A Dirty Shame is a 2004 film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Mink Stole, Suzanne Shepherd, Patricia Hearst, Susan Allenbach, Wes Johnson and Jackie Hoffman. The film, rated NC-17, was a return to style of the sexually raunchy films of his early pre-hollywood years, such as Pink Flamingos. It was filmed on-location in Baltimore on Harford Road, which is prominently featured in the movie.

Plot

Trivia

• In order to play a part of a stripper with enlarged breasts, Selma Blair had to be fitted with a pair of prosthetic devices.

• When the MPAA were asked what would needed to be cut to obtain an R rating, they replied that if everything the MPAA objected to were to be removed, the movie would only be 10 minutes long.

• Paul Giamatti was originally meant to play Vaughn Stickles, but dropped out to play in Sideways (2004).

• The scene where Sylvia changes her clothes in the back of the cab is based on a true story. John Waters once had to change clothes in the back of a cab on his way from an airport straight to a book signing.

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2004 films | Comedy films | Cult films | New Line Cinema films | Films shot in Maryland

A Dirty Shame