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Sep 11, 2015 · When director Beeban Kidron thinks back on her 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the first thing that comes to mind is her memory of wolf-whistling at Patrick Swayze and ...
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- Gwynne Watkins
English. Budget. $30 million [2] Box office. $47.8 million [3] To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 American road comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron and starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York City drag queens who embark on a road trip.
The Amazing Story Behind. To Wong Foo. The gay executive who fought to make the drag classic To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar gives us a delicious slice of '90s Hollywood. Mitch ...
Sep 3, 2020 · In the opening scene of the 1995 film “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” a buff Patrick Swayze exits the shower, dripping wet. A bona fide Hollywood hunk, the actor had star ...
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Sep 4, 2020 · Julie Newmar. (Screen capture via YouTube/IMDb) The late Patrick Swayze reflected on his role as a drag queen in the cult classic To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar in a resurfaced interview. Chatting to American television journalist Byran Gumbel on the TODAY show in 1995, Swayze described playing Vida Boheme in the cult classic ...
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Feb 11, 2013 · Lessons about tolerance and not judging a book by its fabulous cover are duly dispensed before the trio leave town, on their way to a meeting with destiny and the real Julie Newmar. The movie earned a decent $50 million in 1995, but today, it’s remembered mostly for that title, and for proving that it would take more than drag to derail the careers of macho leading men like Snipes and Swayze.
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Aug 12, 2023 · Released on September 8, 1995, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!Julie Newmar held the #1 spot at the box office for two weeks. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane, known for Broadway musicals like Sister Act and Xanadu, originally envisioned this story of three road-trippin’ drag queens as a stage play.
