Directed by John Waters • 1990 • United States
Starring Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Iggy Pop
John Waters blends nostalgia with camp irreverence in this irresistible spoof of the 1950s delinquent-youth movie. In the role that began his transition from teen idol to movie star, Johnny Depp plays Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker, a bad boy in the mold of Elvis or James Dean, whose rebel-cool attitude electrifies a town full of squares—including good girl Allison (Amy Locane), whom he invites to walk on the wild side. Waters’s follow-up to his hit HAIRSPRAY bursts with rockabilly musical numbers and appearances from counterculture stars like Iggy Pop, Traci Lords, and Joe Dallesandro.
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Hairspray
Directed by John Waters • 1988 • United States
Starring Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, DivineJohn Waters scored one of the biggest commercial and critical successes of his career with this affectionately outrageous musical satire that found the filmmaker bringing his outsider vision into the mainstrea...
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Desperate Living
Directed by John Waters • 1977 • United States
Starring Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan LoweDescribed by John Waters as “a lesbian melodrama about revolution,” the third installment in the director’s Trash Trilogy, following FEMALE TROUBLE and PINK FLAMINGOS, is a demented fairy tale wherein a scr...
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Female Trouble
Directed by John Waters • 1974 • United States
Starring Divine, David Lochary, Edith MasseyGlamour has never been more grotesque than in FEMALE TROUBLE, which injects the Hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with...
