Myra Breckinridge (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Sarne |
| Produced by |
David Giler Robert Fryer |
| Written by | Michael Sarne David Giler |
| Based on |
Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal |
| Starring |
Mae West John Huston Raquel Welch Rex Reed Farrah Fawcett |
| Music by | John Phillips |
| Cinematography | Richard Moore |
| Edited by | Danford B. Greene |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.385 million |
| Box office | $4 million (US/ Canada) |
Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American comedy film based on Gore Vidal's 1968 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Michael Sarne, and featured Raquel Welch in the title role. It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner, Mae West as Leticia Van Allen, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger Herren, and Roger C. Carmel. Tom Selleck made his film debut in a small role as one of Leticia's "studs". Theadora Van Runkle was costume designer for the film, though Edith Head designed West's costumes.
Like the novel, the picture follows the exploits of Myron Breckinridge, a gay man who has a sex change and becomes Myra Breckinridge. She goes to Hollywood to turn it inside out.
The picture was controversial for its sexual explicitness (including acts like pegging), but unlike the novel, Myra Breckinridge received little to no critical praise and has been cited as one of the worst films ever made.
Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra (Raquel Welch). Myra travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck (John Huston) and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. While there, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty (Roger Herren) and his girlfriend, Mary Ann (Farrah Fawcett). With Myra as a catalyst, the trio begin to expand their sexual horizons.
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