Johnny Weir is ready for his close-up

Figure skating star Johnny Weir makes the quadruple axle leap to the big screen when a documentary about him, Pop Star on Ice premieres this Sunday at the Seattle International Film Festival.

A teaser trailer has been released and we've got it after the break. 

I must say this trailer has my curiousity piqued. It starts off with some closeup shots of Weir's face, legs, feet, stomach, etc. It is quite literally navel gazing. But over that you have someone reading various press clippings about Weir. On first hearing, you might think the voiceover narration is being done by Liam Kyle Sullivan (a.k.a. Kelly of "Shoes" fame), but when the camera pulls back you realize it is Weir himself doing the narrating. 

One wonders if Weir will finally put the matter of his sexual orientation to bed in this documentary. He has always been coy aobut the matter in the past.

Here's a personal statement from his site, Johnny Weir Online:

"People talk. Figure skating is thought of as a female sport, something that only girly men compete in. I don't feel the need to express my sexual being because it's not part of my sport and it's private. I can sleep with whomever I choose and it doesn't affect what I'm doing on the ice, so speculation is speculation.... I am who I am, and I don't need to justify anything to anyone."

Check out the trailer for Pop Star on Ice after the break, and if anyone has a chance to catch the documentary this weekend in Seattle please share your impressions in the comments section.