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Thursday, July 12, 2007 EdgePhiladelphia.com articleRuPaul’s "Starrbooty" To Premiere July 14 as part of Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian film festivalStarrbooty, the new madcap comedy film starring the original supermodel of the world RuPaul, will make its worldwide premiere at the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian film festival on Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm at Prince Music Theatre (1412 Chestnut St) & Sunday July 15th, 2:30pm at Wilma Theatre (265 S Broad St). The Supermodel diva will be hosting both screenings in full hooker drag with film director Mike Ruiz. "We are very excited to showcase our film at the Philadelphia International film festival this weekend," announced Mike Ruiz, the award-winning photographer who makes his directorial debut with Starrbooty. There has been such a tremendous pre-release response to Starrbooty and I’m so excited to finally be able to offer it to audiences. Starrbooty is jam-packed with delicious dialogue, insane characters, outrageous costumes and gratuitous hair and make-up. I think people are going to find it very entertaining, as well as sexy, sassy and salacious." "The goal was to make an exploitation film that was part Russ Meyer, part John Waters and part The Naked Gun," added RuPaul. "Plus, "I’ve always loved women in movies who kick ass." In addition to starring in the film, RuPaul wrote the hilarious screenplay. When supermodel agency operative Starrbooty learns her niece has been kidnapped by her archrival, Annaka Manners, Starrbooty’s only option is to go undercover as a street hooker to rescue her. The only snag in our heroine’s plan is that in order to infiltrate the prostitution underworld she has to gain street credibility by going all the way with the johns. Deep cover threatens to unravel Starrbooty at her very core because this time, not only is it personal but she discovers secrets about her true identity that she was never supposed to know. RuPaul first developed the character of Starrbooty in 1985. "I was on a morning TV show in Atlanta promoting one of my earlier albums and the host, who had become a friend from being on the show so many times joked that he had described me a hundred different ways, and asked how I would describe myself. I said, ’You know what? Call me Starrbooty!’ And voila, Starrbooty was born. "I made my first Starrbooty film in 1986 with director Jon Witherspoon," continued RuPaul. "We filmed three Starrbooty films, all on a home camera. The films were raw and amateurish. For 2007, I wanted to do a higher quality film. I had worked with Mike Ruiz on several music videos and we share the same sense of humor." RuPaul believes humor is sorely needed today. "The current times we live in are sterile and boring. Everybody takes themselves so seriously. Irony is lost on most people. Even Sacha Baron Cohen had to explain that his film Borat was a parody. I can’t stand all the politically correct crap... it sucks! And we need to laugh. People will love Starrbooty because it will make them laugh their ass off. Everyone gets exploited in this film." Rupaul is Starrbooty. The film also stars Lahoma Van Zandt, Candis Cayne, and Gus Mattox as Max. Special appearances by Michael Lucas, Owen Hawk, Lady Bunny, Jazmine Jimenez, Corey Corety, Dee Finley, Richard Lynch, Laura Forbes, Kayvon Zand, Sweetie, Tim Wallis and Ari Gold. Soundtrack by RuPaul. EDGE Philadelphia . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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