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Demented Forever!
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of demented filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
Cecil B. Demented
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Melanie Griffith Stephen Dorff Alicia Witt Adrian Grenier Maggie Gyllenhaal Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Jack Noseworthy Michael Shannon Harry Dodge Eric Barry Zenzele Uzoma Erika Auchterlonie Mink Stole Ricki Lake Kevin Nealon Patricia Hearst Eric Roberts Roseanne Barr Ray Felton John Michaelson Jewel Orem Rosemary Knower Doug Roberts John Waters Mary Vivian Pearce Channing Wilroy Patsy Grady Abrams
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Cecil B. Demente, Cecil Bem Demente, セシル・B ザ・シネマ・ウォーズ, セシル・B／ザ・シネマ・ウォーズ, Abgedreht - In der Gewalt des Cecil B., Cecil B. Demented - Echte Menschen, echter Terror, John Waters' Cecil B. - Echte Menschen, echter Terror, Cecil B., A morte Hollywood!, Безумный Сесил Б., ססיל בי דימנטד, Откаченият Сесил Б., 세실 B. 디멘티드, セシル・B/ザ・シネマ・ウォーズ, Και Γ... το Χόλιγουντ!, 疯狂的塞西尔
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France
Cannes Film Festival
Theatrical limited
11 Aug 2000
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02 Aug 2000
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France
01 Sep 2000
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04 Oct 2000
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Belgium
26 Oct 2000
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08 Dec 2000
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Belgium
04 Oct 2000
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17 May 2000
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02 Aug 2000
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26 Oct 2000
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08 Dec 2000
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11 Aug 2000
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01 Sep 2000
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it's time for everyone with an account on letterboxd dot com to watch cecil b. demented (2000) dir. john waters
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In the age of Marvel, this film has never been as relevant and important as it is now.
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When I first watched this, shortly after it hit the rental market, I didn't know John Waters from Adam, really. I didn't understand his style. I didn't know, either, any of the directors he would cite here, but I did know I shared his apparent distaste for Forrest Gump and Patch Adams. And obviously, I didn't really know that so many of these actors would go on to some great work (Larry Gilliard most notably becoming the heart and soul of the first season of The Wire). I enjoyed it, but I didn't truly get it.
After watching that sub-mondo flick earlier today, I felt it fitting to revisit some of Waters' work. I recalled the violence of this, but…
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“Didn’t you produce that BAD Hollywood remake of that beautiful foreign language film!?”
“I had to! You know American audiences won’t watch subtitles!”
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ok i made my satire that brutally ethers all the middlebrow corporate sellouts & phonies in hollywood......now, who to compose the theme song?
Opening Credit Theme
Written, Produced and Performed by Mobyi saw this in high school & it def influenced me in how to relate to art/trash film but ugghgkfhgh. i dont really get what waters hates here..... i agree patch adams & forrest gump suck shit but shots at godzilla 98 - a bad but hardly respected movie - and like, talking in theaters??? "scream 4"??? "lake placid 2"?? isnt that some shit john waters should love?? dude was in seed of chucky! does he think people who revere sentimental oscarbait are also ok with people talking over it? it…
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"make good movies or DIE!"
movies about filmmaking are simply the best, even better if they have gay michael shannon and a bunch of people hating on american adaptations of foreign films and forrest gump. cannot wait to keep exploring the pure insanity of john waters’ films.
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"There are no rules in underground cinema, only edges."
death to those who do not believe.
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