Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
110 min
New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.
- Release date
- January 22, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Walter Werzowa
- Box office
- $99,708
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Trailer
Cast
- Laura Albert as Self
- Bruce Benderson as Self
- Panio Gianopoulos as Self
- Winona Ryder as Herself
- Savannah Knoop as Self
- Courtney Love as Herself
- Dennis Cooper
- Terrence Owens as Self
- Ira Silverberg as Self
- Dennis Cooper as Self
Crew
- Asia Argento · Archive footage
- Stephen Beachy · Archive sound
- Bono · Archive footage
- Jeff Feuerzeig · Director
- Jeff Feuerzeig · Writer
- Jim Czarnecki · Producer
- Danny Gabai · Producer
- Brett Ratner · Producer
- Molly Thompson · Producer
- Walter Werzowa · Composer
- Richard Henkels · Cinematographer
- Michelle M. Witten · Editor