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Harris Glenn Milstead Jr. (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female ...
Milstead met maverick film director & good friend, John Waters, at high school in Baltimore, and the two combined to star in and direct several ultra low budget, taboo breaking cult films of the early 1970s.
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- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 13, 2020 · Divine: Directed by Jan Schomburg. With Callum Turner, Matilda De Angelis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Paolo Bonacelli. Tells the story of insecure Gregory Spring, who first has to fly to Vatican City in order to overcome his fears, report on the election of the pope and to fall in love.
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- Comedy
- Jan Schomburg
- 2020-08-13
- Philip Sledge
- Hairspray (1988) And finally, there is John Waters and Divine's most-known collaboration the 1998 comedy Hairspray, in which the lovable drag queen trades in his days of murder and mayhem to take on the role of Edna Turnblad, the somewhat kind and overbearing mother of the film's main character Tracy Turnblad (played by Ricki Lake).
- Pink Flamingos (1972) Next, we have Pink Flamingos, which made for one of the most unsettling, disgusting, and memorable movie experiences of my life.
- Polyester (1981) The 1981 comedy Polyester might have had a larger budget than John Waters' earlier work, but that doesn't mean the obscene director held back on the shock and awe of this sick and twisted story of murder, deceit, and broken families.
- Female Trouble (1974) Next on the list is John Waters 1974 cult-classic Female Trouble which the filmmaker dedicated to Charles "Tex" Watson of the Manson Family.
Jul 25, 2014 · The Divine Move: Directed by Beom-gu Cho. With Jung Woo-sung, Lee Beom-su, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Si-young. A professional baduk player infiltrates his local underground gambling scene to avenge his brother's death.
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- Action, Crime
- Beom-gu Cho
- 2014-07-25
Divines is a 2016 drama film directed by Houda Benyamina. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Houda Benyamina won the Caméra d'Or. The film also was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery section.
While reporting on the election of the Pope in Rome, the completely atheistic journalist Gregory falls in love with Maria of all people, who is about to become a nun and is therefore actually promised to God. Gregory faces an accumulation of mysterious obstacles as he tries to get closer to Maria.
