Pink Flamingos 1972 R18+

When

7.45pm, Wed 8 Jun 2016 (106 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

Filmmaker John Waters exploded into infamy with this darkly comic classic, in which cross-dresser Divine stars as Babs Johnson, a criminal in hiding from the FBI in a trailer outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanying Babs are her mother (Edith Massey), a woman who is obsessed with eggs; her son Crackers (Danny Mills); and Cotton (Mary Vivian Pierce), Babs's "travelling companion" and Crackers' co-conspirator in unwholesome play.

R18+ | Adult themes, Sexual references

Pink Flamingos is screening from 35mm film print. Please note this rare film print is losing colour and is turning pink.

Screening: Fri 23 Oct 8.05pm, Wed 4 Nov 8.25pm, Sun 15 Nov 12.45pm

Film Details

  • Director/Script/Cinematographer/Editor: John Waters
  • Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive
  • Rights: Roadshow Entertainment
  • Year: 1972
  • Runtime: 106 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: colour
  • Screening Format: 16mm Transferred to 35mm