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John Leguizamo: Freak (1998)

Genre : Comedy, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Spike Lee

Synopsis

John Leguizamo's semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as...himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing up, and his journey to try to be accepted by his father. We see this story through a bizarre myriad of characters and situations, which include the eccentric Uncle Sanny, the Fat Boy Called Bitch (John's little brother, Poochie), his mom, his evil grandmothers, and Lee Stratsberg, not to mention a brief appearance by Cantinflas as God.

Actors

John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Self

Crews

Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Director
David Bar Katz
David Bar Katz
Writer
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Writer
Malik Hassan Sayeed
Malik Hassan Sayeed
Director of Photography
Barry Alexander Brown
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Wendall K. Harrington
Wendall K. Harrington
Production Design
Denis Biggs
Denis Biggs
Producer
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Executive Producer
Robert Morton
Robert Morton
Executive Producer

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