J.T. LeRoy
Apr 26, 2019 | IMDB 5.4
105 min Watch NowDrama, History
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Drama, History
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
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IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1994
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IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 1978
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IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2005
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IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2004
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1979
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IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2014
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IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2007
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IMDB 5.9 | Apr , 2007
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