Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Details

Release year: 2001

Storyline

A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

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Did you know

• The story depicted in the song "Origin of Love" is from Plato's "Symposium," in which Aristophanes gives a speech about love being a product of the need to reunite with one's other half after being split into two, as punishment for conspiring to usurp the gods of Olympus.

• Before it was a film and a musical at the Jane Street Theater, John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask created the character Hedwig. Mitchell donned drag for the first time speaking in character and telling Hedwig's story between songs, written and played by Trask. This was the first "drag performance act" that had a story-line, live singing and a live band with original material.

• From the main menu of the DVD, choose "All Access Pass" and then go to "Deleted Scenes". With one of the top 3 choices highlighted, press your Right button on your remote control and the wig on the side will change from yellow to pink. Once highlighted, press your Enter button and a deleted animation sequence with animator commentary will play.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $3,082,286

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $156,724 (2001-07-22)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Aspect ratio

1.85 : 1

Color

Black and White, Color

FAQ

• What is the dialogue in German between young Hansel and his mother, when he's watching a cartoon? She tells him off and mentions Hitler. There are a couple of other German bits too, I'd be interested to see a translation.