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Release Date:
20 February 1932 (USA)
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Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ? more
Plot:
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. full summary | add synopsis
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Clip joint: feathers
(From The Guardian - Film News. 17 December 2009, 3:46 AM, PST)
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The Most Reviled Film of its Time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Wallace Ford | ... | Phroso | |
| Leila Hyams | ... | Venus | |
| Olga Baclanova | ... | Cleopatra | |
| Roscoe Ates | ... | Roscoe (as Rosco Ates) | |
| Henry Victor | ... | Hercules | |
| Harry Earles | ... | Hans | |
| Daisy Earles | ... | Frieda | |
| Rose Dione | ... | Madame Tetrallini | |
| Daisy Hilton | ... | Siamese Twin | |
| Violet Hilton | ... | Siamese Twin | |
| Schlitze | ... | Himself | |
| Josephine Joseph | ... | Half Woman-Half Man | |
| Johnny Eck | ... | Half Boy | |
| Frances O'Connor | ... | Armless Girl | |
| Peter Robinson | ... | Human Skeleton |
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Also Known As:
Forbidden Love (USA) (informal title)
Nature's Mistakes (USA) (informal title)
The Monster Show
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Nature's Mistakes (USA) (informal title)
The Monster Show
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Runtime:
64 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Italy:(Banned) (original rating) |
Italy:T (VHS/DVD rating) (self applied) |
Finland:(Banned) (1932) |
Canada:14A (video rating) |
Finland:K-16 (1972) (Finnish Film Archive) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Australia:PG |
Germany:16 |
UK:12 (re-rating) (2001) |
UK:15 (video rating) (1995) |
UK:R (original rating) |
UK:X (re-rating) (1963) |
USA:Unrated |
Ireland:(Banned) (1999)
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Numerous other bits of dialog were removed that depicted the "normal" humans as disgusting creatures and the "freaks" as gentle and sympathetic (destroying the social critique of intolerance Tod Browning was attempting to construct). While the circus awaits word on Hans's declining health, one of the Rollo Brothers coldly remarks, "You'd think the world was coming to an end - just because a mangy freak's got a hangover." In another scene, Madame Tetrallini responds to the Rollos' taunts by defending the humanity of her "children," "Augh, you cochons - you beasts... They are better than you - all of them - you two dogs!"
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Boom mic visible: The shadow of the boom fall on Phroso's back when he and Venus are talking in the trailer, after her angry outburst at him.
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Quotes:
Freaks:
We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Leprechaun 2 (1994)
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Is the short story available for reading online?Is "Freaks" based on a book?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Grotesque and shocking motion picture from one of the first masters of horror pictures. Deals with the realities of what people who are physically deformed go through when working at the circus. In the film they are a close bunch who live by their own code of ethics. Told through the flashback structure, the movie tells the story of a group of circus performers who get revenge when there is an attempt of murder on one of their own to get his money. Like Straw Dogs(1971), Freaks(1932) is disturbing and relentless in its imagery.