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Divine Trash

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Divine Trash
DVD cover
Directed bySteve Yeager
Produced bySteve Yeager; Cindy Miller
StarringSteve Yeager
John Waters
The Dreamlanders
Steve Buscemi
CinematographySteve Yeager
Edited bySteve Yeager
Music byDon Barto
Distributed byFox Lorber
Release date
  • January 18, 1998 (1998-01-18)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000
Box office$39,842

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]

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

Cast

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Release

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Ollove 1998a, p. 4E.
  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. ^ a b Ollove 1998a, p. 1E.
  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. ^ "Divine Trash". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

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