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Cecil B. Demented (DVD) Sensormatic Security Tag John Waters follows 1998`s benevolently vulgar PECKER with this reactionary story of another young artist. Cecil (Stephen Dorff) is a radical young (and arguably insane) filmmaker whose motive for creating his ...
John Waters follows 1998`s benevolently vulgar PECKER with this reactionary story of another young artist. Cecil (Stephen Dorff) is a radical young (and arguably insane) filmmaker whose motive for creating his art stems from a violent dissatisfaction with the pandering product produced by Hollywood. Cecil and his gang of film terrorists, the Sprocket Holes (who each has a tattoo of the name of their favorite director), kidnap spoiled superstar Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith) at the Baltimore premiere of her new film with the intention of forcing her to star in their antistudio opus RAVING BEAUTY. When Honey sees the street credibility she gets from her association with Cecil`s terrorist antics, however, she no longer has to be forced to participate in the Sprocket Holes` outlandish schemes.
Less polished than some of his previous works (SERIAL MOM, CRY-BABY) but not nearly as crude as his reputation-earning early films, DEMENTED fits somewhere in the middle of Waters`s ouevre. With an anything-goes spirit that one can rarely find outside of Waters`s gleeful taboo-breaking creations, DEMENTED allows true lovers of cinema to live vicariously through characters who are desperately trying to remedy the sad state of the medium at the turn of the 21st century.
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Director: John Waters
The Cemetery Club (DVD)
THE CEMETERY CLUB mixes humor and pathos as it examines the lives of three elderly Jewish women who have lost their husbands. The three regularly visit the cemetery together to pay their respects. Doris (Olympia Dukakis) is prim and prudish, unable to bring herself to laugh at an off-color joke. Lucille (Diane Ladd) is loud and outrageous. Esther (Ellen Burstyn) tries to find a balance between the two extremes. Their friendship is thrown into disarray when Esther meets a widower (Danny Aiello) and the two begin a tentative romance.PG-13"
Director: Bill Duke
ACTORS: Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd
Inspector Morse - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (VHS)
Morse is called in to examine a murder possibly tied to an exam cheating scam at Oxford University. When a deaf member of an examination board turns up dead, Morse has to tie together the clues -- and could the attractive Monica be involved in the pl...NR"
Director: Brian Parker
ACTORS: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Barbara Flynn, Clive Swift, Frederick Treves
Monday Night Mayhem (DVD)
Roone Arledge (John Heard) had a crazy, costly idea in the early 1970s to bring pro football to the ABC network by airing it on Monday nights. The project required a big production with more camera angles and even a broadcasting team of three in the booth. The trio turned out to be Dandy Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson), and the brash Brooklynite Howard Cosell (John Turturro). Cosell`s outspoken demeanor and intellectual edge on his ex-athlete partners built rivalries causing all parties to feel a lack of respect. Add to this mess, a gambling addicted director in Chet Forte (Nicholas Turturro) and scandals revolving everything from racial slurs to alcoholic miscues and it is amazing that such a show could steer clear of failure. On the contrary, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL completely changed sports broadcasting. This TNT film dramatizes all the madness.
Cosell is the focus of the production, portrayed by Tuturro as a misunderstood intellectual who yearned to excel outside of sportscasting, a field dominated by dim bulb jocks. Ernest Dickerson (BONES) brings a knowledge of the game and a feel for the period to his direction.NR"
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
ACTORS: John Turturro, John Heard, Brad Beyer, Nicholas Turturro, Kevin Anderson
I`ll Never Forget What`s `Isname (DVD) Collector`s Edition Oliver Reed stars as Andrew Quint, a successful advertising agent who seemingly has it all: money, power, a loving family, and a beautiful mistress (Marianne Faithful). However, the good life has left him numb, so a...
Oliver Reed stars as Andrew Quint, a successful advertising agent who seemingly has it all: money, power, a loving family, and a beautiful mistress (Marianne Faithful). However, the good life has left him numb, so after smashing his executive desk to pieces with an axe, he takes the advice of his plotting boss (Orson Welles) and emerges himself in London`s infamous Swingers scene. But his quest for meaning and satisfaction find him mired even deeper in a world of futility, alienation and confusion.
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Director: Michael Winner
ACTORS: Oliver Reed, Orson Welles, Carol White, Harry Andrews, Marianne Faithfull
