| | | Attitude is everything.
Features: DVD
Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo star as three "girls" who just wanna have fun in a hilarious comedy about repairing broken hearts, broken dreams, and broken nails. En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema (Snipes), Vida (Swayze), and Chi Chi (Leguizamo) are forced to take an unwelcome detour when their 1967 Cadillac convertible breaks down. Stranded in the tiny midwestern town of Synderville, the three try to make the best of their unfortunate circumstances. And when their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend. Also starring Stockard Channing and Blythe Danner, this marvelous mix of flamboyant fun and unrefined simpleness erupts into plenty of laughs in "The best comedy of the year" (Interview Magazine).
Editor's Note
Three New York drag queens on the way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant have their car break down in a small Midwestern town, stranding the flamboyant trio for the weekend. Waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the "ladies" show the locals that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
Plot Summary
Boys will be girls: three outrageous (but loveable) drag queens -- fierce Noxeema, sensitive Vida, and dreamer Chi Chi -- set out from New York to Hollywood in their 1967 Cadillac convertible. In addition to their eye-popping wardrobes, the divas pack a good luck charm, an autographed photo of TV's "Catwoman", Julie Newmar. But when the Caddy breaks down in Snydersville, the mother of all hick towns, the trio decides to stay for the weekend. While there, the threesome (mistaken for actual women) become enmeshed in many of the citizens' problems, ranging from spousal abuse to romantic heartache. They even teach some of the surly males to lighten up on the machismo thing. But when the fetching femmes are revealed to be gay guys, how will the town react?
| Features | Audio: English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Deleted Scenes | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 12/28/2004 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 20021 | | UPC: 00025192002120 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "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. When a gay man has WAY too much fashion sense for one gender, he is a drag queen." ---- Noxeema Jackson (WESLEY SNIPES) to Chi Chi Rodriguez (JOHN LEGUIZAMO). | | "We gotta make moments fabulous. Because no sooner is a moment noticed than it is gone, child. And a life ain't something to be avoided." ---- Noxeema Jackson (WESLEY SNIPES) | | "Ready or not, here comes mama." ---- Vida Boheme (PATRICK SWAYZE) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Flamboyant fun..." 09/21/1995 p.87-89Entertainment Weekly
"...A fairy-tale in the old-school sense..." -- Rating: B 02/23/1996 p.134 Variety
"...A celebration of openness, alternative lifestyles and bonding....Shining throughout is the brilliant Leguizamo..." 09/04/1995 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie is clever in the way it presents its three macho stars....Funny and amusing..." 09/08/1995 p.33 Washington Post 8 of 10
...fiercely funny...who wouldn't line up to see three of Hollywood's most macho movie stars camping it up as Glamazons?.. Three snaps up for Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo, who walk the walk, and work it, playing gay men and drag queens... All three seem to really enjoy being a girl. - Joe Brown
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