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Female Trouble (1974)

NC-17 | | Comedy, Crime | 28 March 1984 (France)
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A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
David Lochary ... Donald Dasher
... Donna Dasher
... Taffy Davenport
... Aunt Ida
... Concetta
... Chicklette
... Gater
Ed Peranio ... Wink
Paul Swift ... Butterfly
George Figgs ... Dribbles
... Vikki
George Hulse ... Teacher
Margie Skidmore ... School Snitch
Berenica Cipcus ... Mean Girl
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The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single mother, criminal and glamorous model before her inevitable rendezvous with the electric chair... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Divine Returns! with the whole "Pink Flamingos" gang in John Waters' Female Trouble See more »

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Comedy | Crime

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Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality and nudity | See all certifications »

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$25,000 (estimated)
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Goofs

When Taffy throws a tantrum and is taken to the bed in the attic, she reaches for the manacles although she is being restrained against her will. See more »

Quotes

Gator: Hi, brat. Is your mother home? I've a little going away present for her.
Taffy: [after spitting in his face] Hey, Mother, there's a shithead here to see you!
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Crazy Credits

For Charles Watson (the Manson Family member). Waters' prison visits to Watson inspired the "crime is beauty" theme of the film, and Waters used a toy wooden helicopter Watson made for him in the credits. See more »

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References Mildred Pierce (1945) See more »

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The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.
9 June 2007 | by – See all my reviews

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.
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