“Rocketman” Inches Closer To Its Cinematic Take Off

May 14, 2019• byMichael Strangeways

Frankly, we’d go see ROCKETMAN the soon to come out biopic about Elton John, just for the CLOTHES…I mean, Sir Elton is famous for his 50 years of outrageous stage clothes.

But, we wanna see it for the STORY as well and, of course the MUSIC. I mean, it’s going to be MUCH gayer and camper than last year’s Freddie Mercury/Queen film, Bohemian Rhapsody…at least, we hope so.

Here’s a fun little feature on the costumes of Rocketman, designed by Julian Day that includes glimpses of many of the iconic looks recreated for the film which focuses on Elton’s beginning in the 60s and up through the super glam superstar years of the 70s.

The film opens at the end of the month but we know promotions are in the works…. QUEER/BAR is doing one on May 20th at their weekly Queeraoke Night. That Monday’s edition will be the Rocketman Edition and feature special performances of Sir Elton’s classics but special giveaways.

ROCKETMAN OPENS IN THEATRES MAY 31, 2019

SYNOPSIS:

ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.

DIRECTED BY:

Dexter Fletcher

WRITTEN BY:

Lee Hall

PRODUCED BY:

Matthew Vaughn, David Furnish, Adam Bohling, David Reid

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY:

Elton John, Steve Hamilton Shaw, Michael Gracey, Claudia Vaughn, Brian Oliver

STARRING:

Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Gemma Jones and Bryce Dallas Howard

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.