Mondo Trasho
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Waters
Mary Vivian Pearce
John Leisenring
Sharon Sandrock
Berenica Cipcus
Divine
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a spoof of contemporary films exploiting sex and violence, a young woman experiences a series of events during the course of a single day: a shrimper who is also a shoe fetishist attempts to convince her to perform acts involving unknown pleasures; recalling the Cinderella fable, her two evil stepsisters reappear; she is the victim of a hit-and-run accident involving a car driven by a 300-pound woman; she witnesses a "madonna" performing a miracle in a laundromat; she is committed to an insane asylum and eventually becomes the prey of a mad doctor conducting questionable experiments. Finally, she is struck down and killed during a knife fight in a pigsty.
Director
John Waters
Cast
Mary Vivian Pearce
John Leisenring
Sharon Sandrock
Berenica Cipcus
Divine
Margie Skidmore
Lizzy Temple Black
Jack Walsh
Chris Atkinson
Mink Stole
David Lochary
Berenica Cipcus
Bob Skidmore
Mark P. Isherwood
Nancy P. Stoll
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Oh Mary! Oh Holy Trinity! Oh God! It isn't easy being Divine!- Divine
Trivia
While filming a scene featuring a naked hitchhiker, 'Waters, John' was on the campus of the John Hopkins University without permission. When someone was offended, campus police were notified and Waters and his crew lammed it. They eluded the police for a while but were caught when they went to pick up the car and were charged with "conspiracy to commit indecent exposure."
Notes
Filmed in Baltimore, Maryland. Press preview running time: 94 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Feature directorial debut for John Waters.
Shown at Angelika Theater in New York City (Midsummer Madness: The Films of John Waters) August 21-27, 1991.
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Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
