life story through her music, an eclectic collection of original punk anthems and power ballads by Trask, matching them with a freewheeling cinematic mosaic of music-video fantasies, animated interludes, and moments of bracing emotional realism. A hard-charging song cycle and a tender character study, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a tribute to the transcendent power of rock and roll. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
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- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2002 - Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel, Pamela Koffler (Best Feature)
- 2002 - John Cameron Mitchell (Best Director)
- 2002 - John Cameron Mitchell (Best Male Lead)
- 2002 - John Cameron Mitchell (Best First Screenplay)
- 2002 - Frank G. DeMarco (Best Cinematography)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2001 - Best Foreign Independent - English Language
Golden Globes
- 2002 - John Cameron Mitchell (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2001 - John Cameron Mitchell (Newcomer of the Year)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2001 - John Cameron Mitchell (New Generation Award)
- 2001 - Stephen Trask (Best Music Score)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2001 - John Cameron Mitchell (Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2001 - John Cameron Mitchell (Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2001 - John Cameron Mitchell (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)