In Northampton, in the East Midlands of England, Charlie Price is attempting to save the family shoe factory, which has been floundering since his father died. While on a business trip to London to sell the company's extra stock, Charlie encounters a woman being harassed by drunken hoodlums and intervenes to his detriment. He wakes up backstage, in the dressing room of Lola, a drag queen performer and alter ego of Simon. Charlie is intrigued when he sees that drag queens' high heels snap easily, and wishes to create high heels that can support a greater range of foot sizes and body types. Back in Northampton, while in the process of laying off workers, one employee, Lauren, gives Charlie the idea of looking for a niche market product to save the business. Charlie then recruits Lauren to assist him in designing a high-heeled boot for drag performers.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Music |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Suzanne Mackie, Peter Ettedgui, Mairi Bett, Nick Barton |
Directed By: | Julian Jarrold |
Written By: | Geoff Deane, Tim Firth |
Cast: | Linda Bassett, Shivarna Mitra, Paul Critoph, Henry Martens, Kellie Bright, Sarah-Jane Potts, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Lee-Power, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ralph Morse, Mona Hammond, Courtney Phillips, Joe Grossi, Josh Cole, Robert Pugh, Barry McCarthy, Stephen Marcus, Tom Sapsford, Henry Andrew Winkler, Daniel Naprous, Stephen Walker, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Jake Canuso, Karl Stevens, Julie Eagleton, Greg Bennett, Gwenllian Davies, David MacCreedy, Leo Bill, Jemima Rooper, Ewan Hooper, Benjamin Wilkin, Joanna Scanlan, Sebastian Hurst-Palmer, Christopher Fosh, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Nick Frost |
In Theaters: | May 26, 2006 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 47 minutes |
Production: | Miramax, Harbour Pictures, Price Productions |
Box Office: | $1,822,428 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |