The Queen (1968)
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Synopsis
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
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- Jack Doroshow
- Andy Warhol
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- Mar 30, 2020
crystal labeija reading harlow to filth only to tell her she’s pretty minutes later is the greatest moment ever captured on film
irelandJun 12, 2017Miss Crystal got robbed. An amazing portrait of pre-Stonewall pageant drag culture. Paris is Burning is the obvious comparison, but this feels much more like a Maysles film, for better and for worse. As dry as some moments are, the read that Crystal gives Miss Harlow at…
LizJan 12, 2017Really fascinating look into a pre-Stonewall drag pageant-it doesn't dwell heavily into the motivations behind the contestants or any bigger claims about why these pageants exist, which is fine because it focuses instead mostly on the logistics of putting on the show and…
Bri - Feb 17, 2018
The original rigga morris
InaAug 30, 2019Not trying to relitigate this, but... like... Harlow, how?? This is still such a fascinating document, but one that's so strangely constructed -- so obsessed with the most salacious questions ("Do they want to be women?", "Do they want to be in the Army?", "What do their…
LizAug 8, 2019crystal <3
Hari Nef - Jun 23, 2020
“I need a box of q-tips and a pack of spirit gum and I need it immediately“
CodyJun 3, 2020crystal saying babe i'm sorry you're not as pretty as me, it's not your fault,,,, a moment
elspethJan 20, 2021She is not beautiful, has no qualifications, and she's bodiless. It's so interesting to see Drag now versus Drag back in the 60s. I loved this. The ending was not what I expected. It was so explosive and Crystal stole the whole film with that one scene in the end... and…
Bri 👽
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- Marianne likedThe Queen
oh Crystal LaBeija the woman that you were. such an important movie, the beginning of something big.
Clementine likedThe Queena really good documentary about a drag pageant in the 1960s.
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In between rehearsals, they discuss their lives, from facing the draft board, to their small hometowns, with a fascinating frankness.
Katie Walsh
Los Angeles Times
Whether pushing the camera close to the performers or zooming in from afar to survey them intimately, Simon captures the lavish life of theatrical imagination that inspires them and makes gender itself seem like an urgent performance.
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
A quaint portrait it’s not, and aside from the conditions of the rat-trap midtown hotel where the competing queens are put up in, it’s hardly fly-on-the-wall either. While it presents its subjects at arm’s length, The Queen consistently recognizes the constraints they face.
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is The Queen (1968) (2019)?
The movie is 1hr 8min long.
What's The Queen (1968) (2019) about?
The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition.
Who's the cast of The Queen (1968) (2019)?
- Jack Doroshow as Flawless Sabrina
- Andy Warhol
Who's the director behind The Queen (1968) (2019)?
Frank Simon directed The Queen (1968) (2019).
Who produced The Queen (1968) (2019)?
Lewis M. Allen produced The Queen (1968) (2019).
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