Independent British distributors Verve Pictures will release on Blu-ray director Jes Benstock's The British Guide to Showing Off (2011). Filmed over five years, the film offers a look at the outrageous Alternative Miss World Show, a spectacular costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups. Street date is January 23th.
British artist Andrew Logan has hosted the Alternative Miss World Show since 1972. Memorable highlights include artist David Hockney judging the first one, musician David Bowie not being able to get into the second, film director Derek Jarman winning the third and triumphing in a court case against the Official Miss World (with a little help from a young Tony Blair). Featuring contributions from Brian Eno, Ruby Wax, fashionista Zandra Rhodes (who designed all of Andrew's hostess costumes), Richard O'Brien, Nick Rhodes and Grayson Perry, The British Guide to Showing Off chronicles the mounting of the 2009 Show, bringing to life its history through newly discovered archive, exuberant animation, and plenty of offbeat humour from contestants old and new.
Note: The trailer below is not safe to view at work.