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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   7,396 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Waters (written by)
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Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He never realized how far 35 millimeters would take him.
Plot:
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
John Waters Reveals His Approaching Retirement?
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 3 September 2009, 2:00 PM, PDT)

'Shirley Valentine' Extends At Fst
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 June 2009, 5:54 PM, PDT)

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Typical Waters flick more (135 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Furlong ... Pecker

Christina Ricci ... Shelley

Bess Armstrong ... Dr. Klompus

Mark Joy ... Jimmy

Mary Kay Place ... Joyce

Martha Plimpton ... Tina
Brendan Sexton III ... Matt
Mink Stole ... Precinct Captain
Lili Taylor ... Rorey Wheeler
Patricia Hearst ... Lynn Wentworth
Jean Schertler ... Memama

Lauren Hulsey ... Little Chrissy
Mo Fischer ... T-Bone (as Maureen Fischer)
Donald Neal ... Mr. Bozak
Carolyn Stayer ... Miss Betty
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use.
Runtime:
87 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the opening scene, the number of the bus is 7734. According to John Waters, this is an old Catholic school joke since '7734' upside-down "spells" hell. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Pecker serves Miss Emily a sandwich with melted cheese. The close-up shows the sandwich with unmelted slices of cheese. more
Quotes:
Memama: [talking through her Mary ventriloquist dummy] Full of grace! Full of grace! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Rocket Science (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Uh! Oh! more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Typical Waters flick, 16 July 2001
Author: coverme6 from Allentown, PA

John Waters does what he does best, creating comedies that hang on

that line between normal and strange. In this time around, Waters directs PECKER, about how the seemingly normal photographs taken by an average small-town kid named Pecker (Eddie Furlong) become over- night successes by different art moguls. Of course, many misadventures abound as Pecker encounters many people with different opinions about his "works of art."

The performances are basically the main highlight of the film. Furlong does a good portrayal of the snapshot-taking teen, while Christina

Ricci also shines as Pecker's alienated girlfriend. Low-key teen actor Brendan Sexton III steals the film as Pecker's best friend Matt, a go-go-dancing klepto, just the right kind of character found in a John Waters' flick!

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