Amy Hepker
12-16-2006, 10:41 PM
Has anyone seen the movie about Christine Jorgenson? She was the first Male to Female sex change.:happy: I know there was a movie made many years ago. It was called of all things (The Christine Jorgenson Story). I was just wondering if anyone has seen this Movie???
There was also another movie that I seen a few years ago and I know that they still show it from time to time, it was called (The Lady Bugs). It was about a boy trying to get around his dream girl, so he joined the soccer team she was on.:eek: It was really funny and in the end of the Movie he told her theat he was a boy, but she still wanted him as a girl friend.:hugs: I was just wondering if anybody has seen it also???
Bethanygirl
12-16-2006, 11:14 PM
Some great gender bending movies are:
Rank / Title / Studio / Lifetime / Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date
1 Mrs. Doubtfire / Fox / $219,195,243 2,354 / $20,468,847 / 1,605 / 11/24/93
2 Tootsie / Col. / $177,200,000 1,222 / $5,540,470 / 943 / 12/17/82
3 The Birdcage / MGM / $124,060,553 2,285 / $18,275,828 / 1,950 / 3/8/96
4 Big Momma's House / Fox / $117,559,438 2,854 / $25,661,041 / 2,802 / 6/2/00
5 White Chicks / Sony / $70,831,760 2,800 / $19,676,748 / 2,726 / 6/23/04
6 Big Momma's House 2 / Fox / $70,165,972 3,261 / $27,736,056 / 3,261 / 1/27/06
7 Yentl / MGM / $40,218,899 747 / $3,050,219 / 501 / 11/18/83
8 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar / Uni. / $36,474,193 1,489 / $9,019,180 / 1,294 / 9/8/95
9 She's the Man / P/DW / $33,741,133 2,631 / $10,730,372 / 2,623 / 3/17/06
10 Victor/Victoria / MGM / $28,215,453 615 / $139,634 / 3 / 3/19/82
11 Switch / WB / $15,545,943 1,013 / $3,770,991 / 1,013 / 5/10/91
12 Ladybugs / Par. / $14,796,494 1,528 / $5,180,414 / 1,528 / 3/27/92
13 Juwanna Mann / WB / $13,670,733 1,325 / $5,474,270 / 1,325 / 6/21/02
14 The Associate / BV / $12,844,057 1,781 / $4,261,304 / 1,781 / 10/25/96
15 Boys Don't Cry / FoxS / $11,540,607 365 / $73,720 / 2 / 10/8/99
16 Just One of the Guys / Col. / $11,528,900 1,215 / $3,307,171 / 1,215 / 4/26/85
17 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert / Gram. / $11,220,670 192 / $219,433 / 7 / 8/10/94
18 Nuns on the Run / Fox / $10,959,015 702 / $658,835 / 76 / 3/16/90
19 Sorority Boys / BV / $10,200,032 1,801 / $4,127,903 / 1,801 / 3/22/02
20 Transamerica / Wein. / $9,015,303 656 / $46,908 / 2 / 12/2/05
21 Connie and Carla / Uni. / $8,085,771 1,016 / $3,254,940 / 1,014 / 4/16/04
22 Ed Wood / BV / $5,887,457 623 / $71,566 / 2 / 9/30/94
23 Orlando / Sony / $5,319,445 78 / $107,030 / 3 / 6/9/93
24 Flawless / MGM / $4,488,529 483 / $1,590,155 / 478 / 11/26/99
25 Hedwig and the Angry Inch / FL / $3,067,312 101 / $156,724 / 9 / 7/20/01
26 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde / Sav. / $2,763,020 514 / $900,782 / 350 / 8/25/95
27 Ma Vie En Rose / SPC / $2,162,043 63 / $76,212 / 14 / 12/26/97
28 Kinky Boots / Mira. / $1,822,428 127 / $77,529 / 9 / 4/14/06
29 M. Butterfly / WB / $1,498,795 120 / $57,280 / 3 / 10/1/93
30 Breakfast on Pluto / SPC / $828,699 125 / $33,279 / 3 / 11/16/05
31 The Ballad of Little Jo / FL / $543,091 40 / $20,773 / 3 / 8/20/93
32 The Triumph of Love / ParC / $447,267 51 / $60,507 / 18 / 4/17/02
33 Different for Girls / First / $300,645 16 / $52,816 / 14 / 9/12/97
34 All the Queen's Men / Strand / $23,662 17 / $15,026 / 17 / 10/25/02
As you can see, there is money in them thar panties! Notice that many movies started extreemly small and finished big! Some of my personal favorite are: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar-Transamerica- and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Not on this list I also loved Some Like It Hot, and the little known but once famous Myra Brekenridge. :thumbsup:
tekla west
12-17-2006, 12:59 AM
The movie “loosely”based on the CJ story, written by Gore Vidal I believe is...... Myra Breckenridge. I quote from some web site on the film itself, its been decades since I've seen it, and don't remember more than Raquel Welch is a major babe.
Raquel Welch usually delivers great eye candy in her films, sometimes giving great performances, making most of them at least memorable due to her appearance. MYRA BRECKENRIDGE, despite having Welch star in the title role, is not saved by anything. Despite having a cool cast and some interesting oddball antics, BRECKENRIDGE is embarrassing for the viewer, the cast, the crew, even the VCR that is playing it!
Rex Reed (good-looking, but horrible) is Myron, a gay guy who gets a sex change from doctor John Carradine (terrible) and becomes Myra (Raquel Welch, who is good). Myra worms her way into her uncle Buck Loner (pathetic John Huston)'s acting academy, teaching a class on the history of motion pictures. She sodomizes a sexy southern stud and then steals his girlfriend (Farrah Fawcett!). Thrown into the mix is top-billed Mae West, who contributes what amounts to a cameo as a hideous embalmed agent who has sex with her exclusively male clients. Tom Selleck (minus mustache, but still recognizable) is one of her first studs. Add to this mess clips from old films to help "narrate" the action, two songs by West, ludicrous dialogue, Rex Reed masturbating, and a pretty dumb ending and MYRA BRECKENRIDGE may be worth seeing for fans of extremely horrible films.
Despite my love for so-bad-it's-good films (i.e., VALLEY OF THE DOLLS), BRECKENRIDGE didn't do it for me. It was just too jumbled, unlikable, and boring. Yes, boring! In-between the outrageous and tasteless sexual innuendo, there is boring dialogue and attempted humor that falls flat. Slow viewers will no doubt be confused throughout the entire film and those looking for cheap thrills will feel cheated. While women will feel fulfilled with all the hunks floating throughout the film, men will be disappointed in the lack of any female nudity. Welch does not do nude scenes, unfortunately, and Fawcett does not bare any flesh. Thank God West didn't volunteer her ample endowments!!!
MYRA BRECKENRIDGE could be fun viewing for some cult film fans, but it just didn't work for me. While some scenes do stand out (the sodomy scene, West's musical numbers), BRECKENRIDGE just was too boring for me. I actually fell asleep in the middle of it! Not highly recommended, but those who are curious owe it to themselves to at least say that they've seen it!
Kate Simmons
12-17-2006, 04:11 AM
I saw the movie about Christine in the early 70's. At the time I was contemplating transition or a "sex change" as it was called back then. It was kind of a "sleeper" I thought but it meant a lot to me. I'm not sure if the lead (I think his name was John Hart) actually did transition or was a drag queen. I thought some of the scenes, especially the ones with breasts were somewhat convincing. There seemed to be a sort of pathos about it in the respect that without the surgery, Christine really didn't want to continue living. I've come close to that but have realized I'm who I am regardless of what external "equipment" I have.:happy:
Calliope
12-17-2006, 12:48 PM
MYRA BRECKENRIDGE, despite having Welch star in the title role, is not saved by anything.
It's not as bad as its reputation but, yes, Tekla is right - it is largely dull. I wish I could get a copy of the opening credit sequence without the credits - Ms. Welch's white dress is not to be believed.
(Many insights to be found in the book - a used copy should go for under $5.)
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Bethany provides a great, long list.
I'm presuming she omitted M Butterfly because the characterization is so negative. I would have expected better of Cronenberg.
It will be interesting to to see if She's Not There gets made as a movie. Boyan, the author, has bigtime Hollywood experience, and since it was a strong selling book ...
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