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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
John Waters (writer)
Release Date:
October 1979 (West Germany)
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Tagline:
An exercise in poor taste. more
Plot:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive". full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Divine | ... | Divine / Babs Johnson | |
| David Lochary | ... | Raymond Marble | |
| Mary Vivian Pearce | ... | Cotton | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Connie Marble | |
| Danny Mills | ... | Crackers | |
| Edith Massey | ... | Edie | |
| Channing Wilroy | ... | Channing | |
| Cookie Mueller | ... | Cookie | |
| Paul Swift | ... | The Egg Man | |
| Susan Walsh | ... | Suzie | |
| Linda Olgeirson | ... | Linda | |
| Pat Moran | ... | Patty Hitler (Party Guest In Nazi Uniform) | |
| Jack Walsh | ... | Party Guest | |
| Bob Skidmore | ... | Delivery Boy | |
| Pat Lefaiver | ... | First Lesbian |
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Also Known As:
John Waters' Pink Flamingos (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail.
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Runtime:
93 min | Australia:106 min (re-release) | UK:104 min (re-release) | USA:108 min (re-release) | Argentina:108 min (re-release)
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1.37 : 1 more
Certification:
Finland:K-18 |
France:-16 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:(Banned) |
Australia:R (cut) |
Australia:X (video rating) (1984) |
Singapore:(Banned) |
Japan:R-18 |
Australia:Refused Classification (uncut) (re rating) (1997) |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Canada:XXX (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1997) |
Ireland:18 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:(Banned) (original rating) |
Norway:18 (video rating) (1992) |
UK:18 (cut) |
USA:NC-17 (re-rating) (1997) |
USA:X (original rating)
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Trivia:
The house that Connie and Raymond Marble live in together was rented by John Waters and Mink Stole. Interiors were filmed in Stole's part of the house with minimal redressing.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Connie and Raymond have burned Divine's trailer, they go back to their house. When the door is open, you can hear Divine talking to John Waters.
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Quotes:
Nat Curzan from "The Tattler":
And Cotton... I notice a smile on your lips. Does murder make you happy?
Cotton: Murder merely relieves tension, Mr. Curzan. For murder to bring happiness, one must already be happy and I am- completely at peace with myself, totally happy.
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Cotton: Murder merely relieves tension, Mr. Curzan. For murder to bring happiness, one must already be happy and I am- completely at peace with myself, totally happy.
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Soundtrack:
I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent
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Does Divine really eat dog feces in the film?Who played the "singing asshole"?
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My 10/10 rating of course applies only if you're willing to get completely and utterly grossed out*. Because you know that only John Waters can do that. In "Pink Flamingos" (his directorial debut), he portrays two families locked in combat to see who can be the filthiest person alive. What Divine famously does at the end pretty much answers the question. But even aside from that, the movie is basically an excuse to shock people beyond what anyone would usually imagine. You had better have a very strong stomach to watch this movie. Even some of the lines are rather mind-blowing.
*Otherwise, avoid this movie like you would the ebola virus!