The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania

The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania
Directed by	David Hunt; Jody Eldred
Produced by	Patricia Heaton
Starring	Sarah Rush; Fabian
Music by	Michael Wolff
Cinematography	Jody Eldred; René Jung
Edited by	Edgar Burcksen
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	October 16, 2005 (Heartland Film Festival);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$350,000[1]

The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania is a 2005 documentary film directed by David Hunt and Jody Eldred about the fiftieth annual "Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Queen" beauty pageant which took place on Sunday, August 17, 2003 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts (Uniontown, Pennsylvania). The film is produced by Hunt's wife Patricia Heaton, and prominently features actress Sarah Rush, who was herself a Coal Queen in her youth. Heaton describes the film as "an homage to small town America".[2]

The film follows the past and present contestants and winners of the annual beauty pageant sponsored by the bituminous coal industry of Greene County, Pennsylvania and was shot over a 10-day period in August 2003.[3] The film's budget swelled from $45,000 to $350,000 after the licensing for the various song snippets that appear in the contestants' acts.[1]

A memorable character is the pageant's stage manager, who is easily offended when the contestants make requests and suggestions. He has since been fired.[1]

**Featured contestants**
Name	Act	Representing
Dana Bukovitz	Tap dance	Frazier High School
Alyssa Corfont	Tap dance to "Fame"	Waynesburg Central High School
Elizabeth Gessner	Piano and voice performance of "Change the World"	Geibel Catholic High School
Mary Hawkins	Dance	Jefferson-Morgan High School
Christine Henry	Dance	Mapletown Junior-Senior High School
Jessica Levo	Voice performance of "I Enjoy Being a Girl"	Carmichaels Area High School
Abbey Lion	Dance	Laurel Highlands High School
Ryann Over	Dance/lipsync to "All That Jazz"	Uniontown Area Senior High School
Malana Piatt	Baton performance to "All That Jazz"	Bethlehem Center High School
Michelle Tanner	Voice performance of "The Rose"	Albert Gallatin High School
Laura Yost	Xylophone	Clay-Battelle High School

References

Bond, Paul (2006-02-03), "Timely documentary mines world of 'Coal Queens'", The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, California, ISSN 0018-3660, archived from the original on 2009-04-03 Alt URL
Patricia Heaton on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, May 17, 2006
Pitz, Marylynne (2006-06-11), "Movie documents Bituminous Coal Queens", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ISSN 1068-624X, retrieved 2012-01-26, In August 2003, director David Hunt and two film crews documented the festival for 10 days. Then, he edited 74 hours of footage into 90 minutes, which took a year. The movie budget was about $450,000.

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[hollywoodreporter-1] Bond, Paul (2006-02-03), "Timely documentary mines world of 'Coal Queens'", The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, California, ISSN 0018-3660, archived from the original on 2009-04-03 Alt URL

[2] Patricia Heaton on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, May 17, 2006

[3] Pitz, Marylynne (2006-06-11), "Movie documents Bituminous Coal Queens", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ISSN 1068-624X, retrieved 2012-01-26, In August 2003, director David Hunt and two film crews documented the festival for 10 days. Then, he edited 74 hours of footage into 90 minutes, which took a year. The movie budget was about $450,000.