Get the inside scoop on the hoax of a generation when “Author: The JT Leroy Story” debuts on DVD and Digital HD December 6th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it revealed that wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose prose about a sordid childhood captivated icons and luminaries around the world, didn’t actually exist. “Author: The JT Leroy Story” takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert, the woman behind LeRoy, breathed life into her avatar for a decade. Albert’s epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events and the Cannes red carpet, as she recounts this astonishing odyssey and the intricate web it created. Written and Directed by award-winning documentarian Jeff Feuerzeig (“The Devil and Daniel Johnston”), the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Synopsis:
A look inside the mysterious case of 16-year-old literary sensation JT LeRoy—a creature so perfect for his time that if he didn’t exist, someone would have had to invent him. The strangest story about a story ever told.
Written and Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, “Author: The JT Leroy Story” was Produced by Jeff Feuerzeig, Jim Czarnecki, Danny Gabai, Molly Thompson and Brett Ratner, with Robert Sharenow, Robert Debitetto, James Packer, Marie Therese Guirgis, Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith and Henry S. Rosenthal serving as Executive Producers.
“Author: The JT Leroy Story” has a run time of approximately 110 minutes and is R for language throughout, sexual content, some drug material and violent images.
