The surprisingly complex story packs a novels worth of plot into 98 minutes without ever feeling overwritten, and waters fills each frame of the film with outrageously gaudy sets, costumes. D edicated to charles tex watson, female trouble is john waters s juiciest trash epic, and his tightest treatise on the dangerous political persuasiveness of depravity. Divine quickly joined waters acting troupe, the dreamlanders, and went on to star in both john waters experimental short films and features, from roman candles and eat your makeup to mondo trasho and pink flamingos. Despite its lowbudget nature, female trouble s script and direction are much more ambitious. Director john waters affection for camp brings texture to societal transgression in female trouble, a brazenly subversive dive into celebrity and mayhem. Divine, david lochary, edith massey, cookie mueller, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, john waters. With divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole. Born and raised in baltimore, waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including multiple maniacs 1970, pink flamingos 1972, and female trouble 1974. Glamour has never been more grotesque than in john waters hilarious trash epic female trouble, which injects the hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Deleted scene from john waters film female trouble.
Finally, the female trouble script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the john waters movie with divine. Cult icon divine stars as spoiled teen dawn davenport, who leaves home when her parents refuse to buy her the one christmas gift she covets. Contributed by brainwady,288 report wrong information or missing video. Waters prison visits to watson inspired the crime is beauty theme of the. Female trouble, indeed all of waters s early output, works its way through a dialectical meditation on the nature of the freak. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Actor divine david lochary mary vivian pearce addeddate 20191029 02. The addition of female trouble continues this very cool trend, as many film lovers are just as dedicated to the works of john waters as they are to the films of stanley kubrick. Female trouble 1974 john waters, divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, comedy, crime april 28, 2017 the life and times of dawn davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer all of which stems from her. Great john waters collection though i personally would rather have had crybaby instead of pecker.
Female trouble script transcript from the screenplay and. Related songs other songs that sampled female trouble 1974. A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. The life and times of dawn davenport, showing her progression from bratty schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer all of which stems from her parents refusal to buy her chacha heels for christmas.
Search, discover and share your favorite female trouble gifs. The surprisingly complex story packs a novels worth of plot into 98 minutes without ever feeling overwritten, and waters fills each frame of the film with outrageously gaudy. Female trouble is a 1974 dark comedy film cocomposed, filmed, coedited, written, produced, and directed by john waters and starring divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, edith massey, michael potter, cookie mueller, and susan walsh the film is dedicated to manson family member charles tex watson. The days of swine and roses by my life with the thrill kill kult 1990 discussion.
A riotously funny badtaste epic from director john waters, baltimores prince of puke, this sick classic tells the depraved life story of obese criminal dawn davenport divine, from her badgirl youth as a gogo dancer on baltimores infamous block to her death in the electric chair. Female trouble bratty taffys jumprope chants duration. Interview magazine the fabulous divine, writerdirector waters. Jan 10, 2015 taffy davenport mink stole says hare krishna to her mother, dawn davenport divine. Rent female trouble 1974 starring divine and david lochary on dvd and bluray. Female trouble a queer film classic by chris holmund paperback female trouble a queer film classic ebook john waters, place space by todd oldham paperback my son divine by frances milstead paperback not simply divine by bernard jay paperback divine anthology audio cds lust in the dust, a paul bartel film dvd lust in the dust. Sounds for the swingset, radical, intense and awesome, and schizophonia suite. Its not as selfindulgent as pink flamingos and way better than the watereddown stuff that comes later. Female trouble has the exuberance and energy of genius insanely logical and horribly funny. Waters himself has expressed the opinion that this hilariously sordid. Purchase female trouble on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Also in the scene are donald dasher david lochary, donna dasher m. Despite its shortcomings, it is an improvement over pink flamingos. Female trouble is an entertaining, campy piece of trash.
Sep 15, female trouble divine john waters while you may not be able to watch polyester as waters intended with a odorama scratchandsniff. Thats the opening song from the john waters movie female trouble. Female trouble centers on divines character, dawn, who is a. Jan 17, 2012 john waters discusses frank tashlins the girl cant help it 1956. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Precious is a virtual remake of john waters 1974 female trouble, which makes for a crazy, volatile clash of tones and textures. The theses of the film in both the hegelian and the quotidian sense. A dirty shame the nc17 version, desperate living, female trouble, hairspray, pecker, pink flamingos, polyester and a dvd john waters scrapbook.
Descriptions of both pink flamingos and female trouble generally dont do the material justice. John waters followup to the notorious pink flamingos is slicker and believe it or not, even more twisted. Female trouble by john waters david lochary, mary vivian. I wont have you nagging me for lunch money and whining for help on your homework. Download female trouble free movies online female trouble movies free. Taffy davenport mink stole says hare krishna to her mother, dawn davenport divine. Jun 26, 2018 as astonishingly vulgar and paradigmchallenging as 1972s pink flamingos was, it was john waters followup, female trouble that is the true jewel the crown of his early prehairspray oeuvre. The last film to feature all of the original mondo trasho dreamlanders, female trouble was bookended on either side by pink flamingos, waters s midnightmovie. Female trouble movie the life and times of dawn davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer all of which stems from her parents refusal to buy her chacha heels for christmas. Sloppy secondss i dont wanna be a homosexual sample of. Most, though not all, of the footage here is centered around divine and waters work on female trouble but we get insight from others, including mink stole, mary vivian pierce and a few others. Jan 19, 2017 female trouble 1974 directed by john waters, starring divine as dawn davenportearl peterson, with david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, edith massey, cookie mueller, susan walsh, michael potter, ed peranio, paul swift, george figgs, susan lowe, george hulse, margie skidmore and berenica cipcus. By request from multiple requesters requesting requests. It was directed by john waters, noted for his sharp commentary and satire of western culture, especially regarding gender politics.
Precious based on the movie female trouble by john waters. Waters actually made his bid for pg respectability with hairspray, an enjoyably trashy comedy about the racial integration of a teen dance show on baltimore television in the early 60s. Brought to you by the same person who brought you pink flamingos, female trouble is a 1974 dark comedy film, starring divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, edith massey, michael potter, cookie mueller, and susan walsh it tells the story of dawn davenport, from her youth back in the 1960s to her increasingly bizarre and violent life of crime after running away from home. Female trouble s eponymous first album is a heady concoction of 60s organ trash rock full of handclapping catchy choruses and aggressive lyrics with irreverent delivery. Female trouble script transcript from the screenplay andor. Long a staple of the midnight movie circuit, john waters s female trouble is a remarkably prescient satire that predates more recent exposes on the marketing of murderous celebrities such as man. Divine, director john waters largerthanlife muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as dawn davenport, the living embodiment of the films lurid mantra, crime is. Female trouble is a 1974 dark comedy film cocomposed, filmed, coedited, written, produced, and directed by john waters and starring divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, edith massey, michael potter, cookie mueller, and susan walsh. Dawn davenport, launches a teenaged rebellion that leads her from suburban baltimore home to sexual exploits. Dragqueen star divine plays dawn davenport, whose life we follow from high school to adulthood. Female trouble 2014 a 35mm print of john waters classic female trouble.
Glamour has never been more grotesque than in female trouble, which injects the hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Any john waters film is an experience, rather than a conventional story with an unconventional cast. An endlessly quotable fan favorite nice girls dont wear chacha heels. Happy birthday to the prince of puke, the pope of trash, the baron of bad taste, the duke of dirt, the anal ambassador and divines dear friend john waters. A cult classic from the twisted world of director john waters. Divine, director john waters largerthanlife muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as dawn davenport, the living embodiment of the films lurid mantra, crime is beauty, who progresses from a teenage nightmare hellbent on getting chacha heels for christmas. New line cinema corporation dreamland films new line home entertainment firm. Female trouble 1974 a spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.
Female trouble free movies female trouble full movies female. Again starring the wonder wobble divine, female trouble documents. The thirtythreeminute lady divine is an archival interview featuring john waters, divine, mink stole and david lochary shot for manhattan public. Following the recent post of the soundtrack to the john waters film pink flamingos, blogger extraordinaire jonny zchivago slipped us the ost to waters 1974 classic female trouble.
A lthough director john waters rose to notoriety thanks to his scandalously coprophagic midnight movie pink flamingos 1972, and scored his biggest massmarket hit with the jiffy popped hairhopper comedy hairspray 1988, theres a good argument to be made that female trouble 1974 is his true magnum opus. Directed by midnightmovie legend john waters, this campy, twisted followup to pink flamingos isnt for the squeamish. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Tags john waters aunt ida dawn davenport female trouble. Female trouble, directed, written and photographed by john waters. Even though i bought mine used it included the odorrama card. I dont wanna be a homosexual by sloppy seconds sampled female trouble. John waters has always been a big influence on us, and female trouble is my favorite movie of his ill always remember doing the vocals for female trouble on christmas day, 2011. Cinema as an art form is so expansive that theres plenty of room within the criterion collection for john waters female trouble to share the same hallowed space.
There is a fierce, maniac brilliance to a john waters film which rivets you to your. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of female trouble. Call it slumming if you will, but enjoying these two films is hardly an acquired taste. Just think of all the little horror stories that go on in other peoples lives. Jun 12, 2018 divine and mentor john waters invented their own brand of deranged humor and glamour in movies like multiple maniacs, pink flamingos, and their masterpiece, 1974s female trouble, which stars. Dec 10, 2008 female trouble john waters, 1974 the demented soliloquy that is the sound of a car aerial being repeatedly thrashed against a supple, unviolated behind was something i unfortunately never experienced as a child i was so freaking wellbehaved. Female trouble is a 1974 film about a delinquent high school student who runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, becomes entangled in a criminal scheme to prove crime equals beauty, and ends up being executed in the electric chair written and directed by john waters. Jd is still involved with homeepisodes04e my female trouble. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single. Female trouble 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Female trouble 1974 john waters, divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, comedy, crime april 28, 2017 the life and times of dawn davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer all of which stems from her parents refusal to buy her chacha heels for christmas. This film is rated nc17, no one 17 or under will be admitted. Female trouble director john waters breaks new boundaries of bad taste with the sixfilm john waters collection.