Cecil B. Demented
“Demented forever!”
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.
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Cast
36 people
Melanie Griffith
Honey Whitlock
Known for
Working Girl
Automata
Stephen Dorff
Cecil B. Demented
Known for
Blade
True Detective
Alicia Witt
Cherish
Known for
Urban Legend
Longlegs
Adrian Grenier
Lyle
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
Entourage
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Raven
Known for
The Dark Knight
Donnie Darko
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Lewis
Known for
The Wire
The Walking Dead
Jack Noseworthy
Rodney
Known for
Event Horizon
Surrogates
Michael Shannon
Petie
Known for
The Shape of Water
Man of Steel
Harry Dodge
Dinah
Also in
The Joy of Life
By Hook or by Crook
Eric Barry
Fidget
Also in
10-8: Officers on Duty
Boston Public
Zenzele Uzoma
Chardonnay
No other roles listed
Erika Auchterlonie
Pam
Also in
Homicide: Life on the Street
John Waters Director · Basil Poledouris Composer Zoë Poledouris Composer
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $10M · United States release August 11, 2000
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,961,544
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Le Studio Canal+
Production
Polar Entertainment
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Artic Productions LLC
Production
United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 17, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · August 11, 2000
Limited theatrical
United States
August 2, 2000 · Premiere · Baltimore, Maryland
September 1, 2000 · Theatrical
October 21, 2000 · Premiere · Fort Worth Film Festival
October 19, 2017 · Premiere · Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Argentina
April 23, 2001 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
June 12, 2001 · Physical
April 15, 2018 · Premiere · BAFICI - Buenos Aires Film Festival
Australia
April 18, 2001 · Physical · Video
Belgium
October 4, 2000 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 2, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Rio De Janeiro
April 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Finland
April 1, 2001 · Premiere · Night Visions Film Festival
April 20, 2001 · Theatrical
France
August 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
October 26, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
July 13, 2001 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 28, 2001 · Theatrical
Iceland
November 1, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
June 28, 2001 · Theatrical
Japan
April 28, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Tokyo
Netherlands
February 28, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Amsterdam
Norway
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Poland
November 11, 2021 · Premiere · American Film Festival
Portugal
May 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Russia
November 23, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
November 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 27, 2001 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
March 9, 2001 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 26, 2000 · Theatrical · German speaking region
October 26, 2000 · Digital
United Kingdom
December 8, 2000 · Theatrical
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