Overview
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
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Awards
Won the Teddy Award (1991) and the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award (1991)
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Box office
Grossed $610K worldwide, about 2.4 times its $250K budget
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Maryse Alberti
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Todd HaynesWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 5, 1991
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $250K
- Revenue
- $609.5K
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Edith MeeksFelicia Beacon ("Hero")- Millie WhiteMillie Sklar ("Hero")
- Buck SmithGregory Lazar ("Hero")
- Anne Giotta Evelyn McAlpert ("Hero")
- Lydia LafleurSylvia Manning ("Hero")
- Ian NemserSean White ("Hero")
Rob LaBelleJay Wete ("Hero")
Evan DunskyDr. MacArthur ("Hero")- Marina LutzHazel Lamprecht ("Hero")
- Barry CassidyOfficer Rilt ("Hero")
Richard AnthonyEdward Comacho ("Hero")- Angela M. SchreiberFlorence Giddens ("Hero")
- Justin SilversteinJake ("Hero")
- Chris SinghChris ("Hero")
- Edward AllenFred Beacon ("Hero")
- Carlos JimenezJose ("Hero")
- Larry MaxwellDr. Graves ("Horror")
Susan NormanNancy Olsen ("Horror")- Al QuagliataDeputy Hansen ("Horror")
- Michelle SullivanProstitute ("Horror")
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