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Divine Trash

1998 American film

Divine Trash is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Steve Yeager about the life and work of filmmaker John Waters, and the making of the 1972 film Pink Flamingos, which is written and directed by Waters and stars Divine.[1][2]

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Divine Trash premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, where it won Yeager the Filmmakers Trophy for Best Documentary.[3]

Cast

Release

Divine Trash had its premiere at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where it won Yeager the Filmmakers Trophy for Best Documentary.[3] Following its Sundance premiere, Yeager re-cut the film in order to excise roughly eight minutes of footage from films and television programs for which he had not secured the usage rights; after being re-edited, Divine Trash screened at the Senator Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 5, 1998.[4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on five reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Ollove 1998a, p. 4E.
  2. [2]
    Holden, Stephen (March 31, 2000). "Divine Trash (1998) Film Review; How a Fan of the Wicked Witch Became a Succes de Scandale". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Ollove 1998a, p. 1E.
  4. [4]
    Ollove, Michael (December 27, 1998). "Steve Yeager, talking 'Trash'". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 5F. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Divine Trash". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

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