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Transamerica is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2005 comedy-drama produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transgender woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers). The Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California. ...
Duncan Tucker is an American film director and writer, best known for writing and directing the movies Transamerica and The Mountain King. ...
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Duncan Tucker is an American film director and writer, best known for writing and directing the movies Transamerica and The Mountain King. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian film actor. ...
Fionnula Flanagan (born 1941 in Dublin) is an Irish actress. ...
Graham Greene Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor. ...
Burt Young (born April 30, 1940 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American actor, painter and author. ...
Elizabeth Pena or Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1961) in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a Cuban-American actress and graduated from New Yorks famed High School of Performing Arts in 1977. ...
A promotional photo of Raynor Scheine Raynor Scheine is a veteran actor who has appeared in films for three decades dating back to 1979, including My Cousin Vinny and Fried Green Tomatoes. ...
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IFC Films is an American film distribution company based in New York, owned by the Independent Film Channel. ...
The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ...
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...
Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ...
Dramedy, a portmanteau of drama and comedy, is a genre of movies and television in which the lines between these very different genres were blurred. ...
IFC Films is an American film distribution company based in New York, owned by the Independent Film Channel. ...
The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ...
A transwoman (also spelled trans-woman) is a transsexual or transgender person who was physically identified as male at birth, but believes that this is not an accurate or complete description of herself and identifies as a woman. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian film actor. ...
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The movie is marked by an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance by Felicity Huffman, who is also known for her Emmy-award winning performance in Desperate Housewives. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...
An Emmy Award. ...
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Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. One week before her vaginoplasty, Sabrina 'Bree' Osbourne (Felicity Huffman) receives a phone call from Toby Wilkins (Kevin Zegers), a 17-year old boy who is jailed in New York City. He asks for Stanley Schupak (Bree's former name), claiming to be her son. Sex reassignment surgery from male to female involves reshaping the male genitals into a form with the appearance of and, as far as possible, the function of female genitalia. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian film actor. ...
Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...
Bree was previously unaware she had a son; she now wants to break with his past and ignore her son. She argues that with her son's age he can take care of himself. However, Bree's therapist (Elizabeth Peña) refuses permission for her operation if she does not face up to her past. Psychotherapy is a set of techniques believed to cure or to help solve behavioral and other psychological problems in humans. ...
Elizabeth Pena or Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1961) in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a Cuban-American actress and graduated from New Yorks famed High School of Performing Arts in 1977. ...
Bree flies from Los Angeles to New York to bail Toby out of jail. Toby is a small-time drug user and male hustler. His mother committed suicide, after which he was raised by his stepfather, whom he does not want to see again. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...
A male prostitute (or rent boy (UK)/hustler (US)) is a sex worker or prostitute who earns money by providing sexual services to clients. ...
Bree pretends to be a Christian missionary, and persuades Toby to ride with her back to the West Coast, secretly planning to leave him at his stepfather's along the way. When they arrive in Kentucky it turns out that Toby's stepfather molested him as a child, and so this plan fails. Toby and Bree continue to Los Angeles together. During the trip, Toby accidentally discovers that Bree is transsexual. He is open-minded about it, but is angry that Bree had not told him. Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ...
A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
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After their car and money are stolen by a "peyote shaman" hitchhiker, Toby helps out by making some money with his prostitution. To Bree he pretends that he got the money from selling some drugs he had taken along for his own use. They get a ride with a kindly rancher Calvin Many Goats (Graham Greene) to Bree's parents' house in Phoenix, Arizona. Here they find her very Christian mother Elizabeth (Fionnula Flanagan), her Jewish father Murray (Burt Young), and her rebellious and sarcastic sister Sydney (Carrie Preston). Elizabeth is very negative about Bree's transsexuality, but excited about finding out she has a grandson. She is kind to Toby, and invites him to stay and live with them. Toby likes the luxury and kindness, but hesitates. Toby, realizing he has some type of feelings for Bree, proposes to have sex with her (as having sex is the only way he knows to express love and emotion), saying that he will marry her if she wants to. Now Bree tells Toby that she was his father. Toby is angry that she had not told him that earlier, and disappointed in view of his fantasies how great his father might be. He leaves and travels on alone. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer ( medicine man). The shaman provides medical care, and serves other community needs during crisis times, via supernatural means (means...
Graham Greene Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor. ...
Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area - City 475. ...
Fionnula Flanagan (born 1941 in Dublin) is an Irish actress. ...
Burt Young (born April 30, 1940 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American actor, painter and author. ...
Carrie Preston, (born June 21, 19??), is an American actress on both stage and screen. ...
Back in Los Angeles, Bree has her surgery, but breaks down into tears in the recovery room. Toby, who bleached his hair and also went to LA, becomes a pornographic actor in gay pornography films. A glimpse of a film shoot reveals that he has trouble having an erection when required, in spite of using Viagra. Toby visits Bree, and the two reconcile. He shows a leaflet about an upcoming DVD in which he performs, and tells Bree that he can get her a discount. The film's final words of dialogue show that they have reached a level of mutual respect. A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ...
Gay pornography is, for most intents and purposes, the cinematic, video or published presentation of all-male sexual activity with the primary goal of sexual arousal in a homosexual (aka gay) or bisexual male audience. ...
The erection of the penis, clitoris or a nipple is its enlarged and firm state. ...
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One of the major themes of the film is the personal journey toward self-discovery, according to interviews with the director and actors.
Spoilers end here.
Trivia - The initial idea for the screenplay occurred in a conversation between screenwriter/director Duncan Tucker and intersex actress Katherine Connella. While discussing male/female perceptions, Connella shocked Tucker (they had been sharing a house for about four months at the time) with the revelation that she had been raised as a male.
- This is the first non-Miramax film to be acquired by Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein.
- Dolly Parton wrote and performed the song played over the closing credits, "Travelin' Thru", which was nominated for an Academy Award. It was her second nomination, her first being "9 to 5", twenty-five years earlier.
- A line spoken by the "peyote shaman" hitchhiker ("I'm a level four vegan; I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.") is only one word off from a line in the Lisa the Tree Hugger episode of The Simpsons.
Duncan Tucker is an American film director and writer, best known for writing and directing the movies Transamerica and The Mountain King. ...
An intersexual or intersex person (or organism of any unisexual species) is one who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics determined as neither exclusively male nor female, or which combine features of the male and female sexes. ...
Katherine Connella (born December 12, 1958 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and writer. ...
Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer. ...
Bob Weinstein, along with brother Harvey Weinstein, was head of Miramax Studios. ...
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dolly Parton | Img = Dolly Parton in Nashville april 2005. ...
Travelin Thru is a 2005 song written by actress-singer Dolly Parton and used in the critically-acclaimed film Transamerica. ...
Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
Cover art for Dolly Partons 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album, RCA, 1980 9 to 5 is the title of a hit song for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in her film debut. ...
Lisa the Tree Hugger is the fourth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. ...
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Awards (10) & Nominations (8) Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Duncan Tucker is an American film director and writer, best known for writing and directing the movies Transamerica and The Mountain King. ...
This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 78th Academy Awards. ...
// The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses, working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 78th Academy Awards. ...
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dolly Parton | Img = Dolly Parton in Nashville april 2005. ...
Travelin Thru is a 2005 song written by actress-singer Dolly Parton and used in the critically-acclaimed film Transamerica. ...
One of the A festivals in Europe. ...
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dolly Parton | Img = Dolly Parton in Nashville april 2005. ...
Deauville American Film Festival is a film festival for American movies that occurs every year since 1975 in Deauville, France. ...
The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. ...
The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dolly Parton | Img = Dolly Parton in Nashville april 2005. ...
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George McClennans revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
The Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix-based publications. ...
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Dolly Parton | Img = Dolly Parton in Nashville april 2005. ...
The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Robert De Nero and Jane Rosenthal 2005 The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Transamerica Corporation is an insurance and investment company in the United States. ...
See also // Several movies feature transgender as a central plot element, including: Glen or Glenda? (1953) is a semi-autobiographical movie starring its director Ed Wood, who was a transvestite. ...
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External links - Transamerica Official site. transamerica-movie.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
- Transamerica at the Internet Movie Database
- Kansas Sharks. www.oceansofkansas.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-30. Kansas Shark mentioned in the movie.
- Kinehora n : A curse in reverse. wordsmith.org. Retrieved on 2006-07-30. Term used by Stanley's (Bree's) little sister, Sydney, in the movie.
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