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Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
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58 min | Documentary, Biography

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Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)

Not Rated

58 min | Documentary, Biography

SPLIT is a documentary portrait of International Chrysis, a New York "show girl" and drag queen. Surreal herself, Chrysis was one of Salvador Dali's inner circle, a woman from the waist up, a man from the waist down. The movie penetrates ...See moreSPLIT is a documentary portrait of International Chrysis, a New York "show girl" and drag queen. Surreal herself, Chrysis was one of Salvador Dali's inner circle, a woman from the waist up, a man from the waist down. The movie penetrates Chrysis' hidden world of transgender women and drag queens, hormones, drugs and prostitution, a dark world she lights up with humor, wit and glamour. Through cross cutting, the documentary reveals the illusion and reality of International Chrysis. She's a burlesque queen who spouts philosophy and performs in a style between vaudeville and Dietrich. Chrysis was a gay man who recreated himself as a Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Barbie doll amalgam. She sang, danced and stripped her way from seedy clubs to glamorous night spots, popped out of cakes toured Europe, and starred on Broadway and in films. The documentary portrays Chrysis' life with the same wit and irreverence she lived it, allowing us to see through the veneer to the pain beneath. Chrysis lived thirty-nine years and died of cancer caused by seepage from the wax and silicon breast implants. See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
International Chrysis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Q&A (1990)
Brian Belovitch Self Self See fewer	Silent Predator (1997)
David Burns Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Jimmy Camica Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Amy Coleman Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Justin Davis Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Michael Degenhardt Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Gerald Duval Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
David Glamamore Self Self See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Jeremy Starr (2009)
Ron Jones Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Wes Kent Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Codie Leone Self Self See fewer	The Little House That Could (2013)
Jeremiah Newton Self Self See fewer	I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Terri Paris Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Rodney Pridgen Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)
Maggie Ruzo Self Self See fewer	Split: William to Crysis: Portrait of a Drag Queen (1993)

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