movie poster for CECIL B DEMENTED

Flicks ID

9718

Cert

18

Running time

84 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

CECIL B DEMENTED (2000)

JOHN WATERS

Plot

This black comedy directed by John Waters is one of the best films around. When renegade filmmaker Cecil B. Demented vows to "punish bad cinema" his plans include a group of generally weird and freaky film buffs called the Sprocket Holes, who each have a tattoo of a different indie filmmaker, led by the radiant Alicia Witt, Demented's sometime-lover. Demented and his crew kidnap Hollywood's sweetheart Honey Whitlock and force her to perform in their rebel film and she slowly becomes "Demented Forever". Dorff gives a spectacular performance in the title role of this wacky, dark and hysterical take on both the commercial film industry and the indie film world. Keep an eye out for real-life kidnap victim Patricia Hearst and real-life drag king, Harry Dodge. Don't miss this film.