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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780638167
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0780638166
Label: New Line Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language),
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Running Time: 95 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
Sometimes grace and hope come in surprising packages. The title character of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a would-be glam-rock star from East Germany, undergoes a botched gender-change operation in order to escape from the Soviet bloc, only to watch the Berlin Wall come down on TV after being abandoned in a trailer park in middle America. Hedwig gets involved with Tommy, an adolescent boy who steals her songs and becomes a stadium-filling musical act. Suffering from a broken heart and a lust for revenge, Hedwig follows Tommy's tour, playing with her band (the Angry Inch) at tacky theme restaurants. Into this simple storyline, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell packs an astonishing mix of sadness, yearning, humor, and kick-ass songs with a little Platonic philosophy tucked inside for good measure. A visually dazzling gem of a movie. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Brilliant
This movie is absolutely brilliant. John Cameron Mitchell is a legend and true artist of our time. Not only did he write and direct this movie, he also stars as a stunning Hedwig. After watching the behind the scenes documentary, that is also included with the dvd, you learn a lot of the main players from the first ever stage performance of Hewig are in the cast. The guitarist in the movie is actually songwriter for the musical book of the play, Stephen Trask. John Cameron Mitchell wrote the original ... Read More
Rating: - Simply Brilliant
Here's the deal, this movie and soundtrack is AWESOME! For those who expect a "Hollywood" A-lister movie, you wouldn't get this one. It's one of those movies in that every time you watch it, it gets better and better. My advice for those who don't get it is keep watching!!
Rating:  - Not much story, but great soundtrack
I'm giving this four stars for John Cameron Mitchell, the graphic and animation, the excellent soundtrack, and the overall idea.
I'm leaving out one star because there wasn't really that much to the story.
If the lack of plot doesn't bother you too much, you will probably enjoy the story of the East German wanna-be transsexual Hedwig, the band, the dreary tour of Bilgewater restaurants in the U.S., and the love/hate affair with Tommy Gnosis, who was Hedwig's lover until he stole the latter's ... Read More
Rating: - A--uhm--memorable love story
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" is not a typical love story.
It is a Boy-Failed-To-Turn-Girl falling into, out of, and into love with a Confused-Boy-Who-Stayed-Boy love story (And, of course, there is additional drama added by the complex feelings of Gay-Exhausted-Artist-Turned-Transvestite.) But though the story is made strange, the emotion is familar: love, true love, deep love; convincingly, compellingly portrayed.
It is often moving; slyly (sometimes rudely) funny. And, of course, the music rocks.
Rating: - Much more than a cult film -- a poignant and engaging story of love and loss
I won't repeat the summaries of this film -- I only want to say it is much more than a cult film but is more exciting and intriguing and fun and sad than most films out there. Unfortunately even New Line decided to market this as a niche product -- comparing it to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Without knocking that film, which is a phenomenon of its own, Hedwig is in a different league. While the style of Hedwig's band owes a lot to camp and to glam rock the film itself is never campy. It has the music and ... Read More
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