A Dirty Shame

A Dirty Shame (2004)

Threatening the very limits of common decency.

Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.

Date of release
2004-09-24
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (311)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Director
John Waters

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.9M
  • Budget: $15M
  • Earned 0.1× its budget
  • Filmed in: Baltimore

A Dirty Shame is a 2004 American satirical sex comedy film written and directed by John Waters and starring Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, and Chris Isaak. It follows a community in suburban Baltimore divided between people with highly conservative attitudes towards sexuality, and those who have been turned into sex addicts after experiencing concussions.

Production

John Waters decided to make the film after discovering several sexual slang terms and branches existed on the internet, explaining the groups and terminology found in the film. The film was shot entirely on-location in Baltimore on Harford Road which is prominently featured in the film.

The film received an NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). This caused the film's distribution to be severely limited, as most major theater chains don't show NC-17 rated films while media outlets are reluctant to carry advertising for these movies.

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