Directed by:
John WatersScreenplay:
John WatersCinematography:
David InsleyComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mary Vivian Pearce, Nancy Morgan, George Stover, Stiv Bators, Jean Hill (more)VOD (1)
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For his first studio picture, filth maestro John Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. 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 turns to the bottle as her life falls apart—until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow (vintage heartthrob Tab Hunter). Enhanced with Odorama™ technology that enables you to scratch and sniff along with Francine, Polyester is one of Waters’ most hilarious inventions, replete with stomach-churning smells, sadistic nuns, AA meetings, and foot stomping galore. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Divine
USA
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
Polyester (1981)
Tab Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Track of the Cat (1954)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Edith Massey
USA
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Polyester (1981)
Desperate Living (1977)
Mink Stole
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
Mary Garlington
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Mary Vivian Pearce
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
Polyester (1981)
Nancy Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Lucky Luke 2 (1991)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
George Stover
USA
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Extra Terrestrial Visitors (1983)
Hairspray (1988)
Stiv Bators
USA
Jean Hill
USA
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Desperate Living (1977)
A Dirty Shame (2004)
Susan Lowe
USA
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Hairspray (1988)
Polyester (1981)
Cookie Mueller
USA
Best movies:
New York Beat Movie (1981)
Female Trouble (1974)
Polyester (1981)
Brook Yeaton
USA
Best movies:
Hairspray (1988)
Polyester (1981)
Desperate Living (1977)
Joni Ruth White
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Street Trash (1987)
Charles Roggero
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Karl Otter
Best movies:
The Corner (2000) (series)
Polyester (1981)
Species II (1998)
Denny Dormody
Best movies:
Polyester (1981)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Elevator (2012)