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Cecil B. DeMented.


(Artisan Entertainment; August 11)

The maker: John Waters, director and writer

The stars: Stephen Dorff Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat and for his roles in Blade and Cecil B. DeMented. Acting
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt, Jack Noseworthy, Patricia Hearst, Ricki Lake This article is about the person. For the talk show, see Ricki Lake (talk show).

Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress and tabloid talk show host, perhaps best known for her long-running Ricki Lake
 

The pitch: A rogue filmmaker (Dorff) and his gang kidnap Hollywood movie icon Honey Whitlock (Griffith) and force her to be in their own twisted picture.

The reason we care: C'mon--irs a John Waters movie! As if the camp factor weren't enough, there's also a straight guy who wishes ho were guy (Noseworthy), a gay guy who hooks up with him anyway, and some lesbian anarchist an·ar·chist  
n.
An advocate of or a participant in anarchism.


anarchist
Noun

1. a person who advocates anarchism

2.
 filmmakers in the mix.

The inside scoop: Hmm ... a kidnapped celebrity aligns with her kidnappers and becomes a wanted fugitive? bunds kind a like Ms. Hearst's real-life story. "Certainly I can't deny that case has something to do with it," says Waters, who also breezily breez·y  
adj. breez·i·er, breez·i·est
1. Exposed to breezes; windy.

2. Fresh and animated; lively: a breezy prose style.
 cites Jim Jones For other persons named Jim Jones, see Jim Jones (disambiguation).

James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with group suicide after the November 18, 1978 mass murder-suicide by
 and the Manson family as inspirations. "Like all my movies, it was many different obsessions about cults put together to farm a new kind of comedy. Patricia Hearst is in the movie, and I think she is incredibly sick of the experience of her kidnapping. So in a way, what better way [for her] to say `Fuck you' to all of it?"
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Title Annotation:Summer Movie Preview 2000
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 6, 2000
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