Cecil B. Demented Movie Review 2000

Waters returns to a more hard-edged satire with this indictment against the studio system. Dorff is Cecil B. Demented, indie auteur who, along with his band of cinema terrorists, wreack havoc on Hollywood. They kidnap A-list actress Honey Whitlock (Griffith) and force her to appear in their film--in doing so, making her the poster child for their cause. Punish bad film! No English-language remakes of foreign film! Death to those who are cinematically incorrect! Will appeal more to fans of Waters's very early work than to those who enjoyed "Serial Mom" or "Hairspray."

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Behind the Scenes, Kidnapped!, Biopics: Showbiz, Satire & Parody, Sanity Check

Screenplay

John Waters

Cast

Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Jack Noseworthy, Alicia Witt, Larry (Lawrence) Gilliard, Adrian Grenier, Patty (Patricia Campbell) Hearst, Ricki Lake, Mink Stole, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric M. Barry, Zenzele Uzoma, Erika Lynn Rupli, Harriet Dodge, Eric Roberts

Cinematography

Robert Stevens

Director

John Waters

Music

Basil Poledouris, Zoe Poledouris

Other

Jeffrey Wold