Taglines: Show the world who you really are.
Inspired by true events, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows Jamie New (Max Harwood), a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. While his classmates plan their livelihoods after they leave school, Jamie contemplates revealing his secret career ambition to become a fierce and proud drag queen.
His best friend Pritti (Lauren Patel) and his loving mum (Sarah Lancashire) shower him with endless support, while local drag legend Miss Loco Chanelle (Richard E. Grant) mentors him toward his debut stage performance. But Jamie also has to contend with an unsupportive father (Ralph Ineson), an uninspired careers advisor (Sharon Horgan), and some ignorant school kids who attempt to rain on his sensational parade. In rousing and colorful musical numbers, Jamie and his community inspire one another to overcome prejudice, be more accepting, and to step out of the darkness into the spotlight.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a 2021 biographical 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, in turn adapted from the BBC Three documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16. 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.
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 on September 10, 2021, with a worldwide streaming release on September 17, 2021 via Amazon Studios on Prime Video. The film has received positive reviews.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021)
Directed by: Jonathan Butterell
Starring: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, Sharon Horgan, Richard E. Grant, Amanda Edwards, Ruth Horrocks
Screenplay by: Tom MacRae
Production Design by: Jane Levick
Cinematography by: Christopher Ross
Film Editing by: Mark Everson
Costume Design by: Guy Speranza
Set Decoration by: Maxine Carlier
Art Direction by: Liz Simpson, Adam Tomlinson
Music by: Anne Dudley
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, strong language, and suggestive material.
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Release Date: June 12, 2021 (Frameline), September 17, 2021
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