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But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Jul 21, 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2000
• R2: 2 Jun 2003
Budget USD 1,200,000
Official Website:
But I'm a Cheerleader Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language and sexual content involving teens.
Running Time
1 hour, 25 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Cheerleader LLC, Hate Kills Man (HKM), Ignite Entertainment, Kushner-Locke Company, The
Studio HKM Films, Ignite Entertainment, Kushner-Locke Productions
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Other Titles
• But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
• Make Me Over
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Genre: Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, Satire, Cult Classic, Suspense, Coming Of Age, Black Comedy, Teenage, Campy
Tagline: A Comedy Of Sexual Disorientation
Plot: The girls wear pink and the boys wear blue in BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER, a film billed as a comedy about sexual disorientation. Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a happy-go-lucky cheerleading teenager in the suburbs when suddenly her fairly normal behavior (vegetarianism, Melissa Etheridge poster, reluctance to make out with her boyfriend) makes her suspect in the eyes of the community. Megan's super straightlaced parents (Mink Stole of John Waters fame and Bud Cort from HAROLD AND MAUDE), fearing that their precious "little poodle" may be a lesbian, promptly ship a befuddled Megan off to True Directions, a homosexual rehabilitation facility. Unable to take the first step required by the program--admitting that she is in fact gay--Megan butts heads with camp leaders Mary (Cathy Moriarty) and Mike (RuPaul out of drag). Soon enough, Megan finds proof of her heretofore unknown attraction to girls when she falls for Graham (Clea DuVall), a sexy tomboy and fellow inmate at True Directions. Megan's brightly colored and slightly unreal world gets even odder as an unlikely romance blossoms in the least likely of places. As Graham and Megan grow closer, the film's unique comic twists and visual stylization expose the absurd nature of society's rigid social and sexual codes and create an endearing
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| Directed by |
Jamie Babbit
Itty Bitty Titty Committee, The Quiet, Popular: Windstruck |
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Jamie Babbit
This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Indie Sex: Censored | |
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Dogma, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Coyote Ugly |
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| Music By |
Pat Irwin
My New Gun, Sudden Manhattan, Suits |
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