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Myra Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge film poster Directed by Michael Sarne Produced by David Giler Robert Fryer Written by Novel: Gore Vidal Screenplay: David Giler Michael Sarne Starring Raquel Welch Mae West John Huston Farrah Fawcett Rex Reed Music by John Phillips (song) Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) June 24, 1970 Running time 94 min. 91 min. (cut version) Language English Budget $5,000,000 (approx.) IMDb profile Myra Breckinridge was filmed in 1970 by Michael Sarne, with Raquel Welch in the title role. The movie also starred John Huston as Buck Loner, Mae West as Letitia Van Allen (spelled Leticia in the film), Farrah Fawcett, Roger Herren, and Roger C. Carmel. In 1993, looking back upon his career, Vidal wrote that although he had "never seen it, I do know that despite the iconic presences of Raquel Welch and Mae West, the film was so bad that the book stopped selling for a decade." The movie was the big screen debut of Tom Selleck, who has a small part as one of Letitia's "studs". Theadora Van Runkle was costume designer for the film, but Edith Head designed Mae West's costumes. It was one of two films with an X rating to be released by 20th Century Fox in 1970 (the other being Beyond the Valley of the Dolls). In 1978 the studio submitted a cut version running 91 minutes to the MPAA, and the film was re-classified with an R. Both versions are available on the DVD, though the uncut print is now unrated. Image File history File linksMetadata Myramovieposter. ... Mike Sarne was a British pop singer in the 1960s, best known for his hit Come Outside, who became a film director. ... Gore Vidal in 1948, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) is a prolific, versatile American writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and, of late, a liberal political pundit. ... Mike Sarne was a British pop singer in the 1960s, best known for his hit Come Outside, who became a film director. ... Raquel Welch on the film poster for One Million Years B.C. Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... Statue of John Huston, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Fawcett as Mary-Ann in Myra Breckinridge (1970) Farrah Fawcett (born Farrah Leni Fawcett[1] on February 2, 1947) is an American actress. ... Rex Taylor Reed (born October 2, 1938 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American movie critic and was co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. ... John Phillips in the sixties. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ... Mike Sarne was a British pop singer in the 1960s, best known for his hit Come Outside, who became a film director. ... Raquel Welch on the film poster for One Million Years B.C. Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress. ... Statue of John Huston, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... Fawcett as Mary-Ann in Myra Breckinridge (1970) Farrah Fawcett (born Farrah Leni Fawcett[1] on February 2, 1947) is an American actress. ... Roger Charles Carmel (born September 27, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York; died November 11, 1986 in Hollywood, California) was an American character actor. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I.. Rising to 64, Sellecks dark hair, chiseled good looks, muscular and hairy-chested physique, sex... Edith Head on the cover of the book The Life and Times of Edith Head by David Chierichetti Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 drama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, and Michael Blodgett. ... The film takes liberties with the original text by revealing the plot twist about Myra being a man who had a sex change operation in the opening moments of the film, via a framing sequence at the start of the film where Myron is having his sex change operation and a sequence at the end of the film where Myron wakes up only to find out that he hasn't had the surgery yet. Further changes include the decision to have Myra be somewhat schizophrenic in terms of imagining her former male self existing beside her and having several conversations with people while in the persona of her male self. The film also breaks the fourth wall in terms of having "Myra" being inspired by Raquel Welch herself. Ironically the novel's climatic rape scene was left intact, though the writers film the scene in a manner that avoids showing the strap-on penis Myra uses to rape her student. Rusty (Roger Herren) is given a thorough examination at the infirmary Filming of the movie was also filled with controversy, due to Michael Sarne being granted complete control over the project. Sarne quickly went overbudget and methodically drove everyone crazy with reshoots of trivial scenes. There were also reports of conflicts between Raquel Welch and Mae West, who came out of retirement to play the Leticia character. Furthermore, some actors from 1940s and 1950s films that were used as stock footage were upset that footage from their old films were inserted to the movie to punctuate some of the jokes as well as in the film's climatic rape sequence. Some stars, including Loretta Young, successfully sued to have footage of them removed from the film. Loretta Young in 1935 Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Letitia Van Allen on the lookout for new talent (here with Tom Selleck) The film, while not a box office hit, briefly revived interest in Mae West's career and has become a cult classic. However, because of its adult themes, has rarely been shown on television (though in recent years, the film has aired in regular rotation on The Fox Movie Channel). It was recently released on DVD with minor changes; to make the film's ending (that Myron never had his sex change) clearer, the ending sequence was changed to black and white format. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his starring role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I.. Rising to 64, Sellecks dark hair, chiseled good looks, muscular and hairy-chested physique, sex... The Fox Movie Channel, formerly fxM, is a cable television channel that concentrates on showing movies uncut and commercial-free. ... [edit] External links Myra Breckinridge at the Internet Movie Database Myra Breckinridge. The Web Site Categories: 1970 films | Transgender in film The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...

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