BY HOOK OR BY CROOK (2001)
Two grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in an anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
25th Anniversary 4K Restoration Release! Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, By Hook or By Crook is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a "life of crime." He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
- New Commentary Track with Filmmakers Harry Dodge, Silas Howard, and Steak House
- By Any Means Necessary, A Video Essay by Caden Mark Gardner
- Director & Producer Notes & Letters
- Archival Ephemera & Photos
- Short Films from the Filmmakers: The Fudgesicle by Harry Dodge & Blink by Silas Howard
- Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Crew Pics & Wrap Party
- Archival Interviews
- A Booklet Containing Writings by Consulting Producer and Film Historian Jenni Olson and an Archival Interview with the Filmmakers
- New Theatrical Trailer
- Other Trailers
