 Breaker Morant 1980  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Rod Mullinar, Vincent Ball, Terence Donovan, Ray Meagher, Chris Haywood, Chris Haywood, Russell Kiefel, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
In this Australian film, which uses the 1901 Boer War as its setting, three officers are tried for the revenge execution of Boer prisoners and a German missionary. The film examines the moral responsibilities of military men who are simply following orders. Well worth seeing.
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 Cecil B. DeMented 2000  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Larry Gilliard Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Noseworthy, Eric M. Barry, Erika Lynn Rupli, Harriet Dodge
When indie-film director Cecil B. DeMented (Stephen Dorff) and his cult followers kidnap A-list Hollywood star Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith), they plan to give her a punk makeover and star her in their own underground movie as a statement in their guerilla assault on mainstream films. Unfortunately, this is one of those uninspired comedies that comes across as amateurish and not very funny.
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 Cry-Baby 1990  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: John Waters
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer, Troy Donahue, Joe Dallesandro, Mink Stole, Alan J. Wendl, Kim Webb
Set in Baltimore in 1954, it is the "Drapes" vs. the "Squares" in this good comedy/musical. Cry-Baby (Johnny Depp) is the bike-riding, black-jacketed, juvenile delinquent from the wrong side of the tracks, while Allison (Amy Locane) is a good girl who falls for Cry-Baby and is looking for a new lifestyle. The 1950s are recreated well, complete with jukeboxes and music of the era.
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 A Dirty Shame 2004  NC-17, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair, Suzanne Shepherd, Mink Stole, Susan Allenback, Paul DeBoy, Wes Johnson, Alan J. Wendl
Sylvia (Tracey Ullman) and her husband, Vaughn (Chris Isaak), keep her large-breasted stripper daughter, Caprice (Selma Blair), under house arrest. When Sylvia is hit on the head, the injury turns her into a nymphomaniac, and the next stage of madness leaps into their sex-crazed world.
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Divine Trash 1998 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Steve Yeager
Cast: John Waters
Underground movie pioneer John Waters is the subject of this documentary, which won the 1998 Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Hairspray 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Divine, Ricki Lake, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Deborah Harry, Jerry Stiller, Pia Zadora, Mink Stole, John Waters, Michael St Gerard
Inspired by the dance TV shows of the 1960s, writer and director John Waters created this movie about overweight Baltimore teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) who wants to become the star dancer on an afternoon TV dance show. Tracy wins the dance competition and a starring spot on the "Corny Collins Show." Now, Tracy becomes a teen hero, and she speaks out for integration, which is the cause she believes in. Standing in her way is spoiled Amber Von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick), but, by story's end, Tracy has won her point on integration and has beaten out Amber for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
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Pecker 1998  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Brendan Sexton III, Martha Plimpton, Lauren Hulsey, Lili Taylor, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy, Mink Stole
This satire on the New York art scene features Edward Furlong in the title role of a teenage photographer from Baltimore whose family pictures are spotted by an art dealer, Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor). She promotes Pecker's work in her gallery, and the pictures become the latest rage. 1 User Review
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Polyester 1981 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, Mary Garlington
This campy satire of middle-class lifestyles features transvestite Divine as an overweight housewife whose dream man, Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), "rescues" her from the rest of her dysfunctional family. When shown in theaters, members of the audience were given scratch-and-sniff cards to get the full effect of the trashy, funny film ("Odorama").
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Seed of Chucky 2004 R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
aka: Child's Play 5
Director: Don Mancini
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Hannah Spearritt, John Waters, Brad Dourif, Redman, Steve Lawton, Tony Gardner, Jason Flemyng, Nicholas Rowe, Stephanie Chambers, Simon James Morgan, Bethany Simons-Danville, Billy Boyd, Rebecca Santos, Keith-Lee Castle
In this, the fifth, episode of the "Child's Play" series, Glenn (Billy Boyd)–the orphan doll son of those murdering dolls–Chuck and Tiffany (Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly)–comes to Hollywood when he hears that a film is being made about his infamous parents. Glenn resurrects his parents but then has major problems dealing with their blood-thirsty lifestyles.
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Serial Mom 1994 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Horror
Director: John Waters
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Scott Wesley Morgan, Walt MacPherson, Justin Whalin, Mink Stole, Traci Lords, Mary Jo Catlett, Patricia Dunnock, Lonnie Horsey, Suzanne Somers
Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) is a wonderful mother to her two children Misty and Chip (Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard); perhaps she is a little bit compulsive in her child rearing. In reality, she is a serial killer determined to ensure protection for her family. Turner and Sam Waterston (as the husband) put on good performances in this "different" film.
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Sweet and Lowdown 1999 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, Gretchen Mol, Woody Allen, John Waters, James Urbaniak, Vincent Guastaferro
Based on the true story of an obscure jazz musician, Emmett Ray (Sean Penn), who disappeared after the breakup of his marriage to Hattie (Samantha Morton), Woody Allen offers a profile of Ray's life in the form of a mockumentary. Academy Award nominations included Actor (Penn) and Supporting Actress (Morton).
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| 1. Attack Force Z (1982)
2. Breaker Morant (1980)
3. Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
4. Cry-Baby (1990)
5. A Dirty Shame (2004)
6. Divine Trash (1998)
7. Hairspray (1988)
8. Pecker (1998)
9. Pink Flamingos (1972)
10. Polyester (1981)
11. Seed of Chucky (2004)
aka: Child's Play 5
12. Serial Mom (1994)
13. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
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