Queen Mimi

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Queen Mimi
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Directed by Yaniv Rokah
Written by Yaniv Rokah
Produced by Elliot V Kotek
Michael Pelico
Michael Shamberg
Starring Zach Galifianakis
Stan Fox
Marie Haist (Mimi)
CinematographyAndrew Fox
Edited byAlly Garrett
Music by Ron Passaro
Distributed by XLrator Media
Release dates
  • March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27)(Vail Film Festival)
  • May 2016 (2016-05)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Queen Mimi is a 2015 documentary film about the life of Marie Haist, an octogenarian homeless woman who lived in a Santa Monica laundromat for 18 years, directed by Yaniv Rokah and produced by Elliot V Kotek. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Release

The film was selected for the Sarasota Film Festival. [6] In May 2016, XLrator Media released the film worldwide. [7]

Cast

Awards and nominations

YearAwardFestivalResult
2015Best Documentary Manhattan Film Festival [10] Won
2015Spirit Award Chagrin Documentary Film Festival [10] Won
2015Spirit Award Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival [10] Won
2015Best Director AwardSt Tropez International Film Festival [7] Won

Soundtrack

Queen Mimi is a 2016 soundtrack album from the documentary containing a song by Grammy Award nominee Deana Carter titled "Celebrate Life", written by Ralph Stevens and Deana Carter. [11]

Relationship to Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis befriended Haist decades before the release of the documentary, paying her rent until her passing for much of this duration despite not yet achieving widespread fame and fortune as a comic for much of this time. Haist had been rendered homeless in her 50s as a result of a divorce with her husband who had been unfaithful. Galifianakis maintained a close friendship with Haist, once taking her as a date on the red carpet for his movie The Hangover in 2009.

Haist died in 2021 at the age of 95. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Thrillers, comedy and more coming to Vail Film Festival". Vail Daily. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Film About Montana's "Queen Mimi" Packs the House". West Side People Magazine. September 3, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Groves, Don (February 16, 2015). "Aussie makes docs with altruistic angle". IF Magazine. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Burns, Andrew (May 23, 2013). "There's Something About Mimi". The Big issue. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ "'Queen Mimi' is at home on the red carpet -- and in a strip-mall laundromat". Los Angeles Times . May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ Patterson, Alan (March 25, 2015). "2015 Sarasota Film Festival Announces Full Lineup". Film Pulse. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Anna Marie de la Fuente for Variety. December 3, 2015 XLrator Media Picks Up Yaniv Rokah’s Documentary ‘Queen Mimi’
  8. ↑ "'Hangover' Star Takes Laundry Pal From Homeless To The Red Carpet". CBS Los Angeles. May 21, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Weisman, Aly. "Zach Galifianakis Bought A Homeless Woman An Apartment — And Took Her To 'The Hangover III' Premiere". Business Insider. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 McCollum, Brian (May 10, 2016). "'Queen Mimi' Exclusive Clip: Watch 88-Year-Old Marie 'Mimi' Haist Dance and Sing Celine Dion's 'I'm Alive'".
  11. ↑ Myra Chanin for Huffington Post. May 16, 2016
  12. ↑ Findlay, Shannen (December 4, 2022). "In the late 90s, Zach Galifianakis met a homeless woman. He paid her rent for 27 years". Mamamia. Retrieved August 29, 2023.


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