An attractive young woman, myra breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the golden age of hollywoodin particular the 1940sand the writings of film critic parker tyler. Myra breckenridge stars the famous movie critic rex reed. Shortly after finishing this recap, i came across a copy of the august 1970 issue of playboy, which contains a pictorial essay on myra breckinridge written by rex reed himself. She travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck. Is there any point in watching myra breckinridge in 2014. The thin plot find myra seeking out buck for an inheritance from. Myra goes to hollywood to the acting school of buck loner john huston and presents herself as myrons widow so as to get half of the school which belongs to their shared family. Mae west clip from the 1935 movie goin to town duration. Myron breckinridge rex reed flies to europe to get a sexchange operation and is transformed into the beautiful myra raquel welch. Feb 23, 2018 myra, claiming to be the widow of a film critic named myron breckinridge, installs herself in the chateau marmont scheming for property. The racy, incoherent, vulgar and irreverent film was unintentionally funny. Raquel welch in myra breckinridge 1970 john huston and michael sarne in myra. Find release information for myra breckinridge 1970 michael sarne on allmovie.
Myra breckinridge 1970 r 1h 34min comedy 24 june 1970 usa after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncles estate. Myra breckinridge is a surreal comedy about a man who transitions into a woman, and tries to seize control of her uncles money. Released july 3rd, 1991, myra breckinridge stars mae west, john huston, raquel welch, rex reed the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and. Myra, claiming to be the widow of a film critic named myron breckinridge, installs herself in the chateau marmont scheming for property. It would be decades before british director michael sarne would. The books translator has so far yet to find a publisher. She travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck and. The plot that culminates in the notorious scene in which myra, having. She travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck and, claiming to be myrons widow, demands money. Myron breckinridge flies to europe to get a sexchange operation and is transformed into the beautiful myra raquel welch. She travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck john huston and, claiming to. Myron breckinridge is waiting for her sexchange operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Les aventures amoureuses et pecunieres dun personnage qui. Myra breckinridge is a 1970 american comedy film based on gore vidals 1968 novel of the same name.
I had no idea he was leading man handsome back in the day, but he was. Myra breckinridge 1991 stream and watch online moviefone. Included are several pictures from the filming, particularly of the party scene apparently, it was meant to be a much more important deal than what it turned out to be, along with. Myra breckinridge 1970 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Jan 14, 2014 myra breckenridge stars the famous movie critic rex reed. She travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck john huston and, claiming to be myrons widow, demands money. Myra breckinridge is a 1970 comedy film based on the 1968 novel of the same name by gore vidal. Myron breckinridge rex reed is waiting for his sexchange. Synopsis plot myron breckinridge goes to europe to have a sex change, and comes back to america as the sexy, manhating myra. Raquel welch as myra breckinridge and roger herron as rusty. At the very least, myra breckinridge is a rollicking good read funny, provocative, brilliantly written in prose that race along like a tgv. Pretending to be myrons widow, myra attempts to shoehorn herself into her uncles hollywood talent school.
Myra raquel welch undergoes a sex change operation by two doctors john carradine and jim backus and becomes a man rex reed. Fussy film buff myron breckinridge rex reed goes to europe and gets a sexchange operation from a slovenly chainsmoking doctor john carradine and returns to the united states as the glamorous and willful myra breckinridge raquel welch. Which makes one wonder if that category was coined solely for the groundbreaking miss myra herself, exquisitely brought to life by the underrated raquel welch. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing myra breckinridge near you. Myron breckinridge flies to copenhagen to get a sexchange operation, becoming the beautiful myra. Myra breckinridge, then youve no business commenting on the film. Myrons uncle, buck loner, owns a westwood acting school. Plot edit myron breckinridge flies to copenhagen to get a sexchange operation, becoming the beautiful myra. Hot, however, like an unevenly microwaved potash might be. We can safely call it one of the most notorious films in hollywood history. S can the internet movie database for michael sarnes myra breckinridge, based on the infamous book by gore vidal, and youll find among the plot keywords non statutory female on male anal rape. Myron is either science fiction or psychotic fantasy of the split personality of myronmyra.
Myra breckinridge is twentyseven years old when she inherits her dead husbands portion of an acting academy, which is coowned by a former singin, shootin, cowboy star of radio and. In its day, it was a spectacular car wreck of a movie, a big budget adaptation of a touted novel by gore vidal, called at the time a novel that could never be filmed. Instead, buck gives myra a job in his acting school. Described by the critic dennis altman as part of a major cultural assault. It also starred john huston as buck loner, mae west as leticia van allen, farrah fawcett, rex reed, roger herren, and roger c. Mae west in a story that wasnt so much plotted as disgorged onto film. The film is as notorious for its meandering plot and stilted acting as it is for the backstage infighting between welch and mae west who played. Myra breckinridge 1970 and the misandric hollywoodophile myra breckinridge was born with a scalpel and dont you ever forget it motherfuckers, as the kids all say, raquel welchas postop woman myra narrates in the unrememberrabble messtearracypiece myra breckinridge. Which is funny, because he wouldnt like this movie. After the operation, myron arrives in hollywood as myra breckinridge raquel welch while in the rest of this movie, myron pops up from time to time as myras alter ego.
Myra breckinridge is a 1968 satirical novel by gore vidal written in the form of a diary. Myron breckinridge rex reed has a sex change and becomes myra raquel welch, the most extraordinary woman in the world. When complete, myra breckinridge raquel welch is born anew and does a little dance with the myron of yesteryear. The film was directed by michael sarne and starred raquel welch as the titular character, along with john huston, rex reed, mae west, roger c. Posing as her own widow, myra breckinridge goes to her uncle bucks acting school, claiming that myron is dead and that she is owed half the school and a huge inheritance. Based on the spitefully witty novel by gore vidal, who also wrote the initial treatments, the film ended up being directed by michael sarne from a script he cowrote. Novelist gore vidal, who helped to adapt his own satirical 1968 novel about gender stereotypes and hollywood into this odd, unusual, and controversial cult film, has since disowned this perverse xrated reduced to r film. Tom selleck made his film debut in a small role as one of. A 1970 film based on the novel of the same name by gore vidal, it stars raquel welch and rex reed, along with mae west and john huston mousy, neurotic myron breckinridge reed secretly receives genderreassignment surgery in copenhagen and returns to hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic myra welch.
An attractive young woman, myra breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the golden age of hollywoodin. Released july 3rd, 1991, myra breckinridge stars mae west, john huston, raquel welch, rex reed the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Myron breckinridge flies to europe to get a sexchange operation and is transformed into the beautiful myra. I also love how its filled with endless classic movie clips to emphasize funny modern moments. Myra breckinridge 1970 is a cult comedy, drama movie starring raquel welch and john huston. Vidals theme is the plasticity of gender, language and identity in this postmodern media age. The movie myra breckinridge is terrible as gore vidal says. Themes of womens and transexuals roles and power in society are salient. Myra breckinridge is a hot mess, maybe the original hot mess. Myra breckinridge, the transsexual who terrorized hollywood with dildorape and lesbianism, has transformed back into her former self, the literally and figuratively castrated myron.
Plot synopsis this film opens with myron breckinridge rex reed undergoing a sex change operation in denmark with the assistance of john carradine. Raquel welch in myra breckinridge 1970 raquel welch and john huston in myra. Social and economic aspects to brooklyn or gore vidals myra breckinridge can expect little objection, on the part of either publisher or police, to language or subject matter totally unacceptable, under the obscenity laws then operating, in 1922, when ulysses was first published. The life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. Dec 31, 2012 all the scenes miss mae west did in myra breckinridge. An attractive young woman, myra breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the golden age of hollywoodin particular. Myra breckinridge was an agent of doom for the american male. Carmel, roger herren, farrah fawcett, and tom selleck in his film debut. Which makes one wonder if that category was coined solely for the groundbreaking miss myra herself, exquisitely brought to life by the. Plot edit an attractive young woman, myra breckinridge is a film buff with a special interest in the golden age of hollywoodin particular the 1940sand the writings of film critic parker tyler. Published in 1968, gore vidals myra breckinridge was part political. Synopsis myron breckinridge rex reed flies to europe to get a sexchange operation and is transformed into the beautiful myra raquel welch.
Jun 15, 20 the life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. Her brassy screen persona, which earned the wrath of the. The thin plot find myra seeking out buck for an inheritance from a distant relative. Myron breckinridge film critic rex reed gets a sex change operation and become myra breckinridge raquel welch. The film opens with myron human piece of shit, rex reed surrounded by doctors, about to undergo a sex reassignment operation. Myra travels to hollywood, meets up with her rich uncle buck john huston and, claiming to be myrons widow, demands money. Its a very creative movie and i love how much artistic fun it has. Myra breckinridge 1970 part 12 of 12 the agony booth. This essay was written in 2001 for inclusion in a czech translation of myra breckinridge and myron. Little house on the prairie tribute videos by me 1,675,735 views. Southern california city and capital of the american movie industry that to myra is important as the place where the classic movies of the 1930s and 1940s were. After the operation, myron arrives in hollywood as myra breckinridge raquel welch while in the rest of this movie, myron pops up from time to time as myras. Myra breckinridge is a 1970 american campy comedy film, based on gore vidals 1968 novel of the same name, the film was directed by michael sarne, with raquel welch in the title role. Submit data corrections for myra breckinridge michael sarne on allmovie.
Sprung from a novel by gore vidal, myra tells the tender tale of a man damply played by film critic rex reed who has a sexchange operation and goes to hollywood as a womanplayed by raquel welch. Carmel and kathleen freeman also appear in this film. She hasnt worked in recent years because she hasnt wanted to or needed to. She sets off to hollywood, her goal being the destruction. His command of language, rhythm and pace is often breathtaking in myra breckinridge, and his. The appropriate response to myra breckinridge is wideeyed bafflement. She comes to the academy for aspiring young actors and actresses, owned by her deceased husband myrons uncle, buck loner. But i should be able to remember it better, even if it did happen in the late 70s when i was in junior high, because i clearly remember that 10 years earlier the first playboy i ever saw had a pictorial in it from the awful movie they made shortly after myra breckinridges publication. Mousy, neurotic myron breckinridge reed secretly receives genderreassignment surgery in copenhagen and returns to hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic myra. She enrolls at the acting school of her uncle, conservative western star buck loner, insisting that she is myrons widow. The film is as notorious for its meandering plot and stilted acting as it is for. Instead she starts teaching classes in acting for some reason.
Myra breckinridge 1970 michael sarne releases allmovie. Myra breckinridge the encyclopedia of lesbian movie scenes. Myra breckenridge, the wild, tasteless, legendary disaster. The film was directed by michael sarne, and featured raquel welch in the title role. With the use of silicone, myron becomes myra raquel welch. One night, while watching the movie siren of babylon on the late show, heshe is transported to the set of the 1948 film through the television. Read the full synopsis of myra breckinridge, 1970, directed by michael sarne, with mae west, john huston, raquel welch, at turner classic movies. She tell us she is the new woman whom no man will ever possess, and my purpose. Both gore vidal and rex reed expressed their dissatisfaction with myra breckinridge after the film hit theaters, though vidal has also claimed not have seen the finished product.
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