Product Details

• Actors: Carol Channing, Quentin Crisp, Lea DeLaria, David Fenley, Emil Herrera
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Ariztical
• DVD Release Date: November 13, 2001
• Run Time: 148 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005O077
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,884 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Homo Heights" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This offbeat comedy takes place in Homo Heights a mythical all-gay town ruled by drag queen and leader of the gay mafia Maria Callous. Mobsters gay reporters turkey basters and even Toto makes a surprise appearance.System Requirements:Run Time: 92 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 631008054735 Manufacturer No: CQC547

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Someday this will be a classic..., January 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Happy Heights [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Someday in the near future this film will be remade and become a classic gay comedy, however this time around there is just something missing. The cast includes, Quentin Crisp, Lea Delaria, Stephen Sorrentino, David Fenly, Emil Herrera, and Michelle Hutchison. The story is about a gay icon who's being held captive by the drag queen Maria Callous (who also happens to be the leader of the gay mafia.) This movie is definatly a movie which should be rented, however a professional remake of this movie would be hysterical. Just something about the whole look of the movie that doesn't make it as funny as it thinks it is.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars QUENTIN, QUENTIN, September 30, 2010

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Dr. Pretorius "kalis man" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Homo Heights (DVD)

I don't understand the terrible reviews. You don't watch something like this and expect Citizen Kane. For a no-budget film that was dressed from a drag queen's rent controlled flat, it is really very good. And I cherish every moment of Quentin Crisp on the screen. I would be entranced just watching him read the phone book. And I would much rather watch this than any of the hundreds of insipid, coming out films that have flooded the market in recent years. Films like this remind us that queer culture had it's genesis in the underground, where it grew into a rare and fabulous flower. It seems now that everyone wants to get married, adopt babies, and live tastefully in the suburbs. It's like they're saying, "You can accept us now. We're just like straight people." Well, I'd rather be, as Quentin said, in the gutter but looking at the stars. Great film.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Concept, Poor Exectution, May 18, 2002

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SetsofWaves (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homo Heights (DVD)

"Homo Heights" revolves around an older man named Malcolm (played by Quentin Crisp), who is somewhat of an idol to the gay community in town. Malcolm desperately wants to leave said town, but the gay-mafia boss, a drag-queen named Maria Callous, needs Malcolm in town to keep her power. The movie, then, is more or less Malcolm's friend's trying to outwit Callous and help Malcolm escape.

Simple plot. This movie is really just a vehicle for campy jokes and situations. And while it works sometime, most of the time we're confused.

For instance, Quentin Crisp is a captivating character. His collection of Hollywood memorabilia is too funny-- including Charleton Heston's codpiece.

But while other characters have some great moments, and the script references some movies and people that are hilarious in their obscurity (Astrud Gilberto, anyone?)-- most of the movie is muddled and confused. There are so many side plots in this movie it takes until about 3/4 into the film that you actually understand where everyone stands. Lea DeLaria, especially, gets caught up in some bad film making that will have the viewer simply asking, "what?" There are times when I was so confused that I contemplated just turning it off. It would have been much easier than trying to figure out what was supposed to be happening.

Some people I was talking to praised the campy humor of this film. Indeed, some of the jokes are very good-- and very smart. But it takes more than good jokes to make a movie. The film reads as a mound of good jokes that don't always fit together.

My advice to the filmmaker-- find a stronger script to carry your witty jokes. My advice to the viewer-- get "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" instead. It has lots of the camp-- but it balances that with a much more understandable plot.