Hedwig and the Angry Inch

This Is The Story Of Hedwig, An Ambitious Glam-rocker Who Comes, To America Determined To Find Fame, Fortune And His Other Half.

Release Date: 2001-12-11, Rating R (Restricted),

This is the story of Hedwig, an ambitious glam-rocker who comes to America determined to find fame, fortune, and his other half . Based on the smash hit New York show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is destined to become the greatest rock musical of all time!

DVDs. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

John Cameron Mitchell is the creator of the off-Broadway hit HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH which he and composer- lyricist Stephen Trask have transformed into a funny dramatic and curiously poignant self-described "post-punk neo-glam musical" film with extra songs and a new instrumental score. Hedwig played by Mitchell was born as Hansel in East Berlin. In his twenties Hansel agrees to undergo a sex change in order to marry a U.S. soldier Maurice Dean Wint and escape to America. Unfortunately the procedure fails and Hedwig is left with nothing but a sexless "angry inch" between her legs. After being abandoned in a Kansas trailer park by her husband Hedwig decides to make the most of her situation: She develops a taste for outrageous wigs and costumes forms a band and becomes a singer. Hedwig soon meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Tommy Michael Pitt who also harbors rock star aspirations and makes him her musical protg. But Tommy is the one who ends up stealing the superstardom that Hedwig worked for after s

Hedwig And The Angry Inch (widescreen) - Dvd - Michael Pitt,rob Campbell,michael Aronov,alberta Watson,maurice Dean Wint,michael Stevens,john Cameron Mitchell,miriam Shor,stephen Trask,theodore Liscinski,andrea Martin - All Washed Up,down On Their Luck,gender-bendin g, musician's Life,unrequited Love