When this kid gets out of high school, he's going to amount to something. Other new and recent reviews include: A crewmember is shot and someone in the growing crowd punches another person. She declines but he smokes some himself. Lyle mentions something about trying some "special K" and we then see him snorting what's presumably cocaine off his hand. We later hear that a woman died of a heart attack brought on by the raid.

Petie asks Honey, "Did you ever f*ck Mel Gibson?" Back in the porno movie, Cherish suggestively asks, "Why is it that men only want my ass?" One of the "sprocket holes," Raven, is a Satanist and at one point states that she "hasn't had this much fun since my last livestock mutilation." MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 film about a group of renegade filmmakers who kidnap a Hollywood actress to star in their underground film. Some tables are overturned and the cops then open fire, hitting one of renegade crewmembers. Lyle breathes glue fumes from a paper bag. Extreme ©1996-2020 Screen It, Inc. MELANIE GRIFFITH plays a mean and spoiled, Hollywood movie star who use strong profanity, drinks martinis and eventually accepts her role in Cecil's mission of being a film terrorist. It's a free country. and "How big is his d*ck anyway?" And Griffith, as Honey Whitlock, gets into the spirit. Written and Directed by John Waters; Latest blog posts.

Crewmembers pour gasoline (or something similarly flammable) on a willing participant, light him on fire in a wheelchair and then roll him off the top of a building.

In the ensuing chaos, some crew members escape with the raw film footage while others are shot.

She then kisses a gerbil that she's holding, but it gets away and it's implied that it then crawls up her butt (as we see a shot of her scantily clad rear and then of her reacting to such an occurrence). Family is just a dirty word for censorship! Comedy: A band of renegade filmmakers kidnaps a Hollywood actress and forces her to appear in their low-budget, independent and decidedly anti-Hollywood film. The audience helps Cecil escape. Lyle tells Honey, "I've had a boner for you for years." CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film. He then tells everyone to save his or her sexual energy for the silver screen. One strikes herself and another puts a gun in his mouth, while one puts the pointy end of a comb into his own ear, another staples himself with a staple gun and a woman puts what looks like an eyelash curler on her tongue.

Combined with the above, there are at least 71 "f" words (10 used with "mother," 8 used sexually), 19 "s" words, 3 slang terms for/using male genitals ("d*ck" and "c*cks*cker"), 1 slang term for female genitals ("p*ssy"), 2 slang terms for breasts ("t*t"), 2 slang terms for sex ("laid"), 12 asses (7 used with "hole"), 3 damns, 3 S.O.B.s, 2 hells, 1 crap, 6 uses of "Oh my God," 4 each of "G-damn" and "God," 2 of "Oh God" and 1 use each of "For Christ's sakes," "Jesus" and "Good God" as exclamations. Cecil then zaps the camera operator and his assistant with an electronic zapper, while the others hold guns on other people.

(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). Larry Gilliard Jr. as Lewis. You think just cause you've made "real" movies you're better than me, don't you?

A man etches a word (or letters) on his forehead with something sharp (that forms the letters in blood). Cecil fires a warning shot into the ceiling, while Cherish fires a shot into the popcorn popper, while a table and display are also turned over.

Old movie posters are plastered on the walls, the cult hangs around in what looks like a rec room, and there are movie in-jokes everywhere. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Meanwhile, the theater manager is looking through a porno magazine with the title, "Hershey Highway" and then gets Cherish to sign a box of "Sticky Bunz" (a sex toy presumably molded after her rear end). 13 August 2000, 08 September 2020 We then see Cherish and Cecil having sex again with movement and sounds but no nudity. Cecil then zaps the camera operator and his assistant with an electronic zapper, while the others hold guns on other people. After Honey says that she doesn't feel the correct motivation to act, Cecil zaps her with an electronic zapper. . (0:46), Lyle: "I’m stuck in a K-hole, and I can’t get out." PROFANITY Trying to rescue Honey, the crewmembers ram their van into a police car. A group of family filmgoers throw candy and other concession items at Cecil and his crew. We see a small, bloody bullet hole in another person's head.

Blood/Gore After these events, the crew invades the set of the Forrest Gump sequel being filmed in Baltimore, at Honey's suggestion. After initially declining a martini that Fidget brings her, Honey eventually accepts it. With the film finished, the SprocketHoles start having sex in public before the authorities step in. Cecil then states that no one "gets laid" until they finish their movie. She then adds that "my father sat on my face" as he opened his Christmas presents. As such, they kidnap Honey at her premiere, dye her hair and force her to appear in their low budget film that, not coincidentally, is about a bunch of young and angry filmmakers who wish to destroy anything and everything to do with mainstream films. We see a small, bloody bullet hole in a person's head. A Teamster throws a person up against a wall. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Cherish tells Cecil that she wants "a little action" as we see most of her upper thigh/side of butt in her fishnet stockings. People have drinks at a reception. When the SprocketHole crew arrives, they subdue and replace many of the film's crew.

Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Honey is introduced to Cecil's crew of followers, each of whom wears a tattoo of a noted filmmaker and reveals unique, individual quirks. It's possible some viewers could find scenes listed under "Violence" as a bit tense, but none of them are intentionally played that way. #AACAPAM20 Profanity

We then see Cherish and Cecil having sex again with movement and sounds but no nudity.

He replies, "I do want to f*ck you, Cherish, but I can't." Oh, please. LARRY GILLIARD, JR. plays the film's set designer who has a penchant for attacking people with his staple gun. The director tells Honey, "I’m Cecil B. Demented, your new director." Minor Each of the SprocketHoles has infiltrated the staff of the theater where the premiere is to take place; they subsequently kidnap Honey as she concludes her remarks on stage. Lyle smokes some pot. "Cecil B. Demented" takes this tendency to an almost unwatchable extreme, in a home movie that's like a bunch of kids goofing off. After initially declining a martini that Fidget brings her, Honey eventually accepts it. Tense FamilyScenes

Phrases: "F*ck the studio system," "Little f*cker," "F*ckheads," "F*ck off," "Cool as sh*t," "Boner" (erection), "Laid" and "Horny" (sexual), "Look at the t*ts on her," "Lunatic," "Bitch" (said many times, including in one song), "Shut up," "Balls" (testicles), "Scarier than hell," "Bite the big one," "Nut" (crazy person), "What the hell," "Whackers" (masturbators) and "Bite me.". Alcohol/Drugs Moderate

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Indiewire This shot can still be seen on the intro to the DVD menu, and in one of the trailers. Back in the porno movie, Cherish suggestively asks, "Why is it that men only want my ass?" To realize his latest film, Cecil decides to kidnap the Hollywood star Honey Whitlock, who's considered a "fickle diva". Dear Diary, another day, and it's the same old thing. Lyle: ”Hey, Honey, you want some ecstasy?” (0:24), Driver Petie gags himself with the muzzle of his pistol as though preparing to shoot himself.
Cecil B. Demented (STEPHEN DORFF), is an angry young man who hates everything to do with Hollywood and the commercial films it constantly spits out. JUMP SCENES An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Honey has a martini and we then see her making another one. The site's consensus states "The idea behind John Waters' latest has much potential, but the movie ends up being too sloppy and underdeveloped in terms of script and direction. He then states that he once had many problems, but now is grateful that he only has one (drugs). At first she resists, shooting scenes with no emotion, but when Cecil demands better results, Honey gives an over-the-top performance in the film's opening scene which pleases him.

Meanwhile, there's more masturbatory behavior from the viewers in the audience. It's me, Cherish, and I need your hardcore help! He then tells her and her crewmembers to "go on in, pop a load." One of the crewmembers grabs a deliveryman and slams him into the side of his van, knocking him out. They then plan to use the resultant film footage of such action, along with their increasingly pent-up sexual energy, into making their low-budget, and decidedly independent film, "Raving Beauty." Extreme Mild Melanie Griffith as Honey Whitlock. A person who's been shot has a small patch of blood on their shirt. The crew consists of Lewis (LARRY GILLIARD, JR.), the art/set director; Raven (MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL) a Satan worshipping makeup artist; and Fidget (ERIC M. BARRY) a young costume designer who occasionally wants to run back home. We briefly see some martial arts combat in an old movie. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Cecil_B._Demented&oldid=2670977, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.   |  JumpScenes Others then grab and briefly choke other people (we also see that they've bound several Teamsters). Someone then mentions that there's just one last camera setup and they can then have sex. A man etches a word (or letters) on his forehead with something sharp (that forms the letters in blood). Cecil and his followers obviously have both for kidnapping Honey and disrupting and robbing a benefit premiere, for admitting to stealing much of what they have from city construction sites, for telling Fidget that his parents are the enemy of the cinema (after he states that he wants to go home) and disrupting other events and opening fire on others. Cecil and the crew take over the projection room, and he proceeds to excite the crowd into a frenzy. He's assembled a small and renegade filmmaking crew - the "sprocket holes" -- whose assignment is to take back the cinema along the lines of acting like a bunch of terrorist filmmakers.
JACK NOSEWORTHY plays the film's hair designer who uses strong profanity and is or wants to be gay. Chardonnay hits someone with her boom microphone, while her associates hold guns on others. ga('send', 'pageview'); Sinclair Stevens, a.k.a. Honey: ”How can you be a drug addict in the new millennium?” The crewmembers rush into a porno movie theater for refuge that just so happens to be playing one of Cherish's porno films, "Rear Entry" (the marquee reads "An All Anal Evening"). A boy in a wheelchair kicks a chairwoman who's introduced him. and see everyone have a good time. Like Ed Wood (but inevitably at a higher level of artistry), he seems to enjoy the actual process of making films: He likes to go to the set, have actors, say "Action!"