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The World According to Allee Willis(2024)
Status: Released
Date: 2024-11-15
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Time: 1h 37m
Hitmaker. Boundary breaker. Pop pioneer.
Overview:
Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece - self-acceptance.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Blackburn Pictures
Primary Wave Entertainment
Movie: The World According to Allee Willis
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Cyndi Lauper
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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Paul Feig
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Michael Patrick King
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Mark Cuban
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Neil Tennant
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Chris Lowe
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Patti LaBelle
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Pamela Adlon
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