Divine Trash

Divine Trash
Divine Trash
	DVD cover
Directed by	Steve Yeager
Produced by	Steve Yeager; Cindy Miller
Starring	Steve Yeager; John Waters; The Dreamlanders; Steve Buscemi
Cinematography	Steve Yeager
Edited by	Steve Yeager
Music by	Don Barto
Distributed by	Fox Lorber
Release date	January 18, 1998;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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

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

^ Ollove 1998a, p. 4E.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Ollove 1998a, p. 1E.
^ Ollove, Michael (December 27, 1998). "Steve Yeager, talking 'Trash'". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 5F. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Divine Trash". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

Bibliography

Ollove, Michael (February 3, 1998a). "In the Pink". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. p. 1E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Divine Trash at IMDb
Divine Trash at Rotten Tomatoes

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[FOOTNOTEOllove1998a[httpswwwnewspaperscomarticlethe-baltimore-sun127720968_4E]-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.

[FOOTNOTEOllove1998a[httpswwwnewspaperscomarticlethe-baltimore-sun127720624_1E]-3] 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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v t e John Waters
Feature films	Mondo Trasho (1969) Multiple Maniacs (1970) Pink Flamingos (1972) Female Trouble (1974) Desperate Living (1977) Polyester (1981) Hairspray (1988) Cry-Baby (1990) Serial Mom (1994) Pecker (1998) Cecil B. Demented (2000) A Dirty Shame (2004)
Short films	Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964) Roman Candles (1966) Eat Your Makeup (1968) The Diane Linkletter Story (1970)
Adaptations	Hairspray (2002 musical) Cry-Baby (2007 musical) Hairspray (2007 film) Hairspray Live! (2016 special)
Films about	Divine Waters (1985) Divine Trash (1998) In Bad Taste (2000) This Filthy World (2006)
Other	Dreamlanders "The Creep" Liarmouth