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Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
1981 · Directed by John Waters · 86 min · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
It’s Scentsational!
Crew
- Written by: John Waters
- Cinematography: David Insley
- Edited by: Charles Roggero
- Music: Michael Kamen
- Produced by: John Waters, Michael White
Cast
- Divine as Francine Fishpaw
- Tab Hunter as Todd Tomorrow
- Edith Massey as Cuddles Kovinsky
- David Samson as Elmer Fishpaw
- Mary Garlington as Lu-Lu Fishpaw
- Ken King as Dexter Fishpaw
- Mink Stole as Sandra Sullivan
- Joni Ruth White as La Rue
- Hans Kramm as Heintz
- Stiv Bators as Bo-Bo Belsinger
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: Mandarin, English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Dreamland, Michael White Productions
- Budget: $300,000
- Box office: $1,120,000
- Themes: infidelity, pornography, bad smell, chaos, cocaine, baltimore, usa, dark comedy, housewife, satire, dysfunctional family
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