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Craig Highberger, who brought us the documentary and book Superstar in A Housedress: The Life & Legend of Jackie Curtis, brings his latest documentary to DVD along with two extraordinary Jackie Curtis performances transferred from 1974 video sources. Jack Mitchell: My Life is Black and White is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed documentary about the life and work of photographer Jack Mitchell, who captured 40 years of show business with his camera and became particularly well-renowned for his portraits of dancers. The film is largely recounted by Mitchell himself, with such guest interviewees as Edward Albee, Patti LuPone, and Ned Rorem. Of particular interest for Joe devotees, who will be very familiar with Mr. Mitchell's photographs of Joe (two of which are glimpsed in the film), is the story about Veronica Lake being considered by Morrissey for the Sylvia Miles role in Heat. To buy one or all of the above documentaries, click on the image above or go to http://highbergermedia.com/DVDs.html.

Raro Video Offers Raro Warhol
Italian DVD specialty house Raro Video continues to offer a tantalizing assortment of Warhol titles for those who have all-region DVD with PAL-conversion players. If you have such a player and wish to order these stateside, they are currently available through Xploited Cinema. The Trilogy boxed set is quite good and you'll note they're using a great shot from San Diego Surf on the Flesh cover. Other Warhol titles include The Chelsea Girls, Nude Restaurant, I, A Man, My Hustler, Vinyl, and in a four-silent film box: Kiss, Blow Job, Empire and Mario Banana. An 11-film compilation boxed set called the Andy Warhol Anthology includes all these titles except for the Trilogy. Note: The Chelsea Girls suffers from an improper audio mix, resulting in some sequences which were meant to have sound playing silently and vice versa.

	JOE NEWS-- Welcome to the Official Joe Dallesandro webpage! Little Joe doc appearing at film festivals...Joe included in Gay Icons exhibition in London..."Joe Store" launches with T-shirts bearing Joe's famed tattoo...Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Fest...Trash censorship in the UK...Merry-Go-Round on DVD...and more.

Joe Dalle-Who? Joe News Films 1967-1974 Films 1974-1980 Films 1984- Docs/Shorts Television Undress Rehearsal Joe-Pourri Galleries Book Info Documentary Joe Links Joe Store	Joe at The Hollywood Collector Show - July 18/19, 2009 Joe will be making his first appearance at the Hollywood Collectors and Celebrities Show in Burbank, CA on July 18 and 19, 2009. Click here for the roster of film and television actors and actresses who will be on hand. The Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show Saturday, July 18th 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday, July 19th 10 AM to 4 PM The Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center 2500 North Hollywood Way Burbank, California 91505 1-818-843-6000 Fax: 1-818-842-9720 Reservations: 1-800-736-9712

	Little Joe - The Documentary Having premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2009, Little Joe is now making its rounds on the film festival circuit. Bookmark the official Little Joe Productions site, where the trailer is now available. Hollywood Reporter review of 2/26/09. Seattle Times capsule review of 6/6/09. Three Imaginary Girls interview of 6/8/09. San Francisco Bay Times review of 6/11/09. Seattlest interview of 6/17/09. San Francisco Bay Guardian online article of 6/17/09. Frameline Film Festival site.

		JD and JSJ on The Daily Freak Show Joe is interviewed on June 5, 2009 by James St. James for The Daily Freak Show, presented by World of Wonder. (Click on image at left.)

	Gay Icons (July 2 - Oct 18, 2009) Joe joins an eclectic array of inspirational figures (not defined by their personal sexuality) in the upcoming Gay Icons exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, opening July 2 and running through October 18, 2009. Joe was chosen by novelist Alan Hollinghurst. A hardcover book with text by Richard Dyer and Sandi Toksvig will be available with either a Joe D cover or a kd lang cover on opening day, with pre-orders helping to support the exhibition.

		Punk Globe Magazine interview Joe talks to Punk Globe.

	"Little Joe" T-Shirts Available The "Joe Store" has launched, featuring a T-shirt bearing an enlarged -- but otherwise exact -- transfer image of Joe's famous tattoo emblazoned across the front. All orders and related correspondence must be transacted at the Joe Store link.

		Special Teddy Awarded to Joe at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2009 Joe was the honored recipient of a special Teddy Award presented at the festival on Friday, February 13, 2009. Go to the Joe Pourri page for links to clips of the ceremony, a Joe interview, and more photos.

		Trash Censorship in UK Check out this section of the warholstars site for a detailed account utilizing several contemporary newspaper sources of the trials and tribulations of being Trash in the UK in the 1970s.

		Merry-Go-Round on DVD Rivette's 153-minute rarity has come to DVD in a beautiful print, providing quite the revelatory treat to Joe's fans who have long wanted to see this elusive film from one of Europe's great filmmakers. If there's a potential drawback, it's that the film can't be purchased separately but comes as one of a boxed set of "Four Masterworks," a designation with which the director might take some exception. Also in the set: Duell, Va Savoir, Celine and Julie Go Boating, all very much worth owning. Merry-Go-Round is spoken alternately in French and English, with German subtitles the only caption option. Available as Region2/PAL from, among several places, Germany's Amazon.com site.

	"For a while, as the two sit around Saul's living room, trying out his latest shipment of a super-dynamite weed called Pineapple Express, the movie is amusing in a verbally dissociated, been-there-toked-that way. Rogen and Franco make an amiably wacked comedy team — it's like watching a buddy film with Albert Brooks and Joe Dallesandro.” --Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly review of Pineapple Express. Full review.

		Ian Curtis Poem "Little Joe" gets a mention in a poem of Curtis's recited in voice-over early in the festival favorite Control, "the tragic tale of the singer of Joy Division," now available on DVD.


	Jack, Jackie and Holly
	Craig Highberger, who brought us the documentary and book Superstar in A Housedress: The Life & Legend of Jackie Curtis, brings his latest documentary to DVD along with two extraordinary Jackie Curtis performances transferred from 1974 video sources. Jack Mitchell: My Life is Black and White is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed documentary about the life and work of photographer Jack Mitchell, who captured 40 years of show business with his camera and became particularly well-renowned for his portraits of dancers. The film is largely recounted by Mitchell himself, with such guest interviewees as Edward Albee, Patti LuPone, and Ned Rorem. Of particular interest for Joe devotees, who will be very familiar with Mr. Mitchell's photographs of Joe (two of which are glimpsed in the film), is the story about Veronica Lake being considered by Morrissey for the Sylvia Miles role in Heat. To buy one or all of the above documentaries, click on the image above or go to http://highbergermedia.com/DVDs.html.

	The Jack Robinson Archive Visit the Jack Robinson Archive at http://www.robinsonarchive.com/index.asp to see the work of this esteemed photographer. In particular, check out the Joe Dallesandro pages and the 14 photos from the 1970 session, all of which are available for sale.

	The Paul Morrissey Collection This boxed set from Image unfortunately does not contain all of the extras included in the European sets. Essentially, you get the identical Flesh, Trash, and Heat disks you would if purchased separately from Image, then a bonus fourth disk comprised of a new documentary, Factory Days: Paul Morrissey Remembers the Sixties. For a review of this "extra," see the Joe-Pourri Archive. For those who haven't purchased the Trilogy yet, this set is a best buy.


	Raro Video Offers Raro Warhol Italian DVD specialty house Raro Video continues to offer a tantalizing assortment of Warhol titles for those who have all-region DVD with PAL-conversion players. If you have such a player and wish to order these stateside, they are currently available through Xploited Cinema. The Trilogy boxed set is quite good and you'll note they're using a great shot from San Diego Surf on the Flesh cover. Other Warhol titles include The Chelsea Girls, Nude Restaurant, I, A Man, My Hustler, Vinyl, and in a four-silent film box: Kiss, Blow Job, Empire and Mario Banana. An 11-film compilation boxed set called the Andy Warhol Anthology includes all these titles except for the Trilogy. Note: The Chelsea Girls suffers from an improper audio mix, resulting in some sequences which were meant to have sound playing silently and vice versa.


	Subversive Cinema released the uncut version of The Gardener, fully restored and containing footage not previously available in the Seeds of Evil release, in a new 16x9 anamorphic enhanced widescreen (1.85:1) transfer. The DVD also features a new stereo and original mono mix, Joe’s first-ever full-length audio commentary track with Subversive founder Norm Hill, a commentary track with director James H. Kay, a featurette interviewing Joe, Kay and actress Katherine Houghton, trailers, stills, and talent bios. Special packaging includes lobby cards and a poster reproduction. A review of the disk is featured in the Joe-Pourri Archive.


	Flesh - Trash - Heat - Flesh for Frankenstein - Blood for Dracula Back on DVD! Image Entertainment has released the fab five on DVD at very affordable prices. Check out this Joe-Pourri Archive page to find out about the quality of the transfers and the extras included in this must-have set.

	Tony Ward and Joe Dallesandro Model-actor Tony Ward, whose muscled, tattooed, and extraordinary physique has been a staple of printwork since the 1980s, met up with Joe at a script reading of Flowers for Albuquerque in 1997. Mr. Ward was also the star of Hustler White (1996), something of an homage to Flesh. To explore what else they may have in common as male sex symbols, as well as find more photos of their meeting, check out The Official Tony Ward Celeb-Icon website at http://www.Tony-Ward.com/

		Superstar in a Housedress DVD Included with Book! Available from Penguin-Chamberlain Bros., the 241-page hardcover book Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis, by Craig Highberger, includes the DVD of the full theatrical version of the award-winning film. The book includes large-print interview selections with Jackie's co-workers presented oral history style, as well as letters, diary excerpts, photographs, poetry and excerpts from Curtis' hilarious plays Glamour, Glory and Gold, Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit, and Vain Victory. The DVD includes 30 minutes of extras -- including deleted interview footage, a Curtis prose poem, and scenes from the triumphant revival of Glamour, Glory and Gold. Click on the image at left for all the details about ordering your copy.

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