Kinky Boots ( film ) - wikipedia Kinky Boots ( film ) This article is about the 2005 film. For its musical adaption, see Kinky Boots ( musical ). Kinky Boots Theatrical release poster Directed by Julian Jarrold Produced by Suzanne Mackie Nick Barton Peter Ettedgui Mairi Brett Written by Geoff Deane Tim Firth Starring Joel Edgerton Chiwetel Ejiofor Sarah - Jane Potts Jemima Rooper Linda Bassett Nick Frost Robert Pugh Music by Adrian Johnston Cinematography Eigil Bryld Edited by Emma E. Hickox Production company BBC Films Distributed by Miramax Films Touchstone Pictures Release date October 7, 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 07 ) ( United Kingdom ) April 14, 2006 ( 2006 - 04 - 14 ) ( United States ) Running time 106 minutes Country United Kingdom United States Language English Box office $9,950,133 Kinky Boots is a 2005 American - British comedy - drama film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, and directed by Julian Jarrold. Based on a true story, the movie tells of a struggling British shoe factory 's young, strait - laced owner, Charlie, who forms an unlikely partnership with Lola, a drag queen, to save the business. Charlie develops a plan to produce custom footwear for drag queens, rather than the men 's dress shoes that his firm is known for, and in the process, he and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Background 4 Soundtrack 5 Release 5.1 Critical response 5.2 Box office 6 Awards 7 Musical adaptation 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot In the town of Northampton, in the East Midlands of England, Charlie Price is attempting to save the family shoe factory, which has been floundering since his father died. While on a business trip to London to sell the company 's extra stock, Charlie encounters a woman being harassed by drunken hoodlums and intervenes to his detriment. He wakes up backstage, in the dressing room of Lola, a drag queen performer and alter ego of Simon. Charlie is intrigued when he sees that drag queens ' high heels snap easily since they have only women 's shoes to wear, rather than those that can support the weight of a larger male body frame. Back in Northampton, while in the process of laying off workers, one employee, Lauren, gives Charlie the idea of looking for a niche market product to save the business. Charlie then recruits Lauren to assist him in designing a high - heeled boot for drag performers. When their initial designs are met with scorn by Lola, Charlie and Lauren bring her on as a consultant. The road is initially bumpy : many of the male employees are uncomfortable with Lola 's presence and the new direction, and Charlie 's relationship with his fiancée, Nicola, begins to deteriorate as she encourages him to sell the factory building to a real estate developer. Although things improve when Lola tones down her personality and starts making friends, matters take a turn for the worse when Charlie is invited to showcase the new boots in Milan ; the strain he puts on his employees causes most of them, including Lola, to walk out. Charlie 's fiancée arrives at the factory, furious that he took out a second mortgage on their house to save the company. Nicola insists that he sell the company, but Charlie is determined to save it and the jobs of his employees. The argument ( which ends with Nicola leaving Charlie ) is broadcast on the factory 's PA system, which is overheard by Lauren and Lola 's bitterest opponent at the factory, Don, a chauvinistic male worker. Don turns over a new leaf after Lola had graciously allowed him to win an arm wrestling match, and rallies the factory workers to make the boots in time for Charlie and Lauren to get to Milan. When Charlie catches Nicola with another man, he angrily takes out his frustrations on Lola, causing Lola to quit. After arriving in Milan with no one to model the boots, Charlie is forced to go onstage and model the boots himself. After tripping and ultimately falling flat on his face, Lola and her posse of drag queens arrive, put on a spectacular runway show, and save the day. In the film 's denouement, Lola headlines her own show and sings a song in honor of the `` kinky boots factory '' of Northampton. Most of the key workers are in attendance and enjoying themselves, including Charlie and Lauren, who have become a couple. Cast Joel Edgerton as Charlie Sebastian Hurst - Palmer as Young Charlie Chiwetel Ejiofor as Lola Courtney Philip as Young Lola Sarah - Jane Potts as Lauren Jemima Rooper as Nicola Nick Frost as Don Linda Bassett as Melanie Robert Pugh as Harold Price Ewan Hooper as George Stephen Marcus as Big Mike Mona Hammond as Pat Kellie Bright as Jeannie Joanna Scanlan as Trish Geoffrey Streatfeild as Richard Bailey Leo Bill as Harry Sampson Background An episode of BBC2 documentary series Trouble at the Top, broadcast on 24 February 1999, inspired the film the former featured Steve Pateman struggling with possible closure of W.J. Brooks Ltd, a family - controlled Earls Barton, Northamptonshire shoe factory, that soon catered to the male market for fetish footwear under the `` Divine '' brand. Soundtrack The Kinky Boots : Original Soundtrack was released on April 11, 2006 by Hollywood Records. `` Whatever Lola Wants '' -- Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 2 : 12 ) `` In These Shoes '' -- Kirsty MacColl ( 3 : 39 ) `` I Want to Be Evil '' -- Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 2 : 34 ) `` Mr. Big Stuff '' -- Lyn Collins ( 4 : 00 ) `` It 's a Man 's Man 's Man 's World '' -- James Brown ( 3 : 17 ) `` I Put a Spell on You '' -- Nina Simone ( 2 : 36 ) `` The Prettiest Star '' -- David Bowie ( 3 : 09 ) `` Together We Are Beautiful '' -- Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 4 : 10 ) `` Yes Sir I Can Boogie '' -- Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 4 : 20 ) `` Wild Is the Wind '' -- Nina Simone ( 6 : 59 ) `` The Red Shoes '' -- Adrian Johnston ( 4 : 26 ) `` Steel Shank '' -- Adrian Johnston ( 3 : 39 ) `` Free to Walk '' -- Adrian Johnston ( 3 : 39 ) The following songs are included in the film but are not on the Original Soundtrack : `` My Heart Belongs to Daddy -- Chiwetel Ejiofor `` These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' '' -- Chiwetel Ejiofor `` Summer Holiday '' -- Jemima Rooper Release Critical response The film received mixed reviews on release, with critics decrying the `` formulaic Britcom plot ''. Critics aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a combined rating of 57 % based on 107 reviews. Box office The film earned a total of $9,941,428 internationally. Awards Ejiofor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Musical adaptation A stage musical adaptation of the same name Kinky Boots debuted on Broadway in April 2013, following an out - of - town try - out at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago ; Cyndi Lauper, music and lyrics ; and Harvey Fierstein, co-wrote book. Director Jerry Mitchell is also the choreographer. The Chicago cast included : Billy Porter and Stark Sands. At the 67th Tony Awards ( 2013 ) won six Tony Awards, including Tony Award for Best Original Score ( Lauper, first sole female winner ), Best Actor ( Porter ) and Best Musical. On April 11, 2017 it was announced that Panic ! at the Disco singer Brendon Urie would be playing Charlie that summer on Broadway. See also Cross-dressing in film and television Transvestism Fetishism References Jump up ^ `` KINKY BOOTS ( 12A ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. 2005 - 08 - 23. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 24. ^ Jump up to : Kinky Boots ( 2006 ) at Box Office Mojo Jump up ^ Dowd, Vincent ( 2013 - 06 - 18 ). `` BBC News - Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows ''. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ `` BBC Two - Trouble at the Top, Series 3, Kinky Boot Factory ''. Bbc.co.uk. 2008 - 06 - 22. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Trouble at the Top : Season 3, Episode 1 : The Kinky Boot Factory ( 24 Feb. 1999 ) ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ `` The real story behind those kinky boots - Northampton Chronicle and Echo ''. Northamptonchron.co.uk. 2005 - 10 - 06. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Kinky Boots : Original Soundtrack ''. iTunes. Jump up ^ `` Kinky Boots Movie Reviews, Pictures ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2013 - 01 - 25. Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. `` Kinky Boots Musical Will Kick It Up in Chicago in October, Prior to Broadway ''. Playbill.com, February 22, 2012 Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth ( 2008 - 07 - 08 ). `` Kinky Boots, the Musical, Walking Toward Broadway ''. Playbill. Archived from the original on 2008 - 07 - 13. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 10. Jump up ^ Jones, Chris. `` ' Kinky Boots ' announces full cast ''. ChicagoTribune.com, June 28, 2012 Jump up ^ Purcell, Carey ( June 9, 2013 ). `` Kinky Boots, Vanya and Sonia, Pippin and Virginia Woolf ? Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards ''. Playbill. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013. External links Kinky Boots on IMDb Kinky Boots at Box Office Mojo Kinky Boots at Rotten Tomatoes Kinky Boots at Metacritic The differences from the film and real - life Films directed by Julian Jarrold Some Kind of Life ( 1995 ) Great Expectations ( 1999 ) All the King 's Men ( 1999 ) Crime and Punishment ( 2002 ) Anonymous Rex ( 2004 ) Kinky Boots ( 2005 ) Becoming Jane ( 2007 ) Brideshead Revisited ( 2008 ) Red Riding : 1974 ( 2009 ) Worried About the Boy ( 2010 ) The Girl ( 2012 ) A Royal Night Out ( 2015 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinky_Boots_(film)&oldid=796446870 '' Categories : 2005 films English - language films 2000s comedy - drama films American films American comedy - drama films American LGBT - related films British films British comedy - drama films British LGBT - related films Films directed by Julian Jarrold LGBT - related films based on actual events Films set in England Films shot in England LGBT - related comedy films Films shot at Pinewood Studios BBC Films films Business films Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית 日本 語 Русский Svenska Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 20 August 2017, at 22 : 15. 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Question: who plays lola in kinky boots the movie
Answer: Chiwetel Ejiofor