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John Waters (writer)
Release Date:
29 May 1981 (USA)
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Filmed in ODORAMA more
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A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet. full summary | add synopsis
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Joe Berlinger's "Crude" New Film
(From IFC. 3 September 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)
The Sandbox: Shake Your Money Maker
(From IFC. 24 April 2009, 10:39 AM, PDT)
(From IFC. 3 September 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)
The Sandbox: Shake Your Money Maker
(From IFC. 24 April 2009, 10:39 AM, PDT)
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I Had a Smile on My Face the Whole Time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Divine | ... | Francine Fishpaw |
 | Tab Hunter | ... | Todd Tomorrow |
| Edith Massey | ... | Cuddles Kovinsky |
| David Samson | ... | Elmer Fishpaw |
| Mary Garlington | ... | Lu-Lu Fishpaw |
| Ken King | ... | Dexter Fishpaw |
| Mink Stole | ... | Sandra Sullivan |
| Joni Ruth White | ... | La Rue |
| Hans Kramm | ... | Heintz |
| Stiv Bators | ... | Bo-Bo Belsinger |
| Rick Breitenfeld | ... | Dr. Quackenshaw |
| Michael Watson | ... | Freddy Ashton |
| Derek Neal | ... | Pimp |
| Jean Hill | ... | Gospel Bus Hijacker |
| Jim Hill | ... | Picket Reporter |
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86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:18A (Ontario) |
UK:15 (re-rating) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 (re-rating) (1990) |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:R |
Argentina:16
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The "Scents" on the Odorama card were as follows: 1. Roses 2. Flatulence 3. Model Airplane Glue 4. Pizza 5. Gasoline 6. Skunk 7. Natural Gas 8. New Car Smell 9. Dirty Shoes 10. Air Freshener
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Dexter's principal calls Francine, Francine starts acting as if he's hung up on her before he's even said goodbye.
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THE BEST THING
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John Waters is truly a great director. I had seen Pink Flamingoes but not to much of his earlier work. I am more familiar with his later works like Serial Mom or Cecil B. Demented, which is all great stuff. Polyester is the bridge, as so many people put it, between his disgusting yet entertaining earlier work to more mainstream films like Hairspray.
Divine plays Francine Fishpaw. A rather large lady who is married to a man who owns a pornographic theater. Her son is a drug attic who loves to smash womens feet and her daughter is a wannabe Go-Go dancer who gets herself pregnant. Francine has only one friend in the world and that is Cuddles who is wonderfully played by Edith Massey. After Francine catches her husband sleeping with another woman (Mink Stole) Francine's life starts going into a downward spiral as she can't control her children and she becomes an alcoholic. Only, when she meets a man named Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter) do things start to change... or do they?
I had a grin on my face throughout the whole movie. The storyline sounds pretty depressing but only John Waters could have pulled this off and turn it into a complete comedy. Divine is right at home in her role as Francine. You truly do feel completely sorry for her. Edith Massey is excellent in the role as Cuddles and is definitely the most likable character in the whole movie. What made this movie so great for me was when this came out in theaters I was to young to see this. I just recently bought it on DVD and it comes with an actual Scratch N' Sniff card for the movie! Great stuff! This movie gets a 9/10 from me.