Polyester (1981)
Comedy, Drama • 1h 26m
Director: John Waters
Cast: 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, Mary Vivian Pearce, Sharon Niesp, Cookie Mueller, Marina Melin, Susan Lowe, Tom Diventi, George Hulse, Tony Parkham, Paul Holland, Alberto Panella, Frank Tamburo, Nancy Morgan, Keats Smith, Gordon Kamka, David Klein, George Stover, Steve Yeager, Marv Egoff, John De La Vega, Chuck Yeaton, George Udell, Mrs. Horner, Katie Casey, Gail Kondylas, Judith Klein, Alan Hauser, Garey Lambert, Lynda Lambert, Dorothy Braundy, George Figgs, Leo Braudy, Pat Figgs, Joan Insley, Sam Insley, Brook Yeaton, Jonah Klein, Kitty Samson, Stuart Rome, Paula Rome, Steve Waters, Treva Barnes, Sharon Waters, Anne Mallory, John Allen, Jay Allen, Tommy Allen, Hilary Aidus, Joan Erbe
About the film
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.
- Alternative Titles
- John Waters' Polyester
Director: John Waters
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Criterion 4K is in director's preferred aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
Director: John Waters
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Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
5.1: Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
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Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: John Waters
Criterion Blu-ray
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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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