Film

The World According to Allee Willis

2024 · 1h 37m · Documentary · Music

Hitmaker. Boundary breaker. Pop pioneer.

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.

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

Brenda Russell

Self

• Alexis SpraicDirector · Producer · Editor
• Nicholas ColesProducer
• Justin ShukatExecutive Producer
• Mark CubanExecutive Producer
• Lisa WolofskyExecutive Producer
• Jerry HenryDirector of Photography
• Nicholas HigginsDirector of Photography
• Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
• Spencer BakalarEditor
• Carla RodaEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

November 15, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Documentary, Music

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