Author: The JT LeRoy Story(Movie, 2016)

Name: Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 3.3

1h 50min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

Author: The JT LeRoy Story is a 2016 American documentary film about American writer Laura Albert and her literary persona JT LeRoy. It examines the critical acclaim given the JT LeRoy books and their international popularity, and the subsequent scandal when it was revealed that LeRoy did not exist and Albert had written the books. Jeff Feuerzeig, the film's writer/director, told Kevin Lally of Film Journal International, "I thought it was the wildest story about story I had ever heard,” and noted, "one voice glaringly missing from all these accounts [was] the voice of the author of the fiction on and off the page, Laura Albert. She had held her story back, and I said: Wow! That’s the voice I would like to hear.” The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016. ()

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About Author: The JT LeRoy Story

New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/22/2016

Director: Jeff Feuerzeig

Producer: Brett Ratner

Screenwriter: Jeff Feuerzeig

Composer: Walter Werzowa

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