Cecil B. DeMented (2000)

Réalisateur:

John Waters

Scénariste (WGA):

John Waters (written by)

Date de sortie:

2 août 2000 (France)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

Demented forever!

Intrigue:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Drive In | Actress | Movie Star | Chase | Bong

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Waters' return to form

Ensemble

Melanie Griffith	...	Honey Whitlock
Stephen Dorff	...	Cecil
Alicia Witt	...	Cherish
Adrian Grenier	...	Lyle
Larry Gilliard Jr.	...	Lewis
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	...	Himself
Eric Barry	...	Fidget (as Eric M. Barry)
Zenzele Uzoma	...	Chardonnay
Erika Lynn Rupli	...	Pam

Autre(s) titre(s):

Cecil B. Demented (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude sexual content, violence, language and drug use.

Durée:

87 min

Pays:

France | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Lieux de tournage:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Société:

Artic Productions LLC

Anecdotes:

John Waters had an interview with him published before this film was made in which the headline referred to him as "Cecil B. Demented". Waters thought the title was too good to pass up.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: You can see Melanie Griffith's real hair coming out from under the blonde wig in the scene where her roots are getting treated (the same scene where the whole crew learns of the Forest Gump sequel).

Guillemet:

Honey: No! Please let me go! I promise I won't tell anyone about your little movie!
Cecil: Little?
Honey: I didn't mean, you know, *little*. I meant, you know, low-budget... ly cult.

Connexions De Film:

Parodies Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Bande son:

Everyday

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.