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Cecil B. Demented (2000)

★ 6.4 · 298 ratings on TMDB

Demented Forever!

Cecil B. Demented poster★ 6.4

A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.

DirectorJohn Waters
CastAdrian Grenier, Alicia Witt, Eric Barry, Harry Dodge, Jack Noseworthy, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime
The emergence reading

Cecil B. Demented keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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