Divine Trash (1998)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times: 97 mins
Format: black and white / colour
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Divine Trash / Stratosphere
Executive Producers: Tim Kahoe, Caroline Kaplan, Cindy Miller, Brooks Moore, Jonathan Sehring, Thomas W. Yeager
Producer: Steve Yeager

DIRECTION
Director: Steve Yeager

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Jeff Atkinson, Jim Harris, Steve Yeager
Additional Photographers: John Kavanaugh, Sheila Smith

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Terry Campbell, Tim Kahoe, Steve Yeager

MUSIC
Music: Don Barto

SOUND
Sound: Ted Ayd, Don Barto, Terry Campbell, Jim Harris, Bill Porter

MISCELLANEOUS
Historical Consultant: Kevin Heffernan

LOCATIONS
Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

CAST
John Waters (himself)
Mary Avara (herself)
Jeanine Basinger (herself)
Steve Buscemi (himself)
Divine (himself in archive footage)
Brad Ganson (himself)
Hal Hartley (himself)
Ken Jacobs (himself)
Jim Jarmusch (himself)
George Kuchar (himself)
Mike Kuchar (himself)
Herschell Gordon Lewis (himself)
David Lochary (himself)
Christine Mason (herself)
Edith Massey (herself)
Jonas Mekas (himself)
Danny Mills (himself)
Frances Milstead (herself)
Pat Moran (herself)
Paul Morrissey (himself)
Linda Olgeirson (herself)
Mary Vivian Pearce (herself)
Vincent Peranio (himself)
John Pierson (himself)
Robert Shaye (himself)
Van Smith (himself)
Mink Stole (herself)
Paul Swift (himself)
George Udel (himself)
Susan Walsh (herself)
Patricia Waters (herself)
John Waters Sr (himself)
Channing Wilroy (himself)
Steve Yeager (himself)

PLOT SUMMARY

A documentary chronicling the life and works of director John Waters.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: WinStar Cinema
DVD Distributors: Fox Lorber (FLV 5226)

AWARDS

1998
Sundance Film Festival, USA
Filmmakers Trophy: Documentary (Steve Yeager) - winner
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary (Steve Yeager) - nominated

1999
International Monitor Awards, USA
Documentaries - Best Achievement (Brooks Moore, Tim Kahoe, Thomas W. Yeager, Caroline Kaplan, Jonathan Sehring) - winner

TIMELINE

1998
January
18: USA - shown at the Sundance Film Festival

2000
March
31: USA - theatrical release

July
5: USA - DVD release (Fox Lorber (FLV 5226))

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Blood Feast (1963)
Deep Throat (1972)
Female Trouble (1974)
Flaming Creatures (1963)
Mondo Trasho (1969)
Multiple Maniacs (1970)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
In Bad Taste (2000)

KEYWORDS

censorship, documentary, film history, film making, interviews

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009