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Release Date: 2000

Cast: Larry Gilliard Jr., Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ricki Lake, John Michaelson, Erika Lynn Rupli, Harriet Dodge, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Barry, Melanie Griffith, Patty Hearst ...MORE

Cast: Larry Gilliard Jr., Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ricki Lake, John Michaelson, Erika Lynn Rupli, Harriet Dodge, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Barry, Melanie Griffith, Patty Hearst, Michael Shannon, Mink Stole, Kevin Nealon, Stephen Dorff, Eric Roberts, Ray Felton ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Indie, Media Satire, Cult, Black Comedy, Comedy, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Satire, Action

Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers who force her to star in their underground film. Stephen Dorff stars as the titular character and leader of the group, with Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mike Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal co-starring as the rest of his gang of filmmakers. Each of the filmmakers in the film bear tattoos of various underground directors' names, including Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Otto Preminger, Herschell... MORE

Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers who force her to star in their underground film. Stephen Dorff stars as the titular character and leader of the group, with Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mike Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal co-starring as the rest of his gang of filmmakers. Each of the filmmakers in the film bear tattoos of various underground directors' names, including Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Otto Preminger, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Spike Lee, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pedro Almodóvar, and Andy Warhol. The title of the film (also the name of Dorff's character) is referential to legendary director Cecil B. DeMille. The film is loosely based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and, like all of Waters' films, was shot in Baltimore, Maryland; Hearst herself has a cameo role in the film. The film was given a limited release in North American cinemas on August 11, 2000. It was released to home media through Artisan, and later, Lionsgate Home Entertainment in the United States. For her role as Honey Whitlock, LESS