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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   7,416 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Waters (written by)
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Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He never realized how far 35 millimeters would take him.
Plot:
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
John Waters Reveals His Approaching Retirement?
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User Comments:
Don't waste your time if you're over 12 more (135 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Furlong ... Pecker

Christina Ricci ... Shelley

Bess Armstrong ... Dr. Klompus

Mark Joy ... Jimmy

Mary Kay Place ... Joyce

Martha Plimpton ... Tina
Brendan Sexton III ... Matt
Mink Stole ... Precinct Captain
Lili Taylor ... Rorey Wheeler
Patricia Hearst ... Lynn Wentworth
Jean Schertler ... Memama

Lauren Hulsey ... Little Chrissy
Mo Fischer ... T-Bone (as Maureen Fischer)
Donald Neal ... Mr. Bozak
Carolyn Stayer ... Miss Betty
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use.
Runtime:
87 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
DIRECTOR CAMEO: The voice of the perv on the phone with Christina Ricci telling her he wants her to put her vagina against the phone is John Waters. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Pecker is talking to Shelly in the laundromat, she is folding a bath towel with a rose print. The camera angle changes to the back of Shelly's head; when it pans back to her front, she folds the same towel again. more
Quotes:
Tina: Oh, Mary, I'm a model!
Memama: Mary isn't a homosexual term, Tina.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Rocket Science (2007) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Don't waste your time if you're over 12, 25 July 2000
1/10
Author: J knapp (jkdrummer@yahoo.com) from Seattle

We tried to watch this terrible waste of a film. We gave it 20 minutes but when the little girl is seen eating sugar right from the bag drooling - I had to turn it off. Good movie if words like beaver and lesbian make you laugh. Ricci wasted her time don't you waste yours.

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