Kinky Boots (film)

Kinky Boots (film)

"Kinky Boots" is a 2005 Golden Globe Award-nominated British comedy film about a traditional Northampton shoemaker, based in Earls Barton, who turns to producing fetish footwear in order to save the ailing family business and the jobs of his workers. The film is based on the story of Divine [Divine is a trademark of W.J. Brookes Ltd, a real factory of boots and shoes [http://www.shop.edirectory.co.uk/divine/pages/editorial.asp?artid=296&cid=926] ] , which was featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series "Trouble at the Top".

It features Charlie Price, who is trying to save the family business and travels to London to get ideas. In a fluke encounter he meets sassy drag queen performer Lola, the alter ego of Simon, and sees the possible market of shoes for male transvestites. With the styling eye of Lola, Charlie leads the traditional shoe factory to design and produce numerous shoes for the catwalk in Milan, Italy.

A Broadway musical version of the film is currently in the works, with producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig and helming the project. [cite news | last=Jones | first=Kenneth | title=Kinky Boots, the Musical, Walking Toward Broadway | publisher=Playbill | date=2008-07-08 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119294.html | accessdate=2008-07-10]

Cast

*Joel Edgerton
*Chiwetel Ejiofor
*Sarah-Jane Potts
*Linda Bassett
*Kellie Bright
*Dora Clouttick
*Josh Cole
*Gwenllian Davies
*Nick Frost
*Joe Grossi
*Mona Hammond
*Ewan Hooper
*Sebastian Hurst-Palmer
*Stephen Marcus
*Robert Pugh
*Jemima Rooper
*Joanna Scanlan
*Geoffrey Streatfield
*Christopher Fosh
*Henry Martens

Notes and references

ee also

* Cross-dressing in film and television

External links

* [http://www.thefilmfactory.co.uk/kinkyboots/index_flash.html Official website]
*
* [http://www.edirectory.co.uk/divine/ Home Page of Divine] , the shop on which the story is based -- NOTE: contains nudity.
* [http://video.movies.go.com/kinkyboots/ Kinky Boots Movie] , Official DVD Website from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2005/10/04/kb_fact_fiction_feature.shtml] , whats fake/real in movie from actual history.


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