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List Price: $102.98 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 21014
Released: June 14, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NC-17
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
All new John Waters Gift Set that includes: A Dirty Shame, Desperate Living, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Pecker, Pink Flamingos, Polyester and a bonus disc of extras!
Description of John Waters Collection (A Dirty Shame NC-17 Version / Desperate Living / Female Trouble / Hairspray / Pecker / Pink Flamingos / Polyester):
Director John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure. His favorite leading lady, transvestite Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who longs for a little romance in her life because her husband and children drive her crazy. Salvation arrives in the form of Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), a drive-in owner who sweeps Francine off her feet (a mean task, given Divine's girth). But he's not all he's cracked up to be. Filmed in the miracle of Odorama, video viewers now have to imagine the scents (actually, odors) that came on the Odorama scratch-and-sniff card during the film's theatrical release. It won't be too hard. --Marshall Fine
John Waters Collection (A Dirty Shame NC-17 Version / Desperate Living / Female Trouble / Hairspray / Pecker / Pink Flamingos / Polyester) Reviews:
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY 
2009-02-20 - THIS FILM IS REALLY FUNNY. DIVINE AS USUAL IS GREAT IN IT. ONE OF MY FAVORITES. THEY SAY SOME REALLY FUNNY LINES. EDITH MASSEY AND DIVINE ARE TWO OF THE FUNNIEST CHARACTERS EVER. THERE'S NOTHING BAD I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS MOVIE. I NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING IT! LOVE IT!
Trash in a box 
2009-01-08 - A super collection of classic John Waters films included in a great box set. Although Hairspray and Pecker are a bit mainstream, the early and wonderfully decadent trashy films from the Bard of Baltimore are included. This is definitely a must for any fan of John Waters.
The most Trashy (and great) DVD collection !
2008-09-03 - The john Waters Collection is an amazing DVD Set. it brings together almost all of Waters's movies (excluding : Serial Mom,Cry-Baby and Cecil B DeMented,and of course his earlier films: Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs ect.)but still a excellent set. if you are a Waters fan, this set is for you ! whats cool about this set is that each DVD comes in its own case. not two on one disk or all together like some seasons, plus it's a normal sized case not one of those slim cheap ones.which shows that this set was made well. Waters commentaries on each of his films is as enjoyable as his films, offering all the dirt on the actors and the making of the films: all with that "Waters" style. and YES you DO get an ODORAMA Card with the "Polyester" DVD. Plus the bonus disk its great in itself!
Excellent, Mr. Waters
2008-05-28 - I love camp, its THE aesthetic for me. And this film is Douglas Sirk on acid. Not as purely absurd or sleazy as John Waters' early trash art, but I think thats the film's grace. Its his first tight, mainstream satire of American cultural illnesses. The first half of the film really makes art out of the depressing Hell that innocent Divine must wade through. It lets up for awhile, and the second half isn't as strong, but its not an unbalanced film or anything. Its great seeing Divine carry a film as a somewhat normal protagonist and flex his acting and amazing presence. I really commend Waters for the stylized direction and soundtrack that brings the film to life, moving away from his previous low-budget cinema verite and oddball pop selections (that we still love so much). If you enjoy 50s melodramas, punk rock, absurdist satires and Odorama, you'll find this is one of John's best.
Polyester 
2008-05-27 - I love offbeat movies. This is a low buget John Waters movie. It's a fun watch. It's worth watching the movie again with Water's comments over the film on this DVD. If you like this one, get "Lust in the Dust" also with Tab Hunter and Divine.
