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Cockettes (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 100 mins

  • Director: Bill Weber; David Weissman
  • Producer: Robert Croonquist; Roger Klorese

CGiii Comment

Sad old hippies re-living their glory days.

Most are train wrecks, most talentless - and it doesn't quite merit 100 minutes. 45 minutes would have been sufficient and, perhaps, endearing.

It's just a sliver in time - sadly, really only interesting for those involved.

It was a flash in the pan that ended with the tragedy and catastrophe of AIDS - shed tears for an idealism that had to grow up.

Watch it for Divine, Sylvester & John Waters - and, to see how vile and vacuous the Warhol stars actually were.

Just too long...but, a lovely piece of nostalgia nonetheless.


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The(ir) Blurb...

On New Year's Eve, 1969, a flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippies took the stage of San Francisco's Palace Theater and The Cockettes were born. For the next 2 1/2 years, these outrageous drag performers created 20 shows with titles like "A Crab on Uranus Means You're Loved" and "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma," and were featured in four underground films. But when the Cockettes flew to New York City to appear Off Broadway - well, you'll just have to see what happened when New Yorkers took a look at them. Documentarians Weissman and Weber have crafted a record of a wondrous time and a wild group in The Cockettes.

Cast & Characters

Larry Brinkin as Himself;
Peggy Cass as Herself;
Pristine Condition as Himself;
Jackie Curtis as Herself;
Candy Darling as Himself;
Dusty Dawn as Herself;
Divine as Himself;
Anton Dunnigan as Himself;
Ahmet Ertegun as Himself;
John Flowers as Himself;
Allen Ginsberg as Himself;
Goldie Glitters as Himself;
The Grateful Dead as Themselves;
Ann Harris as Herself;
Fayette Hauser as Herself