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Cecil B. Demented
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
2000 · Directed by John Waters · 88 min · Comedy · Crime · Action · 20 frames
Tagline
Demented forever!
Crew
- Written by: John Waters
- Cinematography: Robert M. Stevens
- Edited by: Jeffrey Wolf
- Music: Zoë Poledouris, Basil Poledouris
- Production design: Vincent Peranio
- Produced by: Mark Tarlov, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., John Fiedler
Cast
- Melanie Griffith as Honey Whitlock
- Stephen Dorff as Cecil B. Demented
- Alicia Witt as Cherish
- Adrian Grenier as Lyle
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Raven
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Lewis
- Jack Noseworthy as Rodney
- Michael Shannon as Petie
- Harry Dodge as Dinah
- Eric Barry as Fidget
Production
- Country: United States of America, France
- Language: English
- Studios: Le Studio Canal+, Polar Entertainment
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $1,961,544
- Themes: kidnapping, baltimore, usa, satire, satanist, blindfold, perversion, terrorism, film director, cinephile
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