Kinky Boots (film) boots
Kinky Boots is a 2005 British film about a traditional Northampton shoemaker, based in Earls Barton, who turns to producing fetish footwear in order to save the ailing family business and the jobs of his workers. The film has been criticised because of its lack of regard to fact in its portrayal of Northampton, portraying a town of several hundred thousand as a ’sleepy market town’, and using Wellingborough station (which has a more ‘olde worlde’ feel to it) than the 1986 modernised Northampton Station.
The film is based on the story of Divine<ref>Divine is a trademark of W.J. Brookes Ltd, a real factory of boots and shoes[1]</ref>, which was featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series Trouble at the Top.
It features Charlie Price, who is trying to save the family business and travels to London to get ideas. In a fluke encounter he meets sassy drag queen performer Lola, the alter ego of Simon, and sees the possible market of shoes for male transvestites. With the styling eye of Lola, Charlie leads the traditional shoe factory to design and produce numerous shoes for the catwalk in Milan.
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Cast
- Joel Edgerton
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Sarah-Jane Potts
- Linda Bassett
- Kellie Bright
- Dora Clouttick
- Josh Cole
- Gwenllian Davies
- Nick Frost
- Joe Grossi
- Mona Hammond
- Ewan Hooper
- Sebastian Hurst-Palmer
- Stephen Marcus
- Robert Pugh
- Jemima Rooper
- Joanna Scanlan
- Geoffrey Streatfield
- Christopher Fosh
- Henry Martens
Notes and references
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See also
- Cross-dressing in film and television
External links
- Official website
- Home Page of Divine, the shop on which the story is based — NOTE: contains nudity.
- Kinky Boots Movie, Official DVD Website from Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
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