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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
John Waters (writer)
Release Date:
28 March 1984 (France) more
Tagline:
Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels. more
Plot:
A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
John Waters' Masterpiece! more (54 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Divine | ... | Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson | |
| David Lochary | ... | Donald Dasher | |
| Mary Vivian Pearce | ... | Donna Dasher | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Taffy Davenport | |
| Edith Massey | ... | Ida Nelson | |
| Cookie Mueller | ... | Concetta | |
| Susan Walsh | ... | Chicklette | |
| Michael Potter | ... | Gator | |
| Ed Peranio | ... | Wink | |
| Paul Swift | ... | Butterfly | |
| George Figgs | ... | Dribbles | |
| Susan Lowe | ... | Vikki | |
| George Hulse | ... | Mr. Weinberger | |
| Margie Skidmore | ... | School snitch | |
| Berenica Cipcus | ... | Mean girl |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Rotten Mind, Rotten Face (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality and nudity.
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Runtime:
89 min | USA:92 min (16 mm version) | USA:97 min (original length)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Chace Surround (2001 re-release) | Mono
Certification:
Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | France:-16 | USA:NC-17 (1999) | USA:X (original rating) | UK:18
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Although released in 1974 the copyright date at the end of the credits is MCMXCIX or 1999. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Dawn returns home from hospital with the Dashers and unwraps the birdcage containing Aunt Ida, Donald instructs her to, 'Cut off the hand that threw the acid!' Dawn then chops off Ida's left hand. Ida, however, threw the acid with her right hand. more
Quotes:
Aunt Ida: And remember my offer still stands. If you get tired of being a Hare Krishna, you come live with me and be a lesbian! more
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References "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" (1962) more
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This film is my favorite of all time! All of the great elements of John Waters' films mesh together perfectly in this hilarious romp that operates around the theme of 'crime is beauty.' All of the classic John Waters' actors are here, and most of them give their best performances. John Waters has said that this film is the 'ultimate Divine vehicle', and he's right. Her look literally changes every ten minutes as she mutates from a teenage hair hopper with an attitude to an unwed, abusive mother, to crime fashion model to death row inmate. Divine also has a small male role as the father of her own illegitimate child. Edith Massey, my personal favorite actress, gives her funniest and best realized performance as Aunt Ida, the bitter, veangful fag hag who lives next door. This is not the most accesible of Waters' films, and truthfully, this probably isn't the one to start with if you're not yet a fan (I would recommend Polyester or Hairspray in that case), but if you want to see an early work thats not quite as gross as the others, check it out! Waters himself says that this is his favorite of his underground films.