PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DOCUMENTARY
VENUS BOYZ
PRODUCTION/
PRODUKTION
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/
AUSFÜHRENDER PRODUZENT

CO-PRODUCERS/
KO-PRODUZENTINNEN
DISTRIBUTION SWITZERLAND/
VERLEIH SCHWEIZ
WORLD SALE/
WELTVERTRIEB
SUPPORTED BY/
MIT UNTERSTÜTZUNG
CREDITS/TITEL
BEGINNING/ANFANGSTITEL
ENDCREDITS/
SCHLUSSTITEL

Original Version/Originalversion:
English/German Englisch/Deutsch

Subtitles/Untertitelung :
German/French Deutsch/Französisch

Length/Dauer :
104 min.

Format :
35mm, 1:1.85, colour

Frames per second/Bilder
pro Sekunde:

24
Length in meters/
Länge in Metern:

2850m

Sound/Ton :
Dolby SR


World Rights/Weltrechte
ONIX Filmproduktion GmbH, Hardstr. 219, CH-8005 Zürich
Handy 078-745 41
Tel. ++41'1'272 38 01
Fax ++41'1'272 38 00
info@onixfilms.com

ONIX Filmproduktion GmbH

Postfach 751
8024 Zürich

Langstrasse 64
CH-8026 Zürich
Tel. +41-44-272 38 00
Handy +41-76-325 38 00
Fax +41-44-272 38 00
info@onixfilms.com


Kurt Maeder
ONIX Filmproduktion GmbH

Postfach 751
8024 Zürich

Langstrasse 64
CH-8026 Zürich
Tel. +41-44-272 38 00
Handy +41-78-745 41 01
Fax +41-44-272 38 00
info@onixfilms.com
km@onixfilms.com

USA Nina Froriep, Clock Wise Productions Inc.,
285 West Broadway, suite 410, New York City, New York 10013
tel 001 212 3433099 fax 001 212 3433098
nina@clockwiseproductions.com

D Andrea Hanke
WDR /Abteilung Fernsehspiel
Appelhofplatz 1
D-50667 Köln
Tel:++49'221'2201 Fax:++49'221'2202541



Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Langstrasse 64 / Postfach
CH-8026 Zürich
Tel. 01-296 50 40
Fax 01-296 50 45
distribution@xenix.ch
www.xenixfilm.ch

WORLD SALE / WELTVERTRIEB

Celluloid Dreams
2, rue Turgot
F-75009 Paris
Tel. 0033-1-49 70 03 70
Tel. zus.0033-1-49 70 09 87
Fax 0033-1-49 70 03 71
festivals@celluloid-dreams.com
www.celluloid-dreams.com

Kanton und Stadt Zürich
Visual Arts/Migros Kulturprozent
Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr
European Media Development Agency/BAK


ONIX FILMPRODUCTION PRESENTS:

Venus Boyz

A film by Gabriel Baur

With the participation of

Bridge Markland
Shelly Mars

Mo B.Dick
Mistress Formika


Dee Finley
Philly Abe

Dréd Gerestant
Queen Bee Luscious
Storme Webber

Diane Torr
Martina Meijer Torr
Marcel Meijer

Del LaGrace Volcano
Judith Halberstam

Hans Scheirl
Svar Simpson
Simo Maronati

Produced by
Kurt Maeder
Gabriel Baur

In co-production,
collaboration with
Nina Froriep
Andrea Hanke
Heike Hempel

Sound by;
Ingrid Städeli
Rupert Ivey

Musicsupervisor
Margot Core
Music by
David Shiller

Edited by:
Salome Pitschen
Jean Vites
and
Daniela Roderer

Cinematography by
Sophie Maintigneux

Written and directed by
Gabriel Baur


With

Diane Torr
Dréd Gerestant
Del LaGrace Volcano
Bridge Markland
Mo B. Dick - Mo Fischer
Storme Webber
Shelly Mars
Dee Finley
Queen Bee Luscious - Zanthony Preston
Mistress Formika
Hans Scheirl
Svar Simpson
Simo Maronati
Judith Halberstam
Philly Abe
Martina Meijer Torr
Marcel Meijer

Murray Hill
Penelope Tuesday
Backdoor Boys
Buster Hyman - Tracy Chapmer
Johnny Science
*Bob*
Valeria Solomonoff
Rebecca Shulman
Alana Amram
Raquel Warley-Goodwin
Brixton Brady
Jane Czyzselka


Written and directed by
Gabriel Baur
Cinematography
Sophie Maintigneux

Montage
Salome Pitschen
Jean Vites
and
Daniela Roderer

Archive & experimental camera
Gabriel Baur
Salome Pitschen
Vita Gottlieb

Sound New York
Ingrid Städeli

Sound London
Rupert Ivey

Music Supervisor
Margot Core

Music
David Shiller

Sound Editing & Sound Mix
Florian Eidenbenz, Magnetix

Produced by
ONIX Filmproduction, Zürich
Producer
Kurt Maeder, Gabriel Baur

In coproduction with
Clock Wise Productions, New York, Nina Froriep
WDR, Köln, Heike Hempel 1997-1999, Andrea Hanke 1999-2001
Teleclub, Zürich, Manuela Meier


With the support of
Kanton und Stadt Zürich
Visual Arts/Migros Kulturprozent
Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr
European Media Development Agency/BAK

Team New York
Assistant director Salome Pitschen
Second unit camera
Martina Radwan
Third unit camera
John-Patrick Classen
Production coordinator
Heather Brown
Productionmanager
Simone Froboese
Camera/material assistant
John-PatrickClassen
Still photographer Edy Ferguson

Team London
Production manager Anna Wulff
Production assistant/driver
Usha Chaman
Assistant on set Vita Gottlieb
Additional sound
Karl Madert
Still photographer
Cecilia Fage

Supporting producer
Berlin Heino Deckert, MA.JA.DE. Films

Supporting producer
Paris Jacques Debs, Delphine Morel
adr productions

Off-Line editing
ONIX Filmproduction
Fabrikvideo, IG Rote Fabrik

On-Line editing
Heinz Rohner, Swiss Effects

Colour correction video,Tape to film
Ueli Nüesch, Swiss Effects

Title graphics
Jens Volkmann, Swiss Effects

Colour correction film
Ruth Kägi

Laboratories
Egli Film, Zurich


Special thanks for the rights to:
Shelly Mars for the text to the performance of Bridge Markland
"I can be feeling bad" and the videomaterial from "BurLEZk" II.
Bless Bless Productions for the foto of Brandon Teena.
Philly Abe for the filmmaterial from "A Goddess"/I - "The Escape".
Del LaGrace Volcano for the foto- and videomaterial from "Pansexual
Public Porn" and "The Drag King Book"/ co-written by Judith Halberstam.
Diane Torr for the fotos and the videomaterial from "The arousing
reconstructions".
Dréd Gerestant for the personal fotos.
Storme Webber for the personal fotos and the rights to the
songs"Sinbad", "A dream" and "Like a train".
Dany Johnson for the song "Hustle with the muscle" by John Sex.

And warm thanks
to all participants and supporters of this film, especially:
Leonarda Gala Mir, Marion Strunk, Paul Baumann/Präsidialabteilung ZH,
Faye Marty, Mark Baur, Gebhart Henke/WDR, Bernhard Müller/Teleclub,
The Coproduction Forum/IDFA Amsterdam/1989, Elizabeth Marschan/EMDA,
James Habacker/The Slipper Room/New York, Shavell Sherman,
D.J. Jolene Hawes, Julie Wheeler, Francesca Maronati, Johnny Volcano,
Mauro Santi, Simon Turk, Oreed, Greg/Soiree/Paloma/Jesse Nicholson-Smith,
Marie Marthol,Sabine Harbeke, Kristin T. Schnider, Mariette Pathy Allen,
Dieter Hall, Tom Brown, Thérèse Balduzzi, Ursula Biemann/Shedhalle Zurich,
Aikikai NYC, Mayor's Office NYC, N.Y. Police Departement Broadcast Division,
World Trade Center/Chris Duff, Baby Jupiter, Music Factory, Dr. Jay's,Bohio Community Center, Liquid Lounge/London/Ronnie&Debbie,
London Underground/Kate Blow, Dove Regent Bar,
Highbury Pool Leisure Center/Andrea Keeble,
Modern Saree Center/H.&B. Mazid, London Eye/British Airways,
Westminster Council