"Transamerica" screens in Hollywood

Thursday, August 25, 2005

IMDB page for Transamerica
Good CBS article with link to video interview with Felicity Huffman
Good BBC Article w/Links to Video
Writer/Director Duncan Tucker mentions us!
Terri Gross’ NPR interview with Felicity and Bill (She mentions her voice coaching with Andrea and Finding Your Female Voice at 6:23 in the audio file)
Calpernia’s Diary Entry on the Set of Transamerica
More links for Transamerica

Deep Stealth was recently called upon to provide voice training and consultation for Felicity Huffman, star of television’s "Desperate Housewives", for her role as transwoman Bree Daniels in the feature film Transamerica. Calpernia also plays a Texas fiddle player encountered by Felicity’s character, but the very first image in the film (and the first person listed in the closing credits) is our own Andrea James, in an excerpt from "Finding Your Female Voice". Bree is a serious, hard-working woman on track for vaginoplasty and absolutely committed to being accepted by society as the woman she is. And she chooses "Finding Your Female Voice", going through the exercises as she readies herself for work at the beginning of the film.

Transamerica is a film by writer/director Duncan Tucker about a transwoman (Felicity Huffman) who discovers a son she never knew the week before her sexual reassignment surgery. After bailing him out of jail in New York, she returns home to LA with him on a cross-country journey in which she struggles with issues of coming out, parenthood and self acceptance.

Duncan contacted Calpernia and Andrea and engaged them as consultants for his script, verifying the accuracy of his portrayal of a transwoman’s experience. Lead actress Felicity Huffman visited Deep Stealth on numerous occasions to talk with Calpernia and Andrea, and to work on getting her voice right for the role as she saw it.

A festival darling at Tribeca and others, it was acquired by the Weinsteins and will be distributed later this year.

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