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

Publication Info. [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2001]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD POLYESTER DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 odorama card (11 x 18 cm.).
Series John Waters collection ; v. 2
John Waters collection ; v. 2.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital stereo. Surround sound (Polyester); original mono. (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.
Note Title from container.
Cast Divine, Tab Hunter (Polyester) ; Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce (Desperate living).
Credits Director of photography, David Insley ; editor, Charles Roggero ; music, Chris Stein, Michael Kamen (Polyester). Director of photography, Thomas Loizeaux ; music, Chris Lobingier, Allen Yarus ; editor, Charles Roggero (Desperate living).
Note Polyester originally produced as motion picture in 1981.
Desperate living originally produced as motion picture in 1977.
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 Enhanced DVD.
Widescreen verson (Polyester); fullscreen version (Desperate living).
Contents Polyester / New Line production -- Desperate living / Charm City Productions.
Note Includes reproduction of the odorama card from the Polyester theatrical release.
Language Closed captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording;.
Subject Women -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Waters, John, 1946-
Divine, 1945-1988.
Hunter, Tab, 1931-2018
Renay, Liz.
Stole, Mink.
Lowe, Susan.
Massey, Edith.
Pearce, Mary Vivian.
Insley, Dave (Cinematographer)
Roggero, Charles.
Stein, Chris, 1950-
Kamen, Michael.
Loizeaux, Thomas.
Lobingier, Chris.
Yarus, Allen.
New Line Productions, Inc.
Charm City Productions.
New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Polyester ; Desperate living
Desperate living
ISBN 0780634543
9780780634541
Music No. N5231 New Line Home Entertainment
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