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Writer:
John Waters (writer)
Release Date:
28 March 1984 (France)
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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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The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.
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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 |
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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
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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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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.
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Dawn Davenport:
I'd like to set fire to this dump!
Concetta: Just 'cause we're pretty everybody's jealous!
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Concetta: Just 'cause we're pretty everybody's jealous!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in This Filthy World (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Xmas
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I am at a complete loss to understand why this film was not nominated for an Oscar for costuming, makeup and set decoration. It had the most outrageous costuming that I have ever seen. The sets were so hideous that they made me nauseous. The makeup was beyond belief.
That was the good things about the film that featured an outrageous star in Divine, a transvestite that played Dawn Davenport. He was so over the top that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.
This is the first John Waters (Hairspray, Pecker) film that I have seen. He is definitely on the cutting edge in outrageous humor, horror, and satire.
This film on the outrageous cult of celebrity is no more outrageous than the current obsession in the media with Paris Hilton.
If you haven't seen a John Waters film, check out the Sundance Channel for this one.