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Pink Flamingos was released on VHS and Betamax in 1981, and the re-release in 1997 from New Line Home Video became the second best-selling VHS for its week of release. The film was released in the John Waters Collection DVD box set along with the original NC-17 version of A Dirty Shame , Desperate Living , Female Trouble , Hairspray , Pecker ...
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974).
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"Technically, if they ever show 'Pink Flamingos,' Bob Shaye, the head of New Line, and I can go to prison," Waters said. John Waters’ ‘Pink Flamingos’ Is Still Banned in Long Island Town 50 ...
Divine inspiration: How Melissa McCarthy channeled legendary drag queen from NC-17 'Pink Flamingos' to play Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid' Kevin Polowy Updated May 23, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Banned in New York City by the state's Motion Picture Censors, and in Cincinnati, Ohio by the city's manager Clarence O. Sherrill due to the film being reported as "non-educational" and as it lacked certification by the state's Board of Motion Pictures Censors. The Cincinnati Police Department's chief Eugene T. Weatherly later viewed the film ...
A brief controversy arose when lesbian groups attacked the film for its depiction of lesbianism, and for taking the title of a defunct lesbian magazine. New Line Cinema blew the film up from 16 to 35 mm and opened it at midnight in Manhattan , though the original poster (featuring a cooked rat on a plate) was rejected by The New York Times to ...
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