Cecil B. Demented

2000
R
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

17K

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Melanie Griffith and Stephen Dorff in Cecil B. Demented (2000)

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An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Lewis
(as Larry Gilliard Jr.)

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Raven

Jack Noseworthy

Rodney

Mink Stole

Mrs. Sylvia Mallory

Ricki Lake

Libby

Patricia Hearst

Fidget's Mom

Michael Shannon

Petie
(as Mike Shannon)

Kevin Nealon

Kevin

Eric Barry

Fidget
(as Eric M. Barry)

Zenzele Uzoma

Chardonnay

Erika Auchterlonie

Pam
(as Erika Lynn Rupli)

Harry Dodge

Dinah
(as Harriet Dodge)

Roseanne Barr

Rosanne
(as Rosanne)

Eric Roberts

Honey's Ex

Director
- John Waters
Writer
- John Waters
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The tattoos on the cast and crew are as follows:
Cecil - Otto Preminger - left forearm
Cherish - Andy Warhol - thigh
Lyle - Herschell Gordon Lewis - left breast
Pam - Sam Peckinpah - left arm
Chardonnay - Spike Lee - stomach
Lewis - David Lynch - knuckles
Fidget - William Castle - chest
Raven - Kenneth Anger - chest
Rodney - Almodovar (presumably Pedro Almodóvar) - right arm
Petie - Fassbinder (presumably Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - left forearm
Dyna - Sam Fuller (aka Samuel Fuller) - right forearm

Goofs
In the chase scene with the Baltimore PD, the left front tire of the police cruiser is shot causing it to go flat and the cruiser to crash into a movie theater box office. As the cruiser slams into the box office, the tire has miraculously been re-inflated.

Quotes
Honey: How can you be a drug addict in the new millennium? It's so retro.
Lyle: Before I was a drug addict, I had so many different problems. Now I just have one - drugs! Gave my life a real focus.

Crazy credits
The credits thank "Fred and Ginger" both insinuating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the dance duo, and "Fred e Ginger" a movie by Federico Fellini, paying homage to the duo.

Alternate versions
There was a quick shot in earlier prints of the movie theater showing the director's cut of "Patch Adams", where we see the sign advertising the director's cut. This shot can still be seen on the intro to the DVD menu, and in one of the trailers.

Connections
Featured in SexTV: Pink or Blue?: The Science of Sex Selection/John Waters (2004)

Soundtracks
Opening Credit Theme
Written, Produced and Performed by Moby
Featuring samples from "Music for the Movies 1"
Written by Larry Hochman
Courtesy of V2 Records/ Mute Records/ Destiny Music Ltd.

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Waters' return to form

While I've enjoyed John Waters recent output, movies like Pecker and Serial Mom have played it a little to safe for my liking. It's great to think of middle-America watching any kind of Waters movie rather than pap like Pearl Harbor and The Mummy Returns, but these movies only give half the picture. While Cecil B. Demented isn't pure unadulterated Waters like Pink Flamingos, it is his best movie since Cry Baby, and a complete HOOT. Man, the sheer energy and humour of this movie, and the basic message of its love for REAL cinema, really pushed my buttons and left me grinning from ear to ear, and UP for a week afterwards! Hopefully someone out there is listening, 'gets it', and will check out some earlier Waters, and some of the work of Sprockets heroes, and their lives will be enriched forever.