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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 3174
Released: January 7, 2003 |
| Our Price: $5.20 |
| Used Price: $3.97 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
CAR TROUBLE STRANDS THREE DRAG QUEENS IN A CONSERVATIVE MIDWESTERN TOWN.
Description of To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar:
This clunky road movie about three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguziamo) who get stranded in a sleepy Nebraska town on their way to a beauty contest, is too uplifting for its own good. Released during drag's mid-'90s heyday when RuPaul and the Wigstock documentary were all the rage, To Wong Foo aimed straight for the mainstream with its inoffensive camp and "can't we all get along" moralism. While gay-activist groups howled about straights getting the lead roles in To Wong Foo, in the end the filmmakers really couldn't have done better than this trio of actors. John Leguziamo provides real sass and bite as a Latino (or should we saw Latina?) drag queen, and Wesley Snipes is surprisingly fierce as the imposing leader of the pack. Saddled with a cloying Southern accent and off-kilter wig, Patrick Swayze barely holds his own with his costars, though. To Wong Foo is best viewed as a cultural artifact of a time when it seemed as though drag could rule all tomorrow's parties. --Ethan Brown
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar Reviews:
What happened to my favorite scene???? 
2009-12-13 - I love this movie- I think it is one of the sweetest movies ever. So when I decided that I needed a DVD after my old video finally croaked I was thrilled to find it here on Amazon. Unfortunately several scenes have been cut on the DVD including my favorite one, where Patrick Swayze's character delivers a much deserved thrashing to an abusive husband. The scene is about half the length it is on my old video & a couple of others are shortened as well. This is a wonderful movie & I hope to find an uncut one on DVD somewhere.
WHY?WHY WHY? 
2009-11-19 - WHY do they edit out scenes from the VHS version???.I was watching and I have seen this movie on tape alot of times...and I said something's MISSING???...well it's all in the "BONUS FEATURES"...JOHN LEGUIZAMO had to be MAD, cause many of his great scenes were just cut!!...why do the studios do this???...I am SO mad about this..who am I gonna fight???"CITY HALL" forget it!!...JUST get the tape & do NOT throw out your tape machine yet, cause I've heard they did this on another movie I bought(forget which one)..I gave the tape away already
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everyting Julie Newmar 
2009-11-15 - This was an excellent movie. It arrived within the time stated by Amazon. I enjoy the movie due to the laughs.
I never received it!
2009-11-11 - I never received this. In fact, I had forgotten that I had ordered it until I received this request for a review. Now I'm really upset.
One the funniest movies I have ever seen....
2009-11-07 - To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie NewmarBarnone, one of the funniest films I have ever seen. The now late Patrick Swayze a.k.a Vita Bohem who recently succumbed to Pancreatic Cancer, was brilliant in this, as were Weslie Snipes a.k.a Noxema Jackson and John Leguizamo a.k.a Chi Chi Rodriguez in their cross country quest for queendom. I like the fact that all the aforementioned actors are known for their masculinity and pull off androgyny quite convincingly. My order arrived as described. Five Star DVD with 5 Star service from both Amazon and MovieMArs.
