According to something I read at the IMDB (I know it's unreliable but the person who posted it seemed like somebody who wasn't talking BS and they had actual grammar skills :lol: ) according to a post that I read there Felicity Huffman won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in this movie.

She plays a tranvestite.

Maybe there could be an Oscar in Felicity's future? :)

Somebody said that she gave a very Oscar worthy performance.

The film sounds interesting and if/when it's distributed I'd wanna try and see it.

If she got an Oscar, that would be a big FU to Teri Hatcher, and I would lobsterlove to see that!

If she got an Oscar, that would be a big FU to Teri Hatcher, and I would lobsterlove to see that!
:lol: Yeah me too!

To have another Housewife get the spotlight instead of Teri (who IMO) isn't that great on the show and is extremely overrated. I just don't like Susan, she does nothing for me. :o

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.
:p I like America's Most Wanted! :eyes2:

If her performance is as good as everybody says and the movie isn't release too early and it gets enough publicity I can totally see Felicity getting an Oscar nomination especially because of the publicity around her, DH, and the rest of the DH cast.

I can see her getting a Golden Globe nom too if (like I said) her performance is as good as everybody is saying and she'd probably win the Golden Globe too.

According to something I read at the IMDB (I know it's unreliable but the person who posted it seemed like somebody who wasn't talking BS and they had actual grammar skills :lol: ) according to a post that I read there Felicity Huffman won the Best Actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in this movie.

She plays a tranvestite.
That's mostly right. She played a preoperative transsexual woman -- not a transvestite -- on a cross-country road trip, but the part about winning Best Actress at Tribeca is accurate. Her husband, William H. Macy, accepted the award for her.

I can't wait to see this movie. I hope it's worth the wait. I read it's without a distributor, but that won't be for long in my opinion.

I love Teri, but Susan's shtick is getting older than America's Most Wanted. I love Felicity and I want to see her get the spotlight all to hers. But let's be realists. I don't see instant Oscar, but I see a Golden Globe in her future.

:yeahthat

The Susan character is annoying. Funny at first, but not so anymore.

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/images/transamerica.jpg

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/images/transamerica.jpg

:rofl: :eek:

http://outnow.ch/Media/Img/2005/Transamerica/

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/loadimage.cfm?image=transamerica.jpg

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/fall2004/columns/images/in_focus_trans2.jpg

Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers in Transamerica.

“It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing — a Republican family-values movie except the family we’re getting to know are people they would call freaks and outsiders,” says Duncan Tucker about his first feature, Transamerica. After calling the father he’s never met to bail him out of jail, a teen hustler subsequently gets picked up and taken on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles by a woman claiming to be a close family friend. The son has no clue it’s actually his pre-op transsexual dad. “She had no idea she fathered a child in college and she’s just a few weeks away from her final surgery when she gets the call,” says Tucker. “Most of the movie is her trying to get rid of him as she maintains the ruse [that they’re not related]. They drive each other crazy but they don’t have anybody else — the boy’s mother has died — and the film takes turns you don’t really expect. It’s not campy, although there’s a lot of humor in it.”

Tucker was originally a writer and had early stories published before turning to visual arts in the ’80s East Village scene. “I was a generalist, and that’s what a storyteller has to be — you can always learn craft,” he says. Transamerica was inspired by a woman friend’s revelation of her original sex. “To be born feeling wrong about your gender is such a difficult journey, and to be told your identity is wrong as a child is heinous,” he says. Tucker’s first short, 2001’s drama The Mountain King, went to 30 fests and got a theatrical release in the compilation Boys to Men. Belladonna Productions partners Rene Bastian and Linda Moran (L.I.E.) came on board to produce Transamerica after hearing the screenplay read in 2002.

The Super 16mm Transamerica shot six weeks this past May and June in New York and Arizona, where Tucker grew up, with Stephen Kazmierski (You Can Count on Me) as d.p. Felicity Huffman (Magnolia) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead) play father and son; also in the film are Elizabeth Peña (Lone Star), Graham Greene (Skins) and Fionnula Flanagan (The Others).

Transamerica was picked up for distribution by those ex-Miramax guys...their (as of right now) untitled new movie company.

It'll be released December 2nd.

I think Felicity has a lock for a Best Actress nomination.

December is the month that studios will release films that they're confident will get Oscar nominations and they get much more recognized for Oscar nominations then films released earlier in the year.

I've read good buzz too (that others are confident that Felicity will get an Oscar nomination)

Gee she looks different with the dark hair. I am so used seeing her as a blond.

http://www.bbcworld.com/content/talkingmovies_archive_18_2005.asp?pageid=665&co_pageid=3

Has a few pictures and a BBC clip about the movie (with clips from the movie itself)

Entertainment Weekly had a bit about Felicity Huffman and had a bit about Transamerica in there...I'll post it shortly.

:D I got my aunt to promise me that she'll go see this with me so long as I don't dye my hair this summer she said she'll go see whatever movie I wanted to (even ones that she'd never dream of seeing) so I chose this one :)

a bit more info on Transamerica http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_050819ifc.html

It's a news article concerning IFC Films going to release it with the ex-Miramax guys and has a new picture from the film with Felicity Huffman & Kevin Zegers.

http://mvff.com/files/images/Transamerica.preview.jpg

Transamerica reviews....
http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/movie-10005567/reviews.php
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117926290?categoryid=31&cs=1
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137942

http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3611 (below)
Transamerica
Movie Review by Jim Pappas
Published: September 30, 2005
http://www.the-trades.com/jpappas/transamericapuba.jpg
Son Toby (Kevin Zegers) with father Bree/Stanley (Felicity Huffman) in "Transamerica."
Transexual persons are those among us who, for biological and psychological reasons, must change (or would like to) their gender from either man to woman (most common) or woman to man. It is a difficult process and requires the permission of doctors, including psychiatric professionals (at least it does here in California as "Transamerica" suggests). Physically changing your sex isn�t something that can be done without running into an assortment of legal issues as well, although the film "Transamerica" doesn�t address them directly. What it does address is the basic humanity of one transexual, Sabrina/Stanley.

Sabrina, "Bree" (Felicity Huffman) as he/she goes by, is in the process of completing the transformation from man to woman, and has only the final operation left to complete before becoming officially a woman. That operation is, of course, the change from penis to vagina, which is something I prefer not to contemplate. On the verge of being granted permission for the procedure through the signature of his/her psychiatrist, Margaret (Elizabeth Pena), Bree receives a phone call from New York, from a young man claiming to be Stanley�s son. Bree had a girlfriend while in college, and it turns out he had impregnated her during their brief relationship.

Bree tells her psychiatrist about the phone call, and this causes Margaret to withhold her signature on the surgical consent form. Margaret wants Bree to go to New York and meet with her son, in order to take care of Bree�s past life�s loose ends. Bree isn�t exactly thrilled with this turn of events, but goes to New York City anyway, where she takes custody of the boy from the authorities. He had been arrested and was a known street prostitute and drug addict. Bree pretends to be from a Christian charity and tells the boy (Toby, played in wide eyed fashion by Kevin Zegers) she is taking him to live in a structured environment in order to help him overcome his present lifestyle.

What happens next is Bree and Toby embark on a cross country drive that enables them to get to know each other, although Bree never lets on as to her true identity.

Felicity Huffman gives a riveting performance as Bree/Stanley, and I actually believed she was a man on the verge of becoming a woman. In addition to Huffman�s brilliant performance is the screenplay by director Duncan Tucker. Although the pacing is slow, and there are a few plot elements that strain logic, the dialogue and action are just so exquisitely right that you find yourself feeling real empathy for Bree and his/her desire to become a woman. I suspect this film was a labor of love for Tucker, as the character of Stanley/Bree is just so sympathetic that maybe it is about someone Tucker knows personally, and this film is a tribute to that person. I don�t know anything about Duncan Tucker, but I feel his film is trying to reach out to closed minds and open them up to the fact that you can find humanity and decency in all humans, regardless of any special circumstances surrounding them.

The examination of transexualism is unflinching here, with certain realities discussed openly and without shame, so this film isn�t something for everyone. It is for people who fear those different from them, however. I know that I certainly have a much better understanding of what those among us who choose to change their sex go through once they�ve made that choice.

There is something fundamental about "Transamerica," and by that I mean it forces us to look at something most of us probably wish didn�t exist. That being the fact that human beings are more of a diverse lot than appears obvious. That is our strength, as it is that diversity that gives us an edge over our obstacles as we slowly evolve into something that transcends flesh. It is important to give those among us who are not like the rest of us some respect. That respect can exist as simple courtesy when facing someone whose sexual identity isn�t as clearly defined as is most of ours. Rather than feel "sorry for" or "fear of" someone who isn�t like you, try feeling the same way towards them as you do yourself. That is the message I found embedded within "Transamerica."

The release date I was given for this film is December 2nd, and it will be limited, but I believe the date and distribution are still yet to be finalized. Anyway, start looking for this film as we approach late November.
Grade: B+

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7678100/

I think there's also a trailer out there (there's a thread for it over at the Transamerica message board at the IMDB)

It won't work for me so I dunno if it's several clips put together or an actual trailer.

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/1716/_1129869025.jpg
Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be - until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son. Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him that will challenge and change both their lives and bring them closer to the truth of their connection. Transamerica is a funny, touching, completely modern look at the modern American family, starring Emmy award winner Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers.

The releases dates...
December 2nd: NY & LA
December 23rd: TOP 20 MARKETS (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston (Manchester), San Francisco-Oak-San Jose, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Washington DC (Hagrstwn), Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota), Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix (Prescott), Minneapolis-St. Paul, Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Denver, Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto, Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn)



Anybody else plan on seeing this if it's coming to your area?

http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/transamerica/trailer1/

Felicity just won a Golden Globe for this movie. Congrats Felicity :)

congratulations Felicity!!!!

Congrat's to Felicity is right....but one of the Housewives should have won for Best Actress in a Comedy....and that actress should have been Marcia Cross..Not only the best looking, but she has the best storylines all the time, and is the BEST ACTRESS on DH.

I think the reason Mary Louise Parker won is because all 4 of the Housewives in one catagory was overkill, too many people were fighting over which they liked best of the four, so Parker really had the upper hand since she didn't have three co-stars to battle with

I think the reason Mary Louise Parker won is because all 4 of the Housewives in one catagory was overkill, too many people were fighting over which they liked best of the four, so Parker really had the upper hand since she didn't have three co-stars to battle with
There is that, but it might also have had just a little something to do with the fact that she was excellent in "Weeds".