It took London’s West End by storm in 2017 and 2020 was the year Everybody’s Talking About Jamie arrived in cinemas. As we’ve seen for the past year films were delayed and others now have new homes, this one is now heading to Amazon Prime Video. Today we get a look at the official new trailer as our hero steps out of the darkness and into the spotlight!
The film stars newcomer Max Harwood as our titular character Jamie, a young man who come out and pursue a career as a Drag queen. Fighting the prejudice, the bullying with Richard E Grant playing the his ‘mentor’ in his journey.
With all the hit songs from the stage version are here, including a brand new song called ‘This Was Me‘ sung by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson. This looks fun!
Inspired by true events, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows Jamie New (Harwood), a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. While his classmates plan their livelihoods after they leave school, Jamie contemplates revealing his secret career ambition to become a fierce and proud drag queen. His best friend Pritti (Patel) and his loving mum (Lancashire) shower him with endless support, while local drag legend Miss Loco Chanelle (Grant) mentors him toward his debut stage performance. But Jamie also has to contend with an unsupportive father (Ineson), an uninspired careers advisor (Horgan), and some ignorant school kids who attempt to rain on his sensational parade. In rousing and colourful musical numbers, Jamie and his community inspire one another to overcome prejudice, be more accepting, and to step out of the darkness into the spotlight.
The film stars Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Sam Bottomley, and Sharon Horgan,
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will launch exclusively on Prime Video on 17th September.
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