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J.T. LeRoy (2019)
Director: Justin Kelly
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess
5.5
55%Runtime105 min
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A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
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Fans of nuanced character studies and Kristen Stewart's captivating performances will appreciate the intriguing real-life story at the heart of the 2019 film J.T. LeRoy, directed by Justin Kelly. The film delves into the complex web of identity, deception, and the power of storytelling, driven by strong acting from Stewart and the rest of the talented cast.
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Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, or simply JT LeRoy, is a literary persona created in the 1990s by American writer Laura Albert. LeRoy was presented as the author of three books of fiction, which were purportedly semi-autobiographical accounts by a teenage boy of his experiences of poverty, drug use, and emotional and sexual abuse in his childhood and adolescence from rural West Virginia to California. Albert wrote these works, and communicated with people in the persona of LeRoy via phone and e-mail. Following the release of the first novel Sarah, Albert's sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop began to make public appearances as the supposed writer. The works attracted considerable literary and celebrity attention, and the authenticity of LeRoy has been a subject of debate, even as details of the creation came to light in the 2000s.
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