Author – The JT LeRoy Story

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Author – The JT LeRoy Story – Jeff Feuerzeig (DVD / Normal) – 20160919

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Documentary focusing on literary persona JT LeRoy, the pseudonym used by author Laura Albert. Having released two successful novels, ‘Sarah’ in 2000 and ‘The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things’ in 2001, gender-fluid author JT LeRoy forged a highly influential literary career and attracted many celebrity admirers including Winona Ryder, Shirley Manson, Billy Corgan and Courtney Love. Despite phenomenal success, the author remained elusive and only ever appeared in public disguised in a wig and sunglasses. In 2005 a New York magazine exposed JT LeRoy as the fictional persona used by author Laura Albert, who claimed she would not have been able to write her stories without using the false identity. However, some of LeRoy’s readers felt upset that they had been fooled by the novels’ autobiographical marketing. In this documentary, Albert tells her version of how and why she was able to deceive the literary world for so long before the truth ultimately came out.

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Contributor

Billy Corgan (Subject), Brett Ratner (Producer), Courtney Love (Subject), Danny Gabai (Producer), Jeff Feuerzeig (Director), Jeff Feuerzeig (Writer), Jim Czarnecki (Producer), Laura Albert (Subject), Molly Thompson (Producer), Richard Henkels (Cinematographer), Savannah Knoop (Subject), Shirley Manson (Subject), Walter Werzowa (Music), Winona Ryder (Subject)

Format

DVD

Genre

Documentary, Feature

Label

DOGWOOF

Number-of-discs

1

Publisher

Elevation Sales

Release-year

2016

Duration

111.00

Sleeve Grading

Mint

Unit Type

DVD

Unit Quantity

1

MPN

5050968002573

Catalogue Number

DOG351

Run Time

111

Record Grading

Mint

Colour

Standard

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