Filmography

1964
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket.
(8 mm) (b&w)
Starring Mary Vivian Pearce, Mona Montgomery;
17 minutes.

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1966
Roman Candles.
(three 8 mm shown simultaneously) (color)
starring Malcum Soul, Bob Skidmore, Mona Montgomery, Divine, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary;
40 minutes

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1968
Eat Your Makeup.
(16mm) (b&w)
starring Maelcum Soul, David Locary, Marina Melin, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mona Montgomery;45 minutes

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1969
Mondo Trasho.
( 16mm) (b&w)
starring Mary Vivian Pearce, Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole; released through New Line Cinema;
95 minutes.
$2,000 total cost

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1970
Multiple Maniacs.
(16mm) (b&W)
starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey; released through New Line Cinema;
90 minutes.
$5,000 total cost.
The director's favorite film. "My celluloid attrocity"-John Waters.

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1972
Pink Flamingos.
(16 & 35 mm) (color)
starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Edith Massey; released through New Line Cinema;
93 minutes.
$10,000.
PINK FLAMINGOS UPDATE. A silver anniversary edition of Flamingos was released in April 1997 containing thirteen extra minutes of footage. The extra scenes show a first offensive by the Marbles against Divine. Another extra scene features revenge on Cookie the spy which includes Divine munching on a severed ear." I know I'll never make a sequel to Pink Flamingos because it would have to end with Divine taking a shit and the dog eating it."- John Waters.

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1974
Female Trouble.
(16 & 35 mm) (color)
starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Edith Massey; released through New Line Cinema;
92 minutes.
$25,000.
" I decided the theme of my next film should be crime is beauty."- John Waters on Female Trouble.

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1977
Desperate Living.
(16 & 35 mm) (color)
starring Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, Jean Hill;
released through New Line Cinema;
90 minutes.
$65,000.

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1981
Polyester.
(35 mm) (color)
starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Stiv Bators, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni-Ruth White; released through New Line Cinema.
The admission price for this film included a scratch and sniff odorama card, whose smells corresponded to smells in the film.

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1988
Hairspray.
(35 mm) (color)
starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Deborah Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora;
released through New Line Cinema;
90 minutes
$2,000,000
" If I ever do a hairspray sequel, it would take place a few years later and be called Headband. Tracy Turnblad would move to San Francisco and become a terrorist".- John Waters.

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1990
Divine.
(color)
starring Divine.
Video realease from Facets Home Video.
110 minutes.
Two films on one video, both starring Divine and directed by Waters. The first is the Diane Linkletter Story. The second is the Neon Woman.

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1990
Cry-Baby.
(35 mm) (color)
starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Stephen Mailer, Darren Burrows, Polly Bergen, Patricia Hearst, David Nelson, Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, Willem Dafoe;
released through Universal Studios;
85 minutes $11,000,000

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1994
Serial Mom.
(35 mm) (color)
starring Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Scott Wesley Morgan, Walt MacPherson, Patty Hearst.

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1998.
Pecker
(35 mm) (colour)
stars Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci

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Adapted from one that was created by Tina