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| Directed by | Jonathan Butterell |
| Screenplay by | Tom MacRae |
| Based on | Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Dan Gillespie Sells Tom MacRae Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 by Jenny Popplewell Jamie Campbell |
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| Cinematography | Christopher Ross |
| Edited by | Mark Everson |
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| Distributed by | Amazon Studios |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a 2021 coming-of-age musical comedy drama film directed by Jonathan Butterell (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Tom MacRae based on the stage musical of the same name, which in turn was adapted from the BBC Three documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 by Jenny Popplewell.[1] The film stars newcomer Max Harwood with Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, Sharon Horgan, and Richard E. Grant. The story follows and is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying, to step out of the darkness and become a drag queen.
Following delays of a planned theatrical release by 20th Century Studios, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Everybody's Talking About Jamie was released in select theatres in the United States on 10 September 2021, followed by a worldwide streaming release on 17 September 2021 via Amazon Studios on Amazon Prime Video. The film has received positive reviews and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.
- ^ Campbell, Jamie (23 January 2018). "I was banned from prom for dressing in drag – now my story is a West End musical". BBC Three. Retrieved 6 April 2020.