The World According to Allee Willis Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: In theaters starting November 15 and on digital November 22.
Nationwide one-night-only theatrical screenings on November 19.
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 began filming her life in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. This film is the realization of her wish that her “final art piece be someone putting together the trail I have left behind.”
Featuring Mark Cuban, Cyndi Lauper, Lily Tomlin, Paul Reubens, Michael Patrick King, Patti LaBelle, Pet Shop Boys, Pamela Adlon, Paul Feig, Mark Mothersbaugh
Directed by Alexis Spraic
Nationwide one-night-only theatrical screenings on November 19.
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 began filming her life in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. This film is the realization of her wish that her “final art piece be someone putting together the trail I have left behind.”
Featuring Mark Cuban, Cyndi Lauper, Lily Tomlin, Paul Reubens, Michael Patrick King, Patti LaBelle, Pet Shop Boys, Pamela Adlon, Paul Feig, Mark Mothersbaugh
Directed by Alexis Spraic
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Short filmTranscript
00:00She was just an explosion of creativity.
00:07I'm not going to be discovered artistically until after I'm gone.
00:16My name is Allie Willis.
00:20I have filmed my life since 1978.
00:23I've always known that my final art piece would be someone putting together the trail I've left behind.
00:28At least this is one of the greatest spaces in the house.
00:31Allie was a genius.
00:33She's sold over 60 million records.
00:35She's damn near written half of my memory.
00:37I'm the world's best Pepsi.
00:53That just set the tone for that show and for a generation.
00:58Allie drew all these incredibly creative people to her.
01:03Parties were art to her.
01:04You have to meet this woman.
01:06She has bowling balls sunk in her front lawn.
01:09She was an artist.
01:10Art director, set designer.
01:12She had an early presence on the internet.
01:14Art, music, and technology.
01:15Every breath was a creative idea.
01:17I always knew that in the end, I wouldn't let myself down and destroy everything.
01:24A lot of Allie stayed hidden.
01:26She was very lonely.
01:28The world she was presenting was against what she really experienced.
01:32It's a constant struggle to maintain belief in yourself.
01:36I don't think people realize how she touched their lives.
01:41She always wanted people to know their own brilliance and creativity.
01:46Allie's pushing you to be your best and to see the world differently.
01:49Allie is orchestrating all of this.
01:51Allie is orchestrating all of this from above.