120 mins |
Rated
PG-13
Starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge
A long-retired hairdresser named Pat Pitsenbarger walks across the town of Sandusky, Ohio, to attend to the corpse of a former client (Dynasty star Linda Evans), regaining his mojo along the way. Writer-director Todd Stephens grew up in Sandusky and says that the character is "based on this hairdresser from my home town who was very out and proud long before that was acceptable. He helped give me the courage to be me."
Pitsenbarger is played by Udo Kier (the original Suspiria, My Own Private Idaho), a genuine big screen legend, albeit one with relatively few lead roles to his name. "He really liked being able to develop a character and give it an arc, and not just to have to make that impact in five minutes," says Stephens. "I think the film finally shows what Udo can truly do."
The cast of Swan Song also includes Jennifer Coolidge, who plays an old rival of Kier's character.
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A long-retired hairdresser named Pat Pitsenbarger walks across the town of Sandusky, Ohio, to attend to the corpse of a former client (Dynasty star Linda Evans), regaining his mojo along the way. Writer-director Todd Stephens grew up in Sandusky and says that the character is "based on this hairdresser from my home town who was very out and proud long before that was acceptable. He helped give me the courage to be me."
Pitsenbarger is played by Udo Kier (the original Suspiria, My Own Private Idaho), a genuine big screen legend, albeit one with relatively few lead roles to his name. "He really liked being able to develop a character and give it an arc, and not just to have to make that impact in five minutes," says Stephens. "I think the film finally shows what Udo can truly do."
The cast of Swan Song also includes Jennifer Coolidge, who plays an old rival of Kier's character.