The Diane Linkletter Story
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| The Diane Linkletter Story | |
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| Directed by | John Waters |
| Produced by | John Waters |
| Written by | John Waters |
| Starring | Divine David Lochary Mary Vivian Pearce |
| Distributed by | Dreamland |
| Release date(s) | April 10, 1970 |
| Running time | 10 min. |
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The Diane Linkletter Story is a 1969 16mm short film by Baltimore, Maryland, USA filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce and David Lochary.
This improvised film is based on the true-life suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter fret about their daughter's recent behavior, which includes taking drugs and dating a lowlife named Jim. Eventually, the parents confront Diane, which results in her suicide under the influence of LSD.
Waters claims that the film is "accidental" – he and his friends improvised a story while testing a new synch-sound camera (later used on Multiple Maniacs).
The film was unreleased in any form until it showed up on a 1990 videotape entitled A Divine Double Feature.
[edit] Cast
- Divine as Diane Linkletter
- David Lochary as Art Linkletter
- Mary Vivian Pearce as Mrs. Linkletter
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