The World According to Allee Willis
“Hitmaker. Boundary breaker. Pop pioneer.”
2024•1h 37m•Released
DocumentaryMusic
Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece - self-acceptance.
Director
Alexis Spraic
Languages
English
Studio
Blackburn Pictures
Cast
Allee Willis
Self (archive footage)
Cyndi Lauper
Self
Mark Mothersbaugh
Self
Paul Feig
Self
Michael Patrick King
Self
Mark Cuban
Self
Neil Tennant
Self - Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe
Self - Pet Shop Boys
Patti LaBelle
Self
Pamela Adlon
Self
Paul Reubens
Self (archive footage)
Lily Tomlin
Self
Bruce Vilanch
Self
Luenell
Self
Lesley Ann Warren
Self
Production
Company
Blackburn Pictures
Company
Primary Wave Entertainment
Producer
Nicholas Coles
Producer
Alexis Spraic
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