Cecil B. DeMented (2000)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

John Waters

Writer (WGA):

John Waters (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 2000 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Demented forever!

Plot:

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Plot Keywords:

Drive In | Actress | Movie Star | Chase | Bong

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Melanie Griffith	...	Honey Whitlock
Stephen Dorff	...	Cecil
Alicia Witt	...	Cherish
Adrian Grenier	...	Lyle
Larry Gilliard Jr.	...	Lewis
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Raven
Jack Noseworthy	...	Rodney
Mink Stole	...	Mrs. Sylvia Mallory
Ricki Lake	...	Libby
Patricia Hearst	...	Fidget's Mom
Michael Shannon	...	Petie (as Mike Shannon)
Kevin Nealon	...	Himself
Eric Barry	...	Fidget (as Eric M. Barry)
Zenzele Uzoma	...	Chardonnay
Erika Lynn Rupli	...	Pam

Also Known As:

Cecil B. Demented (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude sexual content, violence, language and drug use.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Artic Productions LLC

Trivia:

The drive-in theatre in the end of the movie is Bengies Drive In which is still in service and has been threatened to be shut down for almost 10 years but still keeps its business

Goofs:

Continuity: In the chase scene with the Baltimore PD, the left front tire of the police cruiser is shot causing it to go flat and the cruiser to crash into a movie theater box office. As the cruiser slams into the box office, the tire has miraculously been re-inflated.

Quotes:

Honey: No! Please let me go! I promise I won't tell anyone about your little movie!
Cecil: Little?
Honey: I didn't mean, you know, *little*. I meant, you know, low-budget... ly cult.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in This Filthy World (2006)

Soundtrack:

Ciao!

Fun and furious

For all those who have felt cheated by a Hollywood blockbuster, or suffered sitting through Patch Adams, Cecil B. DeMented is the movie for you. Warped and twisted in a typical John Waters fashion, Cecil B. DeMented is about a gang of underground filmmakers lead by Cecil B. DeMented (Stephen Dorff), who kidnap A-list star Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith, in a pretty patchy performance) and force her to star in their no budget film. Along the way, they terrorise the set of such films as Gump Again, and Patch Adams: The Directors Cut. Not Waters' best, but certainly a lot of fun. Don't miss the opening credits. 7.5/10.