Polyester (1981)

05/29/1981 (GB) • 1h 26m

Comedy, Drama

It’s Scentsational!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Divine

Francine Fishpaw

Tab Hunter

Todd Tomorrow

Edith Massey

Cuddles Kovinsky

David Samson

Elmer Fishpaw

Mary Garlington

Lu-Lu Fishpaw

Ken King

Dexter Fishpaw

Mink Stole

Sandra Sullivan


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$300,000.00

Revenue

$1,120,000.00

Keywords

infidelity

pornography

bad smell

chaos

cocaine

baltimore, usa

dark comedy

housewife

satire

dysfunctional family

evil mother

playboy

pro-life protesters

misfit

promiscuity

camp

feet

drag

teenage pregnancy

1980s

jevenile delinquency

alcoholic mother

foot fetish

macrame

melodrama

odorama

post nuclear family

american family

aa meeting

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