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Roman Candles

May 10, 1967

0h 28m

★ 6.4

A triple projected trash epic

Overview

Shot on 8mm, and featuring the introduction of Divine, John Waters' sophomore film is a plotless collage of random incidents involving sex, drugs, religion and The Wizard of Oz, it was shown with an equally random soundtrack mixing “obnoxious radio advertisements, rock 'n' roll and press conferences with Lee Harvey Oswald's mother”. It was shown three times publicly, but never released commercially.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Dreamland

Roman Candles Trailers

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Cast

Party Guest / Man with Scarf

Divine

Man in Bed

Mark Isherwood

Reading Man

David Lochary

Bride with Whip / Woman in Bed

Mona Montgomery

Party Guest

Pat Moran

Woman Attacked by Fan

Mary Vivian Pearce

Man with Electric Fan / Man in Bed

Bob Skidmore

Smoking Nun

Maelcum Soul

Party Guest

Mink Stole

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