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Polyester can be rented or bought on Google Play Movies, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video and YouTube (United States).
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Synopsis
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Polyester is a movie released in 1981. Directed by John Waters. Starring Divine, Tab Hunter and Edith Massey.
Cast
DivineFrancine Fishpaw
Tab HunterTodd Tomorrow
Edith MasseyCuddles Kovinsky
David SamsonElmer Fishpaw
Mary GarlingtonLu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken KingDexter Fishpaw
Mink StoleSandra SullivanJJoni Ruth WhiteLa RueHHans KrammHeintzSStiv BatorsBo-Bo BelsingerRRick BreitenfeldDr. Arnold Quackenshaw
Michael WatsonFreddy AshtonTechnical details
Release
- Release date
- 29 May 1981
- Runtime
- 1 h 26 min
- Age rating
- R United States
Crew
- Directed by
- John Waters
- Written by
- John Waters
- Music
- Michael Kamen
- Cinematography
- David Insley
- Editing
- Charles Roggero
Origin and production
- Also known as
- Полиэстер (Soviet Union)
John Waters' Polyester (Australia) - Original language
- English
- Countries of origin
- United Kingdom United States
- Production companies
- New Line Cinema, Dreamland, Michael White Productions
- Filming locations
- Baltimore
- Story setting
- Baltimore
United KingdomBudget and box office
- Budget
- $300K
- Box office
- $1.1M 3.7× its budget
