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Feature film — 2016
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
6.61h 50mDocumentary
New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.
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Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
On screen
Cast & crew
Laura Albert
Herself
Bruce Benderson
P
Panio Gianopoulos
Winona Ryder
Herself
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Ira Silverberg
Savannah Knoop
Courtney Love
Herself
Dennis Cooper