LGBT FILMS A number of LGBT-themed short films in addition toDragula will be screened:
Gaysian:A young, single gay man in Toronto encounters discrimination as a result of his Asian heritage.
Next Door Letters: A prank two girls play on a friend proves a critical turning point in one of their lives.
Newport Beach Film Festival
FROM ROCKY HORROR TO DRAGULA by chris carpenter
Barry Bostwick’s 45-year career has spanned
theatre, film and television. He was the first to play T-Bird Danny Zuko in Broadway’s Grease and earned a Tony Award nomination in the process. He next starred in the 1975 big screen cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Brad Majors, a naïve young man who, along with his fiancée Janet (an early performance by Susan Sarandon) crosses paths with a Transylvanian transsexual played by Tim Curry. Hundreds of movies and roles later, Bostwick is still going strong with recur- ring roles on TV’sScandal, Cougar Town andResearch. He steals the show as the title character in the
delightful short film Dragula, which premieres at this month’s Newport Beach Film Festival. Bostwick ap- pears in full drag, sings, dances and serves as mentor to an insecure teenager, Charlie (cute newcomer, August Roads), struggling to find himself. Other big-name cast members are Cheyenne Jackson (interviewed in this issue), Carmen Electra and Missi Pyle. The 69-year old Bostwick, a native of northern California, recently spoke with The Rage Monthly from an appearance he was making on the east coast.
Thanks so much for your time. Where are you now? I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Mad Monster
Convention with other cast members from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s coming up on its 40th an- niversary so they flew me here along with Little Nell (Columbia in the film) and Patricia Quinn (Magenta). It’s been great. How did you get involved withDragula? Producer and choreographer Adam Shankman
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called me. I had done the Rocky Horror episode of Glee with him and he thought of me for this. Adam is so talented, lively and fun to be around. Dragula is prob- ably the last time anyone will want to see me in drag (laughter) and it’s also the last time I will wear high heels. We couldn’t find a pair that fit me, not even in the hooker shops on Hollywood Boulevard. Who isDragula, exactly? He’s a guy who has been (performing in drag) his
whole life and is still enthusiastic about his work, but has kind of settled. He’s a very positive role model that I wanted to play. That’s really why I got involved. How long did it take to make you up and shoot your part? I was only there two days and the makeup took the
first two and a half hours. The makeup guy worked on the RuPaul show so he really knew his stuff. The wig I wore was huge! How do you feel about theRocky Horror phenomenon nearly 40 years after the film premiered? I have such love for that movie, the people involved
with it and the fans. 10-year old kids come up to me and say “I just watched (Rocky Horror)” and I think, “My God, it’s on its third generation now!” I’m very proud of that movie and what it’s done in the gay community, it’s been life-saving in many aspects. (Bostwick contrib- uted an interview to a new documentary, Rocky Horror Saved My Life, which will be released later this year).
The 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival, celebrating “15 Years Under the Influence,” runsThursday, April 24 through Thursday, May 1. For more information or to purchase tickets go to
newportbeachfilmfest.com
Out:In less than 20 minutes, a down-on-his-luck everyman faces the prospect of losing his mother, his home and his closest personal secret.
Spooners:While shopping for a new mattress for himself and his husband, a man is forced to come out in a spectacular way.
Alfredo’s Fire:A writer ignites troubling questions about the clash between faith and sexuality when he sets himself on fire in St. Peter’s Square.
A Last Farewell: In the wake of his husband’s death, an aging author must renew ties with his estranged daughter in order to find peace and move on.
Performing Girl: An autobiographi- cal exploration of the life of queer, transgender, Sri Lankan-American actor-writer-director-comic, D’lo Sri.
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