Storyline

Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) is waiting for his sex-change operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Before the drugged doctor begins Myron's operation, he counsels him. Myron persists and the doctor goes through with it. An enthusiastic audience observing the operation applauds the medical achievement and rises in a standing ovation. After the operation, Myron arrives in Hollywood as Myra Breckinridge (Raquel Welch) while in the rest of this movie, Myron pops up from time to time as Myra's alter ego. Myra goes to an acting academy owned by her uncle, Buck Loner (John Huston), a former cowboy star. The real reason for Myra's arrival is to claim her half of Uncle Buck's estate, to which she says she's entitled. Buck Loner stalls by giving her a job teaching the history of motion pictures. Buck Loner has several friends. One of them is Leticia Van Allen (Mae West), an ancient Hollywood talent scout. The sex-starved septuagenarian runs an acting agency "for leading men only".—alfiehitchie, RavenGlamDVDCollector ElectricLadyLand

Plot Keywords

taking off clothes, reference to christopher columbus, reference to james bond, two word title, name in title, farce, uncle niece relationship, transsexual, teacher, male rear nudity, male nudity, anal rape, male rape, male underwear, white briefs, briefs, reference to mickey mouse, reference to clark gable, surgery, sodomy

Short Review

Whatever director Michael Sarne had in mind, it is a long way from novelist Gore Vidal's original intention.

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