Author: The JT LeRoy Story

2016
R
1h 50m

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7.1/10

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Laura Albert in Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

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Biography Documentary

The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total

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Laura Albert

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Bruce Benderson

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Terrence Owens

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Ira Silverberg

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Dennis Cooper

Self

Panio Gianopoulos

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Savannah Knoop

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Asia Argento

Self
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Stephen Beachy

Self
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Bono

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Arthur Bradford

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Billy Corgan

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Debbie Harry

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Mary Karr

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Geoffrey Knoop

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Courtney Love

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David Milch

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Matthew Modine

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Director
- Jeff Feuerzeig
Writer
- Jeff Feuerzeig
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Featured review

10/10

Will the real JT Leroy please stand up. Now take a bow. Or curtsy. Or whatever.

Just saw this brilliantly directed film at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The packed theater went bonkers.

Author: The JT Leroy Story, directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, is inventive, mysterious, mesmerizing and about a dozen other superlatives.

And if you think you know the story of JT Leroy, you have another think coming.

You might say, what Samuel Clemens is to Mark Twain, author Laura Albert is to JT Leroy. Except Mr. Clemens and Mr. Twain aren't nearly as jaw-dropping provocative.

It's one of those "must-see-to-believe, one-of-a-kind" kind of films that has Oscar written all over it. From top to bottom, beginning to end.