Film

The British Guide to Showing Off

2011 · 1h 38m · Documentary

For the outsider in all of us

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event

Andrew Logan

Brian Eno

Grayson Perry

Zandra Rhodes

Richard O'Brien

Divine

Self (archive footage)

Ruby Wax

Self

Louise Walker

Miss Majhordia Beach

Richard Torry

Self

Quentin Logan

Miss Elementary My Dear

Janet Slee

Miss Hokusai

Andrey Bartenev

Miss Bubbles of Hope

Stuart Hopps

Miss Sea Sea Sur Mer

Leigh Bowery

Self (archive footage)

Simon Callow

Self

Nell Campbell

Self (archive footage)

• Jes BenstockDirector

The British Guide To Showing Off - Official Trailer

Release date

November 11, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

15

Genres

Documentary

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