Rent Polyester (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 20min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Meet Francine Fishpaw (Divine), tortured suburban housewife. With a pornographer husband, a pregnant teenage daughter, and a son with a foot-stomping fetish, Francine smells trouble around every corner. That is, until she meets and falls madly in love with Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter). Also starring Edith Massey as Cuddles, Francine's best friend, and Mink Stole as the husband's mistress.
- Actors:
- Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, Hans Kramm, Stiv Bators, Rick Breitenfeld, Michael Watson, Derek Neal, Jean Hill, Jim Hill, John Brothers, Mary Vivian Pearce, Sharon Niesp, Cookie Mueller, Marina Melin
- Directors:
- John Waters
- Producers:
- John Waters
- Writers:
- John Waters
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
- A History of Cinemas in Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/10/2019
- Run Time:
- 86 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary featuring Waters from the 1993 Criterion laserdisc release of the film
- New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
- New program featuring interviews with Waters collaborators Tab Hunter, Dennis Dermody, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, and Greer Yeaton
- Interviews from 1993 with crew members Moran, Peranio, and Van Smith
- Archival interviews with Waters, Moran, and actors Divine and Edith Massey, featuring footage from the making of the film
- Twenty minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes
- Trailer
- An essay by film scholar Elena Gorfinkel, a foldout poster of the cover, and a scratch-and-sniff Odorama card
