Cry-Baby
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| Directed by | John Waters |
| Produced by | Rachel Talalay Imagine Entertainment |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Starring | Johnny Depp Amy Locane Traci Lords Ricki Lake Iggy Pop Susan Tyrell Patty Hearst |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | David Insley |
| Editing by | Janice Hampton |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 6, 1990 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 85 min. (original version) 92 min. (2005 director's cut) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million (est) |
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Cry-Baby is a musical from 1990 directed by John Waters. It stars Johnny Depp as 1950s teen rebel Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, and also features a bizarre cast that includes rock star Iggy Pop, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake, David Nelson and Patty Hearst. The film failed at the box office upon its first release, but has subsequently become a cult movie.
The film is a parody of teen musicals such as Grease, of Elvis Presley movies, and of 1950s 'juvenile delinquent' movies. It centers on a group of delinquents named the Drapes and their interaction with the rest of the town and its other subculture, the Squares, in 1950s Baltimore. "Cry-Baby" Walker, a Drape, and Allison, a Square, create upheaval and turmoil in their town by breaking the subculture taboos and falling in love. Part of the film takes place at the now-closed Enchanted Forest amusement park in Ellicott City, Maryland.
The film is rated PG-13 in the U.S. It was Waters' second mainstream Hollywood picture, after his earlier R- and X-rated independent films. The first was Hairspray.
Cry-Baby will be the second of Waters' films to be translated to the stage as a musical comedy (following Hairspray (musical). It will be performed at La Jolla Playhouse as part of their 2007 Season.
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[edit] Plot
In John Waters' second mainstream motion picture at a PG-13 rating, Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker(Johnny Depp) is a greaser (or "drape" in John Waters' vocabulary) who falls in love with "square" Allison Vernon-Williams (Amy Locane). Her grandmother (Polly Bergen) and ex-boyfriend Baldwin (Stephen Mailer) are disgusted with her love for Cry-Baby. Meanwhile, Cry-Baby's sister Pepper (Ricki Lake) is pregnant with a baby while taking care of two other children. Co-starring Susan Tyrell as Cry-Baby and Pepper's grandmother Ramona, Iggy Pop as their Uncle Belvedere, Kim McGuire as "drape" Mona Malronowski aka Hatchet-Face, Traci Lords as sexually-active drape Wanda Woodward, Darren E. Burrows as Mona's boyfriend Milton Hackett, and Kim Webb as Lenora Pritchett, a drape obsessed with Cry-Baby.
[edit] Box Office
Cry-Baby opened on April 6, 1990 in 1,229 North American cinemas - an unprecedented number for a John Waters film. In its opening weekend, it grossed a soft $3,004,905 ($2,445 per screen) and grossed only $8,266,343 by the end of its theatrical run[1], thus not recouping the estimated $12 million budget.[2] However, thanks to the presence of Johnny Depp, Cry-Baby has since proven lucrative on television, video, and DVD.
[edit] Cast
- Johnny Depp - Wade Walker / Cry-Baby: leader of the Drapes
- Amy Locane - Allison Vernon-Williams: member of the Squares who wants to become a Drape
- Polly Bergen - Mrs. Vernon-Williams: Allison's over-protective grandmother
- Susan Tyrrell - Ramona Rickettes: Wade and Pepper's grandmother
- Iggy Pop - Belvedere Rickettes: Wade and Pepper's uncle
- Ricki Lake - Pepper Walker: Wade's pregnant sister
- Traci Lords - Wanda Woodward: sexually provocative drape
- Kim McGuire - Mona Malnorowski / Hatchet-Face: aggressive and incredibly ugly drape
- Darren E. Burrows - Milton Hackett: Mona's boyfriend
- Kim Webb - Lenora Pritchett: Drape who is obsessed with Wade
- Stephen Mailer - Baldwin: Allison's boyfriend and leader of the Squares
- Jonathan Benya - Snare-Drum: Pepper's son
- Jessica Raskin - Susie Q.: Pepper's daughter
- Robert Walsh - Judge: local judge who is quite interested in Mrs. Vernon-Williams
[edit] Quotes
- Pepper: My brother wouldn't touch your titties with a ten foot pole. He like his women bad, Lenora, not cheap.
- Cry Baby: Kiss me, kiss me hard.
- Allison: I've never given a French kiss before.
- Pepper: She's a scrape. Half square, half drape. I think she's pretty.
- Wanda: Can you just get me the f*** of of here?
- Wanda's mom: What does F*** mean?
- Wanda's dad: It's just a teen nonsense word Wanda uses to make herself feel grown up.
- Wanda's mom: Oh. Judge can we take Wanda the f*** home?
- [everybody laughs]
Patty Hearst- I'm a terrorist (everybody laughs)
