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Polyester is a 1981 American comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters, and starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, and Mink Stole. It satirizes the melodramatic genre of women's pictures, particularly those directed by Douglas Sirk, whose work directly influenced this film.
Polyester (1981) - YouTube. Buy or rent. R. YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 346. A housewife's unhappy life changes for the better when she meets handsome Todd Tomorrow,...
Feb 13, 2021 · The original trailer of Polyester. Directed by John Waters. With Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson. AKA: Hullu haiseva maailma John Waters' Polyester Poliester Poliészter ...
Elmer (David Samson), her husband and the owner of an adult theater, is sleeping with his secretary, and her delinquent teen son, Dexter (Ken King), and pregnant teen daughter, Lulu (Mary ...
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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.
Polyester. For his first studio picture, filth maestro John Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama.
Plus-sized transvestite Divine (the original "Hairspray," "Pink Flamingos") stars opposite '50s heartthrob Tab Hunter ("Dark Horse," "Out of the Dark") in this comic tale about a housewife with an overdeveloped sense of smell who is driven to the brink of insanity by her nightmarish husband, children and mother.
