A place where the lost are found...
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Leslie Jordan, Sordid Lives, is stuck in gay mans Purgatory, where he must plead his case before God. Storyteller(Jordan) arrives after an overdose from the Pershing Point Hotel. His monologue winds the wicked tales of Tripper (Mark Pelligrino), the handsome hustler, and Miss Make Do (Erin Chandler), the destitute debutant. Lost In The Pershing Point Hotel is a dark comedy that traces the incredible escape from an oppressive Southern Baptist upbringing to a pilgrimage of salvation: the drugs and clubs of 1970s gay Atlanta.Join Marilu Henner, John Ritter, Arthur Hiller, Kathy Kinney, Michelle Phillips and Sheryl Lee Ralph to follow the adventures of three mismatched runaways. Their razors edge ride through life has them searching for personal identity in society that would throw them out with the trash.
Editor's Note
A semi-autobiographical film based on the experiences of writer-star Leslie Jordan, LOST IN THE PERSHING POINT HOTEL tells the story of one gay man's upbringing and hardships. Growing up in an oppressive Southern Baptist household in the 1950s, Storyteller (Jordan) flees as soon as he is able to the nearby metropolis of Atlanta. There, he finds a new set of troubles, falling in with a drug addled party girl and a hustler who he immediately falls in love with. LOST IN THE PERSHING POINT HOTEL chronicles the experiences of Storyteller against the gay and drug subcultures of the 1970s. The film was the winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the Los Angeles division of the 2000 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
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