Rusty Egan

Thursday, 04 November 2021

'Rusty Egan' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Worried About the Boy (2010)

Actors: Andonis Anthony (actor), Douglas Booth (actor), Kieran Buckeridge (actor), Jonny Burt (actor), Paul J. Dove (actor), John Draycott (actor), Dean Fagan (actor), Freddie Fox (actor), Mark Gatiss (actor), Mathew Horne (actor), Julian Jarrold (actor), Robert Keefe (actor), Derek Lawson (actor), Richard Madden (actor), Charlie Anson (actor),

Plot: In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter,who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss,on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk,George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming,where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.

Keywords: 1980s, androgynous-male, drug-addiction, drug-use, flamboyance, make-up, new-wave, reference-to-david-bowie, singer
Genres: Biography, Drama,

Quotes:

Careers Advisor: What can you do better than others?::Boy George: Make up.

Boy George: I'm not a drug addict, I'm a drag addict.

Boy George: Do you want to help me? I need milk, tea, sugar, Weetabix... oh, and some coke. Get the fizzy brown variety.

Boy George: You're accusing me of sucking my own neck.

Marilyn: Gay men think you're too much!

Steve Strange: He's straight, very straight.::Boy George: You know what your problem is, Steve? You have no ambition.

Vernon: I'm not really gay...::Boy George: It's ok, I'm not really a nun!

Marilyn: What do you think of his penis extention?::Boy George: Lovely. I'm circumcised, too.

Boy George: You must be my night in-camouflage dharma.

Boy George: Am I dreaming?::Marilyn: Why don't you pinch yourself?::Boy George: Ouch.

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Irish Independent 23 Apr 2021

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The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Mar 2021

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First Coast golf scorecard

The Florida Times Union 06 Nov 2020

Jacksonville Beach -- Dave Kirsten, No. 4, 130 yards, 9-iron; Ed Cyr, No. 9, 120 yards, 9-iron. Marsh Landing -- Marc Battreall, No. 3, 140 yards, 6-iron. Age-shooter. Eagle Harbor -- Bill Smith 77 (age 79). Results. Areawide. Jacksonville Women's Association. Sarah Shelly Tournament ... T2 ... T6 ... T9 ... Men ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Rusty Hunter, Tony Gargiulo, Bill Egan, Bob Krok 59.2.

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Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones review – the story of the New Romantics

The Observer 23 Sep 2020

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Chatting with Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Maverick Sabre, Midge Ure

San Francisco Examiner 14 Jan 2020

“They think it’s OK to be immoral now ... IF YOU GO ... 20 ... On tour with “Soundtrack-1978 to 2019,” a compilation that includes “Glorious,” an anthem he co-wrote with Visage’s Rusty Egan and The Tubeway Army’s Chris Payne, he’s taking questions from fans during the shows and shaping each set accordingly.