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The British Guide to Showing Off (2011)

For the outsider in all of us

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

Release: 2011-11-11
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: 6.6 / 10
Cast
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Andrew Logan
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry
Zandra Rhodes
Zandra Rhodes
Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
Divine
Divine
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax
Self
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Louise Walker
Miss Majhordia Beach
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Richard Torry
Self
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Quentin Logan
Miss Elementary My Dear
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Janet Slee
Miss Hokusai
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Andrey Bartenev
Miss Bubbles of Hope
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Stuart Hopps
Miss Sea Sea Sur Mer
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Self (archive footage)
Simon Callow
Simon Callow
Self
Nell Campbell
Nell Campbell
Self (archive footage)
Michael Cashman
Michael Cashman
Self
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Ossie Clark
Self (archive footage)