6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
“It’s Scentsational!”
Polyester (1981)
May 29, 19811h 26mEN
7.0
187 votes
Overview
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Director
John WatersWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
Mandarin
Budget
$300K
Revenue
$1.1M
Production Companies
New Line CinemaDreamlandMichael White Productions
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0Remember the sensation that was "Smellyvision"? Well armed with a card which had ten different smells concealed under some silver foil spots, we set off to watch the escapades of the "Fishpaw" family. Divine is on good form as "Francine", the much put upon wife of serial womaniser "Elmer" (David Sampson) and mother to "Lulu" (Mary Garlington) and her wayward brother "Dexter" (Ken King). Her well-to-do suburban life all starts to come crashing down when her husband's soft-porn cinema attracts some local attention - of the wrong sort; the daughter manages to become pregnant with the help of a lo…
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