Pink Flamingos

19721972
NC-17NC-17
1h 33min

Divine in Pink Flamingos (1972)

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

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Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Fi... Read allNotorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

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Sleaze queen Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her 250-pound mother Mama Edie, trying to rest quietly on their laurels as 'the filthiest people alive'. But competition is brewing in the form of Connie and Raymond Marble, who sell heroin to schoolchildren and kidnap and impregnate female hitchhikers, selling the babies to lesbian couples. Finally, they challenge Divine directly, and battle commences... —Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Taglines
- An exercise in poor taste.
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated NC-17 for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail
Parents guide

Trivia
During filming, Divine was arrested for stealing, and in her defense said that she was a method actor playing a criminal.

Goofs
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.

Quotes
Babs Johnson: Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit! Filth is my politics! Filth is my life!

Crazy credits
For Sadie, Katie, and Les- February 1972 (The Manson Family members Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. February 1972 was the month when the California State Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in California (it was later reinstated), reducing the sentences of the convicted Manson Family members to life imprisonment.)

Alternate versions
The first UK video release of Pink Flamingos in November 1981 (prior to BBFC video regulation requirements) was completely uncut. It was issued by Palace as part of a package of Waters films they had acquired from New Line. The package included Mondo Trasho (double billed with Sex Madness), Multiple Maniacs (double billed with Cocaine Fiends), Desperate Living and Female Trouble. The 1990 (and now requiring BBFC approval) video re-release was cut by 3m 4s, the 1997 issue lost 2m 42s, and the pre-edited 1999 print was cut by 2m 8s. It is worth noting that in 2008, the BBFC informed the distributor that the film could finally be passed uncut, but it has not been re-submitted for classification.

Connections
Edited into Video Macumba (1991)

Soundtracks
The Swag
by Milton Grant and Link Wray (as Fred L. Wray, Sr.)
Performed by Link Wray and His Ray Men
By Arrangement with Celebrity Licensing, Inc.

Top review

Evidence that people like 'movies' made out of literal faeces

How much more does something need to show the viewer how stupid it is? If it was disgusting and otherwise really funny then, sure, something is there... but no, it's just idiotic, and the worst is that it might truly think it's funny. Waters can't call himself an 'artist', no... sure, art is subjective, but while a golden toilet may be symbolic, eating faeces is symbolic of only idiocy (and by all means, some people may somehow like it, but it still doesn't make it movie-worthy, I shudder even hearing people calling this a 'film'... it is a pile of faeces, that is truly all it qualified for).

It is, like, horror movies aren't usually the most amazing movies ever, especially slashers... but in comparison... at least they try to convey horror, this nonsense on the other hand thinks it's comedy when it's more horror than anything, and mostly because the actors are so pathetic...

Where is the last paragraph I added later, imdb?

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Y-kun
Oct 31, 2019

Release date
- March 31, 1976 (France)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- John Waters' Pink Flamingos
Filming locations
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Production company
- Dreamland
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Budget
- $10,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 33min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono

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