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John Waters follows 1998's benevolently vulgar PECKER with this reactionary story of another young artist. Cecil (Stephen Dorff) is a radical young (and arguably insane) filmmaker whose motive for creating his art stems from a violent dissatisfaction with the pandering product produced by Hollywood. Cecil and his gang of film terrorists, the Sprocket Holes (who each has a tattoo of the name of their favorite director), kidnap spoiled superstar Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith) at the Baltimore premiere of her new film with the intention of forcing her to star in their antistudio opus RAVING BEAUTY. When Honey sees the street credibility she gets from her association with Cecil's terrorist antics, however, she no longer has to be forced to participate in the Sprocket Holes' outlandish schemes.Less polished than some of his previous works (SERIAL MOM, CRY-BABY) but not nearly as crude as his reputation-earning early films, DEMENTED fits somewhere in the middle of Waters's ouevre. With an anything-goes spirit that one can rarely find outside of Waters's gleeful taboo-breaking creations, DEMENTED allows true lovers of cinema to live vicariously through characters who are desperately trying to remedy the sad state of the medium at the turn of the 21st century.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.78Single Side - Single LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Waters - Director Featurette - 1. COMEDY CENTRAL'S CANNED HAM: CECIL B. DEMENTED TrailersText/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast and Crew Production Notes
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A high school student with telepathic powers woos a stuck-up co-ed by making all her dreams come true in this alternately light and dark comedy. Based on Al Hine's novel lampooning Southern California's youth culture.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Monaural - English Monaural - Spanish
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Filmed in mock documentary style, this dark comedy follows filmmaker Andrew Gurland`s misguided attempts to document the mail-order-bride process. The documentary`s main subject is Adrian (Adrian Martinez), an overweight security guard who lives in a dumpy house in the Queens borough of New York City, and drives a beat-up El Dorado. After finding no success in the dating world, Adrian decides to purchase a wife through a mail-order catalogue, with the documentary production company funding the venture in exchange for the rights to film it. After writing each other several letters, a young Burmese woman named Lichi (Eugenia Yuan) agrees to come to the United States and marry Adrian. Lichi`s expected role in Adrian`s is to cook chili and clean the toilet, revealing Adrian`s true character. But when he tries to trick Lichi into getting a sterilization procedure, Andrew (Gurland) attempts to intervene, feeling Adrian has gone too far. Next, Lichi shows up at Andrew`s doorstep to present evidence of Adrian`s abuse, and Andrew feels obligated to help her. As Andrew gets more and more personally involved with both Lichi and Adrian, he becomes a subject in his own film. Despite their obvious class differences and their dislike for each other, antagonists Andrew and Adrian have more in common than either will admit.Filmmakers Gurland and Huck Botko (who use their own names for the characters they play in the film) exploit the comedic potential of the documentary format while also forcing the audience to question their narrator. By making the audience laugh at the most uncomfortable, politically incorrect moments, the filmmakers succeed in making a statement about female objectification and the power imbalances inherent in male-female relationships. Satirical and hilarious, this film is a true original.
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A collection of three classic Our Gang short features from 1938. In THE BEAR SHOOTERS, Jack Cooper, Wheezer Hutchins, and Leon Janney star as the gang goes on a big-game hunting trip only to discover that they are the hunted and not the hunters. In OUR GANG FOLLIES, Spanky McFarland, Alfalfa Switzer, and Darle Hood put on a variety show, but Alfalfa fancies himself too good an opera singer to perform in such a small production. In SCHOOL'S OUT, Jackie Cooper, Stymie Beard, and Farina Hoskins like their teachers so much, they put together a petition for fewer summer vacation days!DVD Features:Region 1Super Jewel CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menu Scene Access
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The Funny Ladies series collects live standup performances from the world's funniest female comics. This volume features Ellen DeGeneres, Morgan Fairchild, Roberta Kent, Jenny Jones, Kim Coles, Judy Gold, Karen Haber, and Laura Kightlinger.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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