:Tommy Wiseau

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Wiseau is very secretive about his early life.{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/12/12/crazy-cult-room/|title=The Crazy Cult of 'The Room'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 12, 2008|access-date=October 30, 2013}} In various interviews, he has claimed to have lived in France "a long time ago";{{cite news|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Is-The-Room-the-worst-movie-of-all-time-1305606.php|title=Is 'The Room' the worst movie of all time?|date=August 7, 2009}} claimed he grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana;{{cite web|url=http://terminallaughter.ca/2009/03/29/interview-tommy-wiseau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422083903/http://terminallaughter.ca/2009/03/29/interview-tommy-wiseau/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2010|title=Interview: Tommy Wiseau « Terminal Laughter|website=Terminallaughter.wordpress.com|access-date=July 18, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-168746-trapped-in-the-room-with-tommy-wiseau|title=Trapped in The Room with Tommy Wiseau|website=CL Atlanta|date=May 8, 2012|access-date=January 3, 2013|author=Maddux, Rachael}} and described having "an entire family" in Chalmette, Louisiana.{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44619|title=Capone's wacky Windy City weekend with Wiseau, creator of THE ROOM!!!|website=Ain't It Cool News|date=April 12, 2010|access-date=January 20, 2013}} In a 2010 interview with Crikey, Wiseau gave an age which would indicate he was born in 1968 or 1969,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2010/02/16/interview-with-tommy-wiseau-actorwriterdirectorproducer-of-the-room|title=Interview with Tommy Wiseau, actor/writer/director/producer of The Room | Cinetology|website=Blogs.crikey.com.au|date=February 16, 2010|access-date=December 19, 2012|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829012739/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2010/02/16/interview-with-tommy-wiseau-actorwriterdirectorproducer-of-the-room/|url-status=dead}} but friend Greg Sestero claims in his 2013 memoir The Disaster Artist that his brother's girlfriend obtained copies of Wiseau's U.S. immigration papers and found that Wiseau was born "much earlier" than he claimed,{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|p=258}} in an Eastern Bloc country in the mid- to late-1950s.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|p=192}}

In his 2016 documentary Room Full of Spoons, Rick Harper, a longtime associate of Wiseau, claims to have researched Wiseau's background and concluded that he is Polish and originally from the city of Poznań,{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tommy-wiseau-origin_us_56a11990e4b0d8cc1098fdb8|title=The Irresistible Mystery Of Tommy Wiseau|last1=Van Lullng|first1=Todd|work=Huffington Post|access-date=August 3, 2016|date=January 29, 2016}} and that he was born in 1955.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/room-doc-maker-falling-tommy-wiseau-interesting-person-michael-jackson-1018138/|title='The Room' Doc Maker on Falling Out With Tommy Wiseau: "The Most Interesting Person After Michael Jackson"|last=Ritman|first=Alex|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=September 20, 2022|date=July 3, 2017}} Wiseau confirmed publicly for the first time, in November 2017, that he is originally from Europe: "Long story short, I grew up in Europe a long time ago, but I'm American and very proud of it."{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/30/tommy-wiseau-where-is-he-from|title=The Room mastermind Tommy Wiseau actually opened up about his secret origins|last=Romano|first=Nick|date=November 30, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 5, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/arts/the-disaster-artist-the-room-tommy-wiseau-james-franco.html|title=When Your Movie Is a Hit for All the Wrong Reasons|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|date=November 29, 2017|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 5, 2017}}

In The Disaster Artist, Sestero asserts that Wiseau revealed to him—through "fantastical, sad, self-contradictory stories"—that as a young adult he moved to Strasbourg, France, where he adopted the name "Pierre" and worked as a restaurant dishwasher.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=192–94, 200–03}} According to Sestero, Wiseau described being wrongfully arrested following a drug raid at a hostel and being traumatised by his mistreatment by the French police, which led him to emigrate to the U.S. to purportedly live with an aunt and uncle in Chalmette.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=200–03, 207–08}} These claims have not been verified.

Sestero (the only source Wiseau is alleged to have told this to) asserts that after Wiseau had lived in Louisiana for some amount of time, he subsequently moved to San Francisco, California, where he worked as a street vendor selling toys to tourists near Fisherman's Wharf. Wiseau supposedly gained the nickname "The Birdman" for his bird toys, which were only popular in Europe at the time; this led him to legally change his name when he became a U.S. citizen to Thomas Pierre Wiseau, taking the French word for "bird" (oiseau) and replacing the O with the W of his birth name.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=244–45}}

Around this time, Wiseau also claims to have obtained a degree in psychology from Laney Community College in Oakland,{{cite web|last=Bramesco|first=Charles|title=Everything We Definitely Know About The Room's Tommy Wiseau|website=Vulture|date=November 22, 2017 | url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/everything-we-definitely-know-about-the-rooms-tommy-wiseau.html|access-date=December 22, 2017}}{{cite magazine|title=A vintage interview with 'The Room' creator Tommy Wiseau: 'Believe in what you believe'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 28, 2017|url=http://ew.com/movies/2017/11/28/tommy-wiseau-the-room-interview-disaster-artist|access-date=December 22, 2017|archive-date=December 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042733/http://ew.com/movies/2017/11/28/tommy-wiseau-the-room-interview-disaster-artist/|url-status=dead}} asserting that he had graduated on the honor roll.{{cite web|last=Jagannathan|first=Meera|title=Tommy Wiseau Bio – Things to Know About Tommy Wiseau|website=Esquire|date=October 7, 2017|url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/tommy-wiseau-bio|access-date=December 22, 2017}}

According to Sestero, Wiseau claims to have worked a variety of jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including restaurant busboy and hospital worker, and ran a business called Street Fashions USA

• [https://i.imgur.com/HBVQAeJ.jpg Street Fashion USA 555 Beach St San Francisco, California]
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at Fisherman's Wharf, employing comedian Aaron Barrett,

• {{cite web |title=220: The Room, with former Tommy Wiseau Employee Aaron Barrett |url=http://frotcast.blubrry.net/2014/09/11/220-the-room-with-former-tommy-wiseau-employee-aaron-barrett/ |website=Frotcast |publisher=The FilmDrunk |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=11 September 2014}}
• https://content.blubrry.com/frotcast/Frotcast220.mp3

and selling irregular blue jeans at discounted prices. He then claims to have eventually purchased and rented out large retail spaces in and around San Francisco{{cite web |author1=Doug Walker |title=Shut Up and Talk: Greg Sestero |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD2z8uC54DA |website=youtube |access-date=10 August 2023 |language=en |date=July 10, 2014 |quote=Doug Walker interviews the man who played Mark in 'The Room,' Greg Sestero.}} and Los Angeles,{{cite web |title=Street Fashions USA |url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/los-angeles/profile/online-retailer/street-fashions-usa-1216-893309 |website=Better Business Bureau® Profile |publisher=bbb.org |access-date=10 August 2023 |language=en}} making him independently wealthy. A 1994 article in the San Francisco Examiner identifies Wiseau as the owner of Street Fashions.{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/462009422/|title = Levi's dominates city's downtown|last = Trager|first = Louis|date = February 28, 1994|page = D4|newspaper = San Francisco Examiner|via = Newspapers.com|url-access = subscription|accessdate = May 12, 2025|quote = New stores are decreasing Street Fashions' sales, says owner Thomas Wiseau}} Sestero states that the idea of Wiseau becoming wealthy so quickly via the jobs he claims to have had is so unlikely that he himself finds it impossible to believe.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=246–50}} Sestero suggests on several occasions that many people involved with the creation of The Room believed the film to be part of some money laundering scheme for organized crime, but Sestero himself considers this unlikely.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=100, 160}}

Wiseau claims to have been involved in a near-fatal car crash in California after another driver ran a red light and struck Wiseau's vehicle; as a result, Wiseau was hospitalized for several weeks.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|p=59}} Sestero suggests that this incident was the turning point in Wiseau's life that led him to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor and director, ambitions that he had long neglected while pursuing financial security.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|p=179}}

Wiseau has stated that he has been influenced by the films The Guns of Navarone and Citizen Kane, and specifically the actors James Dean and Marlon Brando.{{cite web|last=Knegt|first=Peter|title=Tommy Wiseau Goes Legit|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/tommy_wiseau|website=IndieWire|date=June 9, 2011|access-date=August 8, 2012}}[https://www.avclub.com/tommy-wiseau-1798216894 Interview: Tommy Wiseau], The A.V. Club; accessed June 1, 2017. According to Sestero, Wiseau's obsession with James Dean was so intense that he often visited a Los Angeles restaurant owned by a former acquaintance of Dean,{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=84–87}} and that several lines of dialogue in The Room (including the infamous cry "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!") were based on lines from Rebel Without a Cause.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=126–30}} Wiseau also cites his cinematic influences as including Tennessee Williams,{{cite web|url=http://jrubenoff.com/interviews/wiseau|title=Josh Rubenoff: Interview of Tommy Wiseau|website=jrubenoff.com|access-date=June 24, 2013}} Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock.{{cite web|last=Sloan|first=Will|title=The Varsity Interview: Tommy Wiseau|url=http://thevarsity.ca/2011/04/27/the-varsity-interview-tommy-wiseau|work=The Varsity|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=January 8, 2015}}

Sestero notes that the actor had been "trying to bust in" to Hollywood since the late 1980s, and recounts being shown an undated VHS tape of Wiseau in Vincent Chase's acting class (with whom Wiseau had a contentious relationship).{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|p=57–58}} He was apparently enrolled in Chase's program around 1994. Wiseau also allegedly attended film classes at Los Angeles Community College.

During this time, Wiseau directed a student film, Robbery Doesn't Pay, shot with a super 8 camera in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Sestero|Bissell|2013|pp=57, 84–85}} The film, which does not star Wiseau, has been described by Sestero as "just a dude walking around looking at cars to the 'Blue Monday' by Orgy [cover]."

{{see also|The Room}}

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Wiseau's film The Room was released in 2003. Its budget was $6 million, the financing of which has remained a source of intrigue. The film was based on an unpublished 540-page novel written by Wiseau himself. The movie was immediately lambasted by critics, but ultimately became a "cult classic" with late-night showings at theaters around the world.

Audience members typically arrive dressed up to look like their favorite characters, interact with the dialogue on screen, and throw plastic cutlery and footballs around the theater in reference to on-screen events. This attention grew into what was dubbed The Room{{'}}s 2010–2011 "Love is Blind" International Tour, with the movie being screened in the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Australia and India, among other locations. Wiseau appeared at many of these events, posing for photographs with fans and often addressing the audience before screenings.{{cite web|title=The Room Official Movie Site|url=http://www.theroommovie.com|access-date=March 12, 2011}}

In the 2017 film adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiography The Disaster Artist, James Franco portrays Wiseau, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Wiseau approved of the choice, as well as that of Dave Franco as Sestero.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/06/10/the-room-dave-franco-james-franco|title=Dave Franco to star in James Franco's movie about 'The Room'|author=Clark Collis|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 18, 2015}} Wiseau makes a cameo appearance in a post-credits scene as Henry.{{cite web|last1=Chitwood|first1=Adam|title='The Disaster Artist': James Franco Reveals Tommy Wiseau Has a Contractually Obligated Cameo|url=http://collider.com/the-disaster-artist-james-franco-tommy-wiseau-cameo/|website=collider.com|publisher=Complex Media|access-date=December 21, 2016|date=March 22, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Wagmaster|first1=Elizabeth|title='Freaks and Geeks' Reboot? Judd Apatow Teases 'Anything Can Happen'|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/freaks-and-geeks-reboot-judd-apatow-1201681783|website=Variety|date=January 17, 2016|access-date=February 2, 2016}}

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In 2004, Wiseau produced and appeared in a short documentary, Homeless in America.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431126/|title=Homeless in America (2004)|website=IMDb|date=August 19, 2004}} In 2010 he starred in a 15-minute parody horror film entitled The House That Drips Blood on Alex.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38522/sd-comic-con-2010-teaser-trailer-tommy-wiseaus-the-house-dripped-blood-alex|title=SD Comic-Con 2010: Teaser Trailer: Tommy Wiseau's The House that Dripped Blood on Alex|website=Dreadcentral.com|date=July 14, 2010|access-date=September 15, 2010}}

In September 2015, Wiseau expressed enthusiasm in directing a sequel to Fantastic Four (2015), having personal admiration for the film.{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-sequel-tommy-wiseau-room-director/|title=Fantastic Four 2: Tommy Wiseau Wants to Direct|last=Katzman|first=Gregg|website=Screen Rant|date=September 10, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2019}}

He was featured as the villain Linton Kitano in Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, the sequel to the cult classic Samurai Cop. In October 2016, it was announced that Wiseau and Sestero would star in a movie called Best F(r)iends. The movie was written by Sestero and was shot in secret in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/room-director-tommy-wiseau-star-937339|title='The Room' Director Tommy Wiseau and Star Greg Sestero Reunite for New Movie (Exclusive)|author=Rebecca Ford|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 12, 2016}} The film premiered September 4, 2017 at the Prince Charles Cinema. The first volume of the film was released on March 30, 2017, and volume two was released on June 1 of that same year.

In early February 2019, before a screening of The Room at the Prince Charles Cinema, Wiseau revealed a teaser trailer for his second directorial effort, Big Shark.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfutter.com/news/big-shark-tommy-wiseau/|title="Big Shark": Neuer Film vom "The Room"-Macher Tommy Wiseau kommt!|last=A|first=Arthur|website=Filmfutter|date=February 5, 2019 |language=de-DE|access-date=2019-02-06}} The trailer features Wiseau, Sestero, Isaiah LaBorde, and a big shark. In a Q&A session afterwards, Sestero said the film was intended to premiere in September 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/big-shark-movie-teaser-tommy-wiseau/|title=Big Shark Teaser Leaks: Tommy Wiseau Battles a Great White|date=2019-02-05|website=MovieWeb|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}} but could not be finished on time.{{cite tweet| user= ThePCCLondon| author= Prince Charles Cinema| author-link= Prince Charles Cinema| number= 1171767804720222208| title= No release date yet. Tommy is still working on it.| date= 11 September 2019}} Big Shark had its world premiere on April 2, 2023 at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinema21.com/movie/big-shark-w-tommy-wiseau-live-premiere |title=Big Shark w/ Tommy Wiseau Live (pre-premiere) |access-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401013349/https://www.cinema21.com/movie/big-shark-w-tommy-wiseau-live-premiere |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/trailers/tommy-wiseau-the-room-big-shark-trailer-1235562280/ |title=Tommy Wiseau Unveils His Follow-Up Film to 'The Room' With 'Big Shark' Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) |website=Variety |first=J. Kim |last=Murphy |date=March 23, 2023 |access-date=April 1, 2023}} Wiseau will also star alongside Greg Sestero in an upcoming UFO film.{{cite web |last=Gelmini|first=David|date=October 28, 2020|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/353742/exclusive-frightfest-interview-greg-sestero-talks-cyst/|title=Exclusive FrightFest Interview: Greg Sestero Talks CYST|publisher=Dread Central|access-date=October 29, 2020}}

In 2008, Wiseau produced and appeared in the pilot episode of a television series called The Neighbors. A trailer for The Neighbors showed a series of clips set in an office. The show's website, accompanied by trailers and announcements at The Room showings in 2015, stated that the show was coming to various media distribution outlets in March 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.theneighborssitcom.com|title=The Neighbors official site|website=Theneighborssitcom.com|access-date=August 4, 2014}} The first four episodes were released on Hulu on March 14, 2015. Two additional episodes were released two months later, on May 26.

In 2009, Wiseau guest-starred in an episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! titled "Tommy", wherein Wiseau guest-directed a segment titled "Pigman". After Wiseau expressed a desire to work with the duo again, Tim and Eric announced in 2009 that they were developing two series for him.{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_tim_eric/3|title=Wired article|website=Wired.com|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2010}}

In 2010, Wiseau appeared in Marc Wootton's 2010 comedy TV series La La Land. In a mockumentary format, Wootton's character, Gary Garner, accepted a role in Wiseau's present production at the time. Wiseau kicked Wootton off the set after Wootton jokingly alluded to using production funds to buy instant lotto tickets.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

In 2011, Wiseau starred in a YouTube web series, Tommy Explains it All, in which he explained his views on various topics ranging from Citizen Kane to the art of kissing.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TommyExplainsItAll|title=Episode 2: How Do You Know When You're In Love|website=Youtube|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2011}} Also in 2011, Wiseau starred in segments on Machinima.com called The Tommy Wi-Show. The segments show Wiseau playing various video games, such as Mortal Kombat and Driver: San Francisco, and offering commentary.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxp83CimT0w&feature=player_embedded| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927074135/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxp83CimT0w&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1| archive-date=2011-09-27 | url-status=dead|title=The Tommy Wi-Show Ep. 1: Mortal Kombat (Machinima)|website=Machinima.com|date=September 24, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/14/the-tommy-wi-show-is-a-video-game-show-with-tommy-wiseau|title=The Tommy Wi-Show is a video game show with Tommy Wiseau|website=Joystiq|date=September 14, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011}}{{cite web|title=The Tommy Wi-Show Ep. 5: Driver: San Francisco|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaig213SE3o| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029112706/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaig213SE3o&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2011-10-29 | url-status=dead|website=Machinima.com|access-date=October 6, 2014|date=September 24, 2011}} In 2019, Wiseau starred in the pilot for an animated webseries titled SpaceWorld.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/tommy-wiseau-and-greg-sestero-are-intergalactic-bounty-1835995734|title=Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero are intergalactic bounty hunters in the animated pilot SpaceWorld|last=Barsanti|first=Sam|date=June 30, 2019|website=The A.V. Club}} An advertisement for 1Password released in January 2024 features Wiseau.{{Cite web |url=https://adage.com/creativity/work/tommy-wiseau-cult-film-room-warns-bad-actors-1passwords-new-ad/2539271 |title=Tommy Wiseau Of Cult Film 'The Room' Warns Of Bad Actors In 1Password's New Ad |last=Nudd |first=Tim |date=2024-01-30 |website=Ad Age }}

Wiseau remains private about the details of his personal and family life. In 2017, he told Entertainment Weekly, "I think private life should be private life, the professional life should be the professional life, and that's where I stand, and I have [the] right to do that." During a 2016 interview with James Franco, Wiseau referred to Greg Sestero as his "best friend".{{cite magazine|title=James Franco Interviews the Men Behind the worst film ever made|magazine=V|date=April 12, 2016|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/james-franco-interviews-the-men-behind-the-the-worst-film-ever-made|access-date=December 22, 2017|archive-date=January 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106031908/https://vmagazine.com/article/james-franco-interviews-the-men-behind-the-the-worst-film-ever-made/|url-status=dead}} In a December 2017 interview with Howard Stern, he claimed to speak fluent French and said he is a Catholic.The Howard Stern Show, December 5, 2017.

In early 2020, Wiseau was ordered by a Canadian judge to pay {{currency|550000|USD}} in lost revenue and {{currency|200000|CAD}} in punitive damages to the makers of the documentary Room Full of Spoons, after Wiseau tried to block the film's release, feeling it depicted him in a negative way.{{cite magazine |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=May 4, 2020 |url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/room-documentary-tommy-wiseau-700k-judgment-1234597419/|title=Tommy Wiseau Ordered to Pay $700k to 'The Room' Documentary Makers |magazine=Variety |access-date=May 6, 2020}}

• Room Full of Spoons, documentary about Wiseau

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• {{cite book

| title = The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room

| first1 = Greg

| last1 = Sestero

| author-link1 = Greg Sestero

| first2 = Tom

| last2 = Bissell

| author-link2 = Tom Bissell

| publisher = Simon & Schuster

| location = New York

| year = 2013

| edition = First

| isbn = 978-1-4516-6119-4

}}

• {{cite news |last1=Bramesco |first1=Charles |title=Everything We Definitely Know About The Room's Tommy Wiseau |url=https://slate.com/culture/2017/11/everything-we-know-about-the-rooms-tommy-wiseau.html |work=Slate |date=27 November 2017}}
• {{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Sabienna |title=6 Things You Need to Know About The Room Director Tommy Wiseau |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/who-tommy-wiseau-44309016 |website=Popsugar |language=en |date=30 November 2017}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Iain Robert |title=So 'Foreign' It's Good: The Cultural Politics of Accented Cult Cinema |journal=Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies |date=Winter 2019 |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=705–716 |doi=10.1080/10304312.2019.1677983 |s2cid=210373709 |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/119011701/So_Foreign_It_s_Good_SMITH_Accepted4September2019Publishedonline16October2019_GREEN_AAM.pdf }}

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