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People eating dog business from the street to win a contest. Ricki Lake winning a dance contest. John Waters films always carry simple concepts (and simple people) through odd situations and pick up a few laughs along the way.
Edward Furlong plays the title character, named Pecker because "he always used to peck at his food" - a likely story Mr Waters! I bet Guy Ritchie never knew what he was getting into with Snatch either, eh? EH?
Anyway, Pecker is a sandwich shop worker by day, and photographer by day, and night, in fact he photographs pretty much anything - rats making love in a trash can, women shaving their legs on the bus. And then there's his dysfunctional family. His dad owns a bar, and is vehemently against the new strip bar across the way from his ("Pubic hair is illegal!"), his mother runs a thrift store and is determined to make homeless people look good.
His big sister works in a gay bar ("No teabagging!"), his little sister is obsessed with sugary snacks, and his most hilarious relative is Me-Ma-Ma, his grandmother with a ventriloquist's dummy of the Virgin Mary, who she manipulates into saying holy phrases.
Christina Ricci plays Pecker's laundromat-worker girlfriend who is mildy obsessed with laundry etiquette, and Brendon Sexton III is "the best thief in town" and Pecker's best friend.
Through his photographic misadventures, he becomes involved with the New York art scene when Lili Taylor's character sees his photos and makes him a star. This impacts on his family & friends, and he must try and get everyone back on his side and prove art hasn't gone to his head.
This is from the "Hairspray" school of John Waters movies - a few bits of surreal comdey but less gross-out stuff. If you're a fan, you'll love it, if not - try it, you might be surprised!
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Pecker a sandwich shop clerk takes photos of his rather odd family and friends and ... more
nobody thinks anything of them until one day a New York art dealer discovers his work and makes him famous. Is this what Pecker really wants? Another quirky entry from...
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Pecker (Edward Furlong) works in a sandwich shop and takes photos of his loving but ... more
peculiar family and friends on the side. Nobody thinks much of Pecker's 'ugly photographs of everyday life' until an art dealer from New York discovers his work and tur...
Jul 19th, 2001
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