John Waters — Director (18)
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Eat Your Makeup (1968)
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John Waters actor: Lizzy Temple Black / Berenica Cipcus …
John Waters' first sixteen-millimetre film, about a deranged nanny who kidnaps young girls and forces them to 'model themselves to death' in front of her boyfriend and their crazed friends. It was never shown commercially.
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Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964)
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John Waters actor: Mona Montgomery / Mary Vivian Pearce …
The lurid wedding of a black man and white girl, with a Ku Klux Klansman performing the wedding ceremony. John Waters' first film, made on 8mm, given one showing (making back its budget of thirty dollars) before being retired to his closet.
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Roman Candles (1967)
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John Waters actor: Divine / Mark Isherwood …
Shot on 8mm, and featuring the introduction of Divine, John Waters' sophomore film is a plotless collage of random incidents involving sex, drugs, religion and The Wizard of Oz, it was shown with an equally random soundtrack mixing “obnoxious radio advertisements, rock 'n' roll and press conferences with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother”. It was shown three times publicly, but never released commercially.
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The Diane Linkletter Story (1970)
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John Waters actor: David Lochary / Mary Vivian Pearce …
This improvised film is based on the true-life suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter fret about their daughter's recent behaviour, which includes taking drugs and dating a lowlife named Jim. Eventually, the parents confront Diane… with tragic consequences.
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
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Daniel Ribeiro / Andrew Ahn … actor: Maria Schneider / Drew Droege …
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
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Mondo Trasho (1969)
Mondo Trasho
John Waters actor: Mary Vivian Pearce / Divine …
A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations).
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A Dirty Shame (2004)
A Dirty Shame
John Waters actor: Tracey Ullman / Johnny Knoxville …
other title: Clube dos Pervertidos / Los sexoadictos …
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
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Polyester (1981)
Polyester
John Waters actor: Divine / Tab Hunter …
other title: 菠萝脂 / 奇味吵翻天(台) …
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
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Female Trouble (1974)
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Prince of Puke actor: Divine / 帕特·莫兰 …
other title: Problemas Femininos / Cosas de hembras …
Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.
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Hairspray (1988)
Hairspray
John Waters actor: Ricki Lake / Divine …
other title: Hairspray - E Éramos Todos Jovens / Grasso è bello
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.