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Drag Queen | Voodoo
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Best Film | 1998 | Clint
Outstanding Film Wide Release | 1998
Best Breakthrough Performance Male | 1998 | Lady
Human Rights | 1998
Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 25,105,255 USD
While filming took place in the actual Mercer house, production could not find an insurance company that would underwrite the project given the extensive value of the antiques. All of the items seen in the movie are therefore replicas with the originals stowed in storage during filming.
Most of the characters depicted in the movie were based on real Savannahians, but some details were changed for dramatic effect. Joe Odom was indeed a real person, an ex-lawyer who opened a piano bar with the real-life "Mandy", Nancy Hillis, but Odom and Hillis were never romantically involved, and Odom died of A.I.D.S. in 1991. Likewise, the character of John Kelso is loosely based on John Berendt, the author of the book, but he also never had a relationship with the real-life "Mandy". Berendt is gay.
Lady Chablis, the transgender woman from Savannah featured in the source novel, plays herself.
The famous Bird Girl statue shown at the beginning of the movie is not one of the original four. It is a replica.
For the Christmas party scene at Mercer house, they actually invited a large number of people who had previously been at James Arthur Williams' parties, including several members of his family. These extras praised the movie party because, not only was the atmosphere correct, but Kevin Spacey perfectly played James and his style of schmoozing at parties.
"Mandy Nichols: If you're thirsty, a drink will cure it, if you're not, a drink will prevent it. Prevention is better than a cure."
"The Lady Chablis: It's like my mom always said: "Two tears in a bucket, motherfuck it." John Kelso: I'll have to remember that one."
