Rent Desperate Living (1977)
3.5 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Following the unrepentant outrageousness of 'Pink Flamingos' and 'Female Trouble', director John Waters brought his notorious trash trilogy to a fittingly twisted close with this antifascist fairy tale. After hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) murders her husband with the help of her fed-up housekeeper (Jean Hill), the newfound "sisters in crime" escape to the bizarro shantytown of Mortville, a depraved penal colony presided over by a despotic queen (Edith Massey) whose tyranny pushes her subjects to shocking revolt. Deviant cops, death by dog food, DIY surgery - Waters unleashes all this and more in an at once relentlessly warped and oddly moral vision of queer rebellion.
- Actors:
- Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, Jean Hill, Brook Yeaton, Karen Gerwig, Jay Allan, Al Strapelli, George Stover, Turkey Joe, Willie Brooks, James Yeaton, Ed Peranio, Steve Butow, Channing Wilroy, Steve Parker, Pete Denzer, Chuck Yeaton
- Directors:
- John Waters
- Producers:
- John Waters
- Writers:
- John Waters
- Aka:
- Mortville
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/07/2026
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary featuring Waters and actor Liz Renay
- New conversation between Waters and film programmer Cristina Cacioppo
- Back to Mortville, a tour of the film's main Baltimore location, led by Waters
- New interview with actors Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Mink Stole
- Interview with production designer Vincent Peranio
- Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/07/2026
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
