Polyester ; Desperate living / written and directed by John Waters.

Comic melodrama about a typical American housewife whose life is going to pot (Polyester). A woman incites her maid to kill her husband, after which they escape to Mortville, a sleazy part of Baltimore ruled by the insane Queen Carlotta and policed by her leather-clad biker troops (Desperate living)...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:John Waters collection ; v. 2.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: New Line Productions, Inc
Charm City Productions
New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Waters, John, 1946-
Divine, 1945-1988
Hunter, Tab, 1931-2018
Renay, Liz
Stole, Mink
Lowe, Susan, 1948-
Massey, Edith
Pearce, Mary Vivian
Insley, David
Roggero, Charles
Stein, Chris, 1950-
Kamen, Michael
Loizeaux, Thomas
Lobingier, Chris
Yarus, Allen
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned.
Published: [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2001]
Series:John Waters collection ; v. 2.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Women > Drama.
Women.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 odorama card (11 x 18 cm).
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Comic melodrama about a typical American housewife whose life is going to pot (Polyester). A woman incites her maid to kill her husband, after which they escape to Mortville, a sleazy part of Baltimore ruled by the insane Queen Carlotta and policed by her leather-clad biker troops (Desperate living).
Note:Title from container.
Polyester originally produced as motion picture in 1981.
Desperate living originally produced as motion picture in 1977.
Includes reproduction of the odorama card from the Polyester theatrical release.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0002578 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R (Polyester) ; Not rated (Desperate living).
ISBN:0780634543 (set)
9780780634541 (set)
Credits:Polyester: director of photography, David Insley ; editor, Charles Roggero ; music, Chris Stein, Michael Kamen.
Desperate living: director of photography, Thomas Loizeaux ; music, Chris Lobingier, Allen Yarus ; editor, Charles Roggero.
System Details:DVD; region 1; enhanced DVD; Dolby digital stereo. surround sound (Polyester); original mono. (Desperate living); widescreen version (Polyester); full screen version (Desperate living).
System requirements for enhanced features: DVD-ROM drive with Windows 95 or higher; will not work in a CD-ROM drive; may not work on a Macintosh.
Cast:
Polyester: Divine, Tab Hunter.
Desperate living: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce.