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Cecil B. Demented ()


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An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

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Honey Whitlock
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Cecil B. Demented
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Cherish
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Lyle
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Lewis (as Larry Gilliard Jr.)
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Raven
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Rodney
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Mrs. Sylvia Mallory
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Libby
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Fidget's Mom
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Petie (as Mike Shannon)
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Kevin
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Fidget (as Eric M. Barry)
Zenzele Uzoma ...
Chardonnay
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Pam (as Erika Lynn Rupli)
Harry Dodge ...
Dinah (as Harriet Dodge)
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Rosanne (as Rosanne)
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Honey's Ex
Ray Felton ...
Roy Stillings
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Charles
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Maid
Bill Grimmett ...
Mayor Adam Fenwick
Jeffrey Wei ...
William
Sloane Brown ...
Newscaster
Billy Green ...
Child A
Mia Walker ...
Child B
James Klingenberg ...
Child C
Ginger Tipton ...
Box Office Lady
Nathan Stolpman ...
Ticket Taker
Melanie Gorombol ...
Candy Counter Girl
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Theatre Manager
Joyce Flick Wendl ...
Puker
Tyler Mason Buckalew ...
Teen Boy
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Charles Theater Girl
Marty Lodge ...
Film Commissioner
James Byrne Reed ...
Producer
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Studio Executive (as Mark Bernier)
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Family Woman A
Rhea Feikin ...
Family Woman B (as Rhea Feiken)
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Family Woman C (as a different name)
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Family Lady A
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Family Lady B
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Film Delivery Driver
Mark Joy ...
Fidget's Dad
Alan J. Wendl ...
Security Teamster
Peter Gil ...
Director
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D.P. Jean Pierre
Marybeth Wise ...
A.D.
Cynthia Webb ...
Large Lady (as Cynthia Webb-Manley)
Channing Wilroy ...
Shop Steward
Dan Morgan ...
Teamster
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Teamster
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Teamster
Steve Mack ...
Teamster
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Teamster
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Sniffles
Scott Morgan ...
Groupie
Tim Caggiano ...
Porno Fan
Judith Knight Young ...
Ticket Seller
Tyler Miller ...
Fan A
Geoffrey I. Grissett ...
Boy Fan
Brooke Houghton ...
Girl Fan
Joshua Billings ...
Drive-In Manager
Jeff Perryson ...
Jock A
Terry McCrea ...
Jock B
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Psychiatrist
Rosemary Knower ...
Cecil's Mom
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Cecil's Dad
Nat Benchley ...
Swat Cop A
Dave Trovato ...
Swat Cop B
Billy Tolzman ...
Petie's Trick
Jonathan Fiorucci ...
Raven's Groupie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ahl ...
Police Sniper (uncredited)
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Swat Team Member (uncredited)
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Grip / Teamster (uncredited)
Jonathan Boushell ...
Drive-In Attendee (uncredited)
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Mayor's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Clary Davison ...
Gaffer 'Gumped Again' (uncredited)
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Porn Movie Watcher (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Jeff Dignan ...
Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
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Teamster (uncredited)
Denny Dormody ...
Moviegoer in Apex Cinema (uncredited)
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Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Movie Patron (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Socialite (uncredited)
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Movie theatre patron; Panicked Drive-in Movie customer (uncredited)
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Drive-In Rioter (uncredited)
Nasi Glekas ...
Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)
Mark J. Gross ...
Self Indulging Man in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Jim Hollenbaugh ...
Jock C (uncredited)
George Hulse ...
Extra (uncredited)
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Movie Patron (uncredited) (voice)
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Movie Producer (uncredited)
Shannon Livingston ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Phil Mallon ...
Premier Cinemas Employee (uncredited)
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Jock (uncredited)
Chilembwe M. Mason ...
Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)
Michael McKennitt ...
Movie Producer (uncredited)
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Movie Sequence Stalker (uncredited)
Jim Page ...
Waiter in Kitchen (uncredited)
Richard Price ...
Action Movie Fan (uncredited)
Chris Puls ...
Extra (uncredited)
Alan Reese ...
Extra (uncredited)
John Sadowsky ...
Still Photographer (uncredited)
John Safko ...
Honking Nose Blower (uncredited)
Mack Syler ...
Electrician 'Gumped Again' (uncredited)
Richard Tovish ...
Gumped Again Grip (uncredited)
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Honey Hater / Cecil Fan (uncredited)
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Moviegoer (uncredited)
Anthony Wanzer ...
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Celebrity Guest (uncredited)
Lindsey Willis ...
Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Waters

Written by

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John Waters ... (written by)

Produced by

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Fred Bernstein ... executive producer
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. ... producer (as Joe Caracciolo Jr.)
Anthony DeLorenzo ... executive producer
John Fiedler ... producer
Pat Moran ... associate producer
Mark Tarlov ... producer

Music by

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Basil Poledouris
Zoë Poledouris

Cinematography by

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Robert M. Stevens

Editing by

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Jeffrey Wolf

Editorial Department

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Stephen Les ... negative cutter
Samara Levenstein ... apprentice editor
Shilpa Mankikar ... post-production assistant
Andrew Pratt ... negative cutter (as Andy Pratt)
Bill Scott ... color timer
Andrew Weisblum ... first assistant editor

Casting By

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Kerry Barden
Suzanne Crowley ... (as Suzanne Smith)
Billy Hopkins
Pat Moran

Production Design by

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Vincent Peranio

Art Direction by

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Rob Simons

Set Decoration by

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Barbara Haberecht

Costume Design by

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Van Smith

Makeup Department

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Gina W. Bateman ... makeup artist
Elisabeth Dietrich-Fry ... makeup artist (as Elisabeth Fry)
Anne Marie Izner-Preston ... hair stylist
Amanda Johnson ... makeup artist
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion ... makeup department head
John O'Brian ... assistant hair stylist
Howard 'Hep' Preston ... key hair stylist
Molly Stern ... makeup artist: Stephen Dorff (as Molly R. Stern)
Amy Wadford ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Molly Bradford ... post-production supervisor
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. ... unit production manager (as Joe Caracciolo Jr.)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Benita Allen ... first assistant director (as Benita Allen-Honess)
J. David Brightbill ... key second assistant director
Steve M. Davison ... second unit director
Dylan Hopkins ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Robert Barnaby ... set dressing lead man
Jennie Bell ... painter
Edward Bellafiore ... art department assistant
Steven Blake ... propmaker
Randy Bobbitt ... art department coordinator
Patty Burgee ... painter
William Catania ... set dresser
Bobby Deal ... paint foreman
Brian Deran ... painter
Brent Lee Farley ... propmaker
Susanna Glattly ... charge scenic
Wesley Goodwin ... propmaker
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon ... assistant property master
Ruth Grizzard ... painter
Eric Lichtfuss ... set dresser
Ted Lubonovich II ... propmaker
John Mills ... on-set dresser (as John 'Pumper' Mills)
Sheila Muccio ... set dresser
Ronald Napier ... construction foreman (as Ron Napier)
Ted Nolan ... propmaker (as Edward Nolan)
Scott T. Pina ... construction coordinator (as Scott Pina)
Lester Poser ... weapon specialist
Willy Richardson ... painter
Dale V. Swavely ... propmaker (as Dale Swavely)
Becky Weidner ... set dresser
Walter R. Wright Jr. ... propmaker (as Ricky Wright)
Brook Yeaton ... property master

Sound Department

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Rick Angelella ... production sound mixer
David Franklin Bergad ... dialogue editor
Ben Conrad ... foley recordist
Tobin Davis ... assistant dialogue editor (as Tobin John De Luca Davis)
Carol Everson ... boom operator
Grant Foerster ... machine room operator
Steve Fontano ... foley recordist
Anna Geyer ... assistant dialogue editor (as Ann Geyer)
Aura Gilge ... assistant sound effects editor (as Aura Belle Gilge)
Jesse Hammer ... adr mixer
Sondra James ... adr group mixer
Rick Kahn ... transfer room operator
Kyrsten Mate ... sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate Comoglio)
Bob Mellor ... cable
Marnie Moore ... foley artist
John Nutt ... supervising sound editor
Margie O'Malley ... foley artist
Dan Olmsted ... re-recording mixer
David Parker ... supervising re-recording mixer
Roy Segal ... executive vice president: the Saul Zaentz Film Center
Steve Shurtz ... general manager: the Saul Zaentz Film Center
Patti Tauscher ... foley editor
Hoku Uchiyama ... apprentice sound editor (as Chris Hokuala Uchiyama)
Jeff Whittle ... transfer room supervisor
Scott Cannizzaro ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Frank Canonica ... supervising sound recordist: mix stage (uncredited)
Kyrsten Mate ... sound designer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Hank Atterbury ... special effects assistant
David Blitstein ... special effects coordinator
Douglas Retzler ... special effects assistant

Visual Effects by

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Jennifer Basnyat ... title designer
Rik Panero ... system administrator (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jennifer Caputo ... stunt double: Honey
Jeff Dashnaw ... utility stunts
Steve M. Davison ... stunt coordinator
Brian Donahue ... utility stunts
Andy Duppin ... utility stunts
Tony Guida ... utility stunts
Mick O'Rourke ... utility stunts
Shawn Robinson ... utility stunts
Troy Robinson ... stunt double: Petie
Michael Russo ... utility stunts (as Mike Russo)
Keith Siglinger ... utility stunts
Tim Trella ... utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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James Bartolomeo ... first assistant camera (as a different name)
Jonathan Blandin ... best boy electric
Dean Citroni ... best boy grip
Dena Cruz ... video assist operator
Bob Dorsey ... director of photography: second unit
Max Fischer ... assistant camera
Rodney French ... key grip (as Rodney G. French)
Joseph E. Gallagher ... camera operator (as Joseph Gallagher)
Abbot Genser ... unit still photographer
Frank Gil ... grip
Gabriel Goodenough ... camera loader
Dave Insley ... camera operator: "b" camera (as David Insley) / director of photography: second unit (as David Insley)
Brian T. Leach ... grip (as Brian Leach)
Eric Martin ... electrician
Lauren Schaub ... second assistant camera
Josh Spring ... gaffer
Wes Sullivan ... electrician

Casting Department

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Susan Allenback ... casting assistant (as Susan Allenbach)
Deborah Maxwell Dion ... casting associate: Los Angeles
John Strawbridge ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Linda M. Boyland ... set costumer (as Linda Boyland)
David Davenport ... wardrobe supervisor
Bebe Ferro ... set costumer
Rolande Glicenstein ... key costumer
Bruce Reik ... set costumer
Nava R. Sadan ... costumer: Ms Griffith

Location Management

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Annie Noel Applegarth ... assistant location manager
Debra Donaldson ... location manager (as Debra Donaldson Dorsey)
Chris Nicastro ... location assistant

Music Department

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Larry Benicewicz ... music consultant
Carl Bennett ... music consultant
Robb Boyd ... music editor
Tim Boyle ... score mixer
Christopher Brooks ... executive music producer
Jerome Dillon ... musician: live drums
Todd Haberman ... assistant composer
Carvin Knowles ... composer: song "Seduction"
Basil Poledouris ... music score producer
Zoë Poledouris ... music score producer
Adrienne Zi ... music score producer (as Mi Kyoung Chaing)

Script and Continuity Department

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Christine Moore ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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David Adams ... driver: Melanie Griffith
Charles Artley ... driver
Jim Collick ... driver
Lenny Davis ... driver
James Day Sr. ... driver
Steve Elgert ... driver
Sam Furrow ... driver
Stan Furrow ... driver
James Daniel Hubbard ... driver
Greg Jacobs ... transportation co-captain
Jerry H. Jordan ... driver
Barbara Kastner ... picture car coordinator
John W. Kirschke ... driver
Frank R. Matkins ... driver: Stephen Dorff
Stephen W. McDonough ... driver
Frank Metts Sr. ... driver
Francis Raimondo ... transportation coordinator
Wade Stout ... driver
Jennifer Weiland ... driver
Foard J. Wilgis ... transportation coordinator (as Foard Wilgis)
Wayne Wright ... driver
Bruce Zamzow ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Abby Bailey ... assistant production accountant
Mat Bainbridge ... set production assistant
Denise A. Beale ... set production assistant (as Denise Beale)
James M. Brothers ... construction medic
John Brothers ... construction medic
Wally Bruce ... ADR actor (as Eric Wallach)
Laurie Cardonick ... assistant: Stephen Dorff
Lynda M. Clarke ... contracts administrator
Brian Cooper ... production secretary
John 'JR' Craigmile ... accountant
Michael Faulkner ... set production assistant
George Figgs ... projectionist
Rosemary Hygate ... assistant: Melanie Griffith (as Rosie Hygate)
Tudor Jones ... production assistant
Joy Kecken ... accounting assistant (as Joy Lusco)
Brian Maas ... legal services
Elena Moscatt ... craft service
Sean Oliver ... adr loop group
Chris Paton ... press: international
Kate Reckner Ridgley ... assistant production coordinator
Gina Roose ... assistant: Mark Tarlov
Jevon Rousch ... production assistant
Roy Segal ... executive vice president: Saul Zaentz Film Center
Colleen Roome Shelton ... assistant: John Waters
Steve Shurtz ... general manager: Saul Zaentz Film Center
Karen L. Sirota ... production coordinator
Josh Slates ... production office assistant
Brandon Speace ... office production assistant
Michael Ventresco ... title designer: main titles
Jeremy Walker ... Unit, release publicist
Scott Wallace ... set medic
Jeff Whittle ... transfer room supervisor
Zach Wolf ... adr loop group
Rob Coughlin ... electrician/grip assist. (uncredited)
David H. Kramer ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Christopher H. Myers ... double (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose ... adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks

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Catherine Batavick ... special thanks
Debbie Billings ... special thanks
Scott Fleischer ... special thanks
C. Richard Gamper Jr. ... special thanks
Jack Gerbes ... special thanks
Tom Kiefaber ... special thanks
Jack Machen ... special thanks
Deana Markowsky ... special thanks
Peter Schnitzler ... special thanks
Debbie Smith ... special thanks
Mike Styer ... special thanks
Beth S. Tarquint ... special thanks
Glenn Vanderlinden ... special thanks
D. Vogel ... special thanks
Ron Windsor ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In front of the cameras and in public, famed Hollywood actress Honey Whitlock, a product of the studio system, is as sweet as her name. Behind the scenes, she is demanding and controlling, making life a nightmare for anyone who has to deal with her, especially her browbeaten assistant, Libby. She and her entourage are in Baltimore - what is emerging as the Hollywood of the east - for the premiere of her latest movie. The premiere gets hijacked by a group of guerrilla independent filmmakers, led by director Cecil B. DeMented, in wanting to make a statement against the Hollywood studio system and the bad movies they produce. Cecil and his band kidnap Honey in the process. What their goal is, with no money per se, to make their own movie starring Honey as a statement against the Hollywood studios. Their general process is to have the scripted elements of the movie, such as Honey's dialogue, being set against "real life" in they overtaking several of the Hollywood movie studio events in Baltimore, such as the filming of the sequel to Forrest Gump (1994). The main questions become if Honey, who is being forced to participate against her will, will truly change as a person and as an actress in seeing Cecil's vision, and how long Cecil and his group can continue in their kamikaze ways, overtaking the movie events in the city, in being the outlaws they have become. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Demented forever! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Cecil B. the Cinema Wars (Japan, English title)
  • Abgedreht - In der Gewalt des Cecil B. (Germany)
  • Cecil B. (Germany)
  • Cecil B. Demente (Spain)
  • Απαγωγή στο Χόλιγουντ (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $127,141, 13 Aug 2000

Did You Know?

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Trivia The tattoos on the cast and crew are as follows: * Cecil - Otto Preminger - left forearm * Cherish - Andy Warhol - thigh * Lyle - Herschell Gordon Lewis - left breast * Pam - Sam Peckinpah - left arm * Chardonnay - Spike Lee - stomach * Lewis - David Lynch - knuckles * Fidget - William Castle - chest * Raven - Kenneth Anger - chest * Rodney - Almodovar (presumably Pedro Almodóvar) - right arm * Petie - Fassbinder (presumably Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - left forearm * Dyna - Sam Fuller (aka Samuel Fuller) - right forearm See more »
Goofs In the chase scene with the Baltimore PD, the left front tire of the police cruiser is shot causing it to go flat and the cruiser to crash into a movie theater box office. As the cruiser slams into the box office, the tire has miraculously been re-inflated. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Pink or Blue?: The Science of Sex Selection/John Waters (2004). See more »
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Crazy Credits The credits thank "Fred and Ginger" both insinuating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the dance duo, and "Fred e Ginger" a movie by Federico Fellini, paying homage to the duo. See more »
Quotes Honey: How can you be a drug addict in the new millennium? It's so retro.
Lyle: Before I was a drug addict, I had so many different problems. Now I just have one - drugs! Gave my life a real focus.
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