Front Cover |
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Movie Details |
Director |
Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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Plot |
Party Monster is a curiosity: a fictional version of events already covered in documentary form (see Party Monster: The Shockumentary) by this film's co-directors, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, best known for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Party Monster, theatrically released in 2003, also signals the return of Macaulay Culkin to films after a long absence. Culkin plays 1980s club kid-turned-killer Michael Alig, a small-town boy who arrives in New York in search of reinvention on the Ecstasy-fueled party scene. Alig ascends from rube to ringmaster, organizing Fabulous happenings and anointing, in Warhol-like fashion, various transvestites and studly naifs the era's new superstars. Seth Green plays Alig's arch but more reticent co-conspirator and roommate, James St. James. Green is more grounded in character than Culkin, though neither actor is convincing as a deluded drag queen. Despite interesting material, the directors never reveal what makes Alig a compelling figure in Manhattan's social history. --Tom Keogh |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
1329 |
Collection Status |
In Collection |
Links |
Amazon US
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
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024543106814 |
Release Date |
2/10/2004 |
Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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