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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 ...
Depending on versions of the story; either Waters or the whole crew (except Divine) was either arrested or nearly arrested during production for illegally shooting a scene involving a nude hitchhiker on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. However, according to contemporary newspaper accounts, only one person was immediately arrested, actor ...
[2] [3] Lochary was gay; in the '70s, he dated singer John Condon. [4] According to Robert Maier, Lochary moved from Baltimore to New York in the '70s in order to become more famous. After failing to become commercially successful, he then started to struggle with addiction; by the time of his death, he was "far gone on substances". [5]
Pink Flamingos: 1972 1997 re-release rated NC-17 for a wide range of perversions in explicit detail. [71] Santa Sangre: 1989 Rated NC-17 for several scenes of extremely explicit violence; edited version rated R for bizarre, graphic violence and sensuality, and for drug content. [72] The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet: 1970 Rated NC-17 in ...
The 49-minute Audubon Society-sponsored Canadian documentary about the remaining wolves in North America was banned in Florida by the Broward County Public Schools due to scenes of mating sequences as was reported by parents from two students who complained about the scenes. [84] Pink Flamingos: 1972 1972–1997
The villainous sea witch from Disney's 1989 animated classic was originally based on late performer best known for John Waters movies. McCarthy took that cue and swam with it.
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).
Edie and the Eggs were a punk/celebrity-exploitation band featuring Edith Massey, known for acting in several films by John Waters.The band's name referred to Massey's character in Pink Flamingos, who had an obsession with eating eggs and romanced an egg delivery man.