Cry-Baby: The Director's Cut.* Written and directed by John Waters * Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. It is a division of Universal Studios. It was originally known as MCA Videocassette, Inc. Not off Hairspray (the movie), John Waters was courted by Hollywood for the first time and used his clout to make the 1990 rockabilly musical Cry-Baby, which launched Johnny Depp's film career. (On this new DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , Waters admits that Hairspray was more a critical than financial hit, which made no difference to the studio suits waving money at him.) Cry-Baby's "director's cut" won't change anyone's mind about the film: If you're a fan--I am--you'll see that the mix of musical numbers and Waters's deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. casting still works well with the Ike-era drapes drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. versus squares plot. But if you thought Cry-Baby--which, like Hairsgray before it, is Broadway-bound--had too many characters and too little story, you still will. In either case, the deleted scenes and the It Came From Baltimore making-of documentary merit a look from Waters fans of either camp. |
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