The British Guide to Showing Off

Jes Benstock
2011-11-11

For the outsider in all of us
6.6
98 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Andrew Logan Unowned
Brian Eno Unowned
Grayson Perry Unowned
Zandra Rhodes Unowned
Richard O'Brien Unowned
Divine Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ruby Wax Self Unowned
Louise Walker Miss Majhordia Beach Unowned
Richard Torry Self Unowned
Quentin Logan Miss Elementary My Dear Unowned
Janet Slee Miss Hokusai Unowned
Andrey Bartenev Miss Bubbles of Hope Unowned
Stuart Hopps Miss Sea Sea Sur Mer Unowned
Leigh Bowery Self (archive footage) Unowned
Simon Callow Self Unowned
Nell Campbell Self (archive footage) Unowned
Michael Cashman Self Unowned
Ossie Clark Self (archive footage) Unowned
Julian Clary Self (archive footage) Unowned
Duggie Fields Self Unowned
Rachel Freire Self Unowned
Fran Fullenwider Self (archive footage) Unowned
Matthew Glamorre Self Unowned
David Hockney Self (archive footage) Unowned
Derek Jarman Self (archive footage) Unowned
Amy Lamé Self Unowned
Daniel Lismore Self Unowned