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 w... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiThis is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documentary! |
| Film ThreatChris GoreThis is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsGlenn WhippAn occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe Cockettes weren't talented, exactly, yet the bedazzled flakiness of their passion takes you closer than just about any movie has to what was once really meant by the term ''free-spirited.'' |
| New Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinJoyously re-creates the brief but resplendent reign of the legendary freakadelic drag troupe. |
| Seattle TimesMisha BersonIt celebrates the group's playful spark of nonconformity, glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his 'angels of light.' |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachIt puts The Cockettes into social, political and popular cultural context and gives the documentary a moving resonance. |
| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesCue the footage of Cockettes in spangles and glitter, high-kicking and belting out show tunes at the top of their lungs. Damn, it looks grand. |
| Miami HeraldConnie OgleA sweet reminder of their lost and lively world. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensRevisits the San Francisco of the late 1960's and early 70's, a time and place so encrusted with legend and cliché that you might wonder if there is anything left to say. It turns out there is quite a lot -- which the filmmakers have brought triumphantly to life. |
