Directed by:
Mark RuckerScreenplay:
Charles BuschComposer:
Dennis McCarthyCast:
Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Angela Paton, Jason Priestley, Frances Conroy, Philip Baker Hall, Josh Hutchinson, Stark Sands, Nora Dunn (more)Plots(1)
Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is a former cabaret singer whose career has long since hit the skids and crashed to an abrupt halt. Her marriage to producer Sol Sussman (Philip Baker Hall) is rapidly heading the way of her career, but with Sol unwilling to agree to a divorce Angela gets busy with a bottle of arsenic and terminates the marriage in a less-than-legal manner. Now free to carry on her illicit affair with hot young stud Tony (Jason Priestley), Angela first has to deal with a suspicious daughter, Edith (Natasha Lyonne), and equally suspicious family maid Bootsie (Frances Conroy). Son Lance (Stark Sands) also plays a crucial role, especially when it turns out that both he and Edith are also bedding Tony. First-time director Mark Rucker has successfully created a camp classic by working closely with his talented star and screenwriter Busch, who gloriously hams it up for the cameras throughout, delivering a constant barrage of pithy one-liners. Priestley, Lyonne, and Sands provide deliciously silly support throughout, culminating in a movie that resembles a version of FAR FROM HEAVEN produced by trashy cult director John Waters. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charles Busch
USA
Best movies:
Addams Family Values (1993)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Natasha Lyonne
USA
Best movies:
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
American Reunion (2012)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Angela Paton
USA
Best movies:
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Dirty Harry (1971)
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV movie)
Jason Priestley
Canada
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Frances Conroy
USA
Best movies:
Joker (2019)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Philip Baker Hall
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
The Rock (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Josh Hutchinson
USA
Best movies:
The Rapture (1991)
Mr. Gibb (2006)
Stark Sands
USA
Best movies:
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11:14 (2003)
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Nora Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Cherish (2002)
Victor Raider-Wexler
USA
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Benji (1974)
Paul Vinson
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Stanley DeSantis
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Boogie Nights (1997)