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A formerly flamboyant hairdresser takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair.A formerly flamboyant hairdresser takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair.A formerly flamboyant hairdresser takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair.
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- 6 wins & 16 nominations
Catherine L. Albers
- Janie
- (as Catherine Albers)
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- TriviaThe town in the film, Sandusky, Ohio, is the real life home-town of writer and director Todd Stephens.
- GoofsWhen Patrick visits the site of his old home, his hat disappears and then appears again when he leaves.
- Quotes
Pat Pitsenbarger: Bury her with bad hair.
- SoundtracksSupersonic Love
Written by Eddie Warner
Courtesy of FirstCom Music
Performed by L'ILLUSTRATION MUSICALE
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A road movie within Sandusky, Ohio
Swan Song (II) (2021) was written and directed by Todd Stephens. It's a narrative film, but the protagonist, Pat Pitsenbarger was a well-known flamboyant gay hairdresser in Sandusky. When director Stephens was young, he knew Pitsenbarger. Also, Stephens gathered anecdotes about Pitsenbarger from other people who had known him.
Pitsenbarger is portrayed by Udo Kier, who is a brilliant actor. The movie rises or falls on the talent of the protagonist, and in this case it rises.
Pitsenbarger has retired from hairdressing, but he has been called from retirement to dress the hair of a wealthy woman who has died.
This is, indeed, a road movie, but the road leads from Pitsenbarger's nursing home to the funeral home, both of which are in Sandusky. The plot consists of his encounters as he walks out of the facility and heads towards the funeral home.
This may sound like a pretty feeble premise, but it's just the opposite. The movie was overlooked when it was released. In fact, I'm just the second person to review it. That's too bad, because it's really good film. The movie has an excellent IMDb rating of 7.6. However, that's based on the ratings of just 44 IMDb members. I though it was much better than that, and rated it 9.
P. S. See if you can recognize the dead woman, named Rita Parker Sloan. (She appears in flashbacks and in Pitsenbarger's memories.) She's almost 80 years old, and she still looks great.
Pitsenbarger is portrayed by Udo Kier, who is a brilliant actor. The movie rises or falls on the talent of the protagonist, and in this case it rises.
Pitsenbarger has retired from hairdressing, but he has been called from retirement to dress the hair of a wealthy woman who has died.
This is, indeed, a road movie, but the road leads from Pitsenbarger's nursing home to the funeral home, both of which are in Sandusky. The plot consists of his encounters as he walks out of the facility and heads towards the funeral home.
This may sound like a pretty feeble premise, but it's just the opposite. The movie was overlooked when it was released. In fact, I'm just the second person to review it. That's too bad, because it's really good film. The movie has an excellent IMDb rating of 7.6. However, that's based on the ratings of just 44 IMDb members. I though it was much better than that, and rated it 9.
P. S. See if you can recognize the dead woman, named Rita Parker Sloan. (She appears in flashbacks and in Pitsenbarger's memories.) She's almost 80 years old, and she still looks great.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $126,110
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,855
- Aug 8, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $177,206
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