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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Original title: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
43K
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John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
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Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

  • Director
    • Beeban Kidron
  • Writer
    • Douglas Carter Beane
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Patrick Swayze
    • John Leguizamo
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    43K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,398
    244
    • Director
      • Beeban Kidron
    • Writer
      • Douglas Carter Beane
    • Stars
      • Wesley Snipes
      • Patrick Swayze
      • John Leguizamo
    • 169User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    • Vida
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    Stockard Channing
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    • Carol Ann
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    • Clara
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    • Jimmy Joe
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    Julie Newmar
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    • Director
      • Beeban Kidron
    • Writer
      • Douglas Carter Beane
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    • Trivia
      Wong Foo, or "Fooey" as his friends called him, was the head bartender at the China Bowl restaurant in New York City. Located on 152 W 44th St, east of Broadway; it closed in 1993. The walls of the restaurant were covered with head shots of famous actors and actresses who had visited.
    • Goofs
      Vida gives Billy Budd (the general store manager) a paperback edition of Diana Vreeland's memoirs; moments later, the clerk is leafing through a hardback edition of that book.
    • Quotes
      • Noxeema Jackson: When a straight man puts on a dress and gets his sexual kicks, he is a transvestite. When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body and has a little operation he is a Transsexual.
      • Miss Chi-Chi Rodriguez: I know that.
      • Noxeema Jackson: When a gay man has way too much fashion sense for one gender he is a drag queen.
      • Vida Boheme: Thank you.
      • Noxeema Jackson: And when a tired little Latin boy puts on a dress, he is simply a boy in a dress!
    • Crazy credits
      "The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious: any similarity to actual person, living or dead, is purely coincidental. In particular, the character named "Chi Chi Rodriguez" was not based upon or authorized by the professional golfer of that name."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar/Magic in the Water/The Innocent/Last of the Dogmen/Truman (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Body Beautiful
      Written by Bernadette Cooper
      Rap by Cheryl 'Salt' James
      Performed by Salt-N-Pepa featuring Bernadette Cooper
      Salt-N-Pepa appears courtesy of London Records and Noise in the Attic Productions

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 8, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Reinas o reyes
    • Filming locations
      • Jersey City, New Jersey, USA(Canton Restaurant)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $36,474,193
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,019,180
      • Sep 10, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,774,193
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 49m(109 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • DTS-Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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