Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 American black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers who force her to star in their underground film. Stephen Dorff stars as the eponymous character and leader of the group, with Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Michael Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal co-starring as the rest of his gang of filmmakers. Each of the filmmakers in the film bears tattoos of various underground directors' names, including Otto Preminger, Kenneth Anger, Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Spike Lee, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pedro Almodóvar, and Andy Warhol.The title of the film (also the name of Dorff's character) alludes to legendary director Cecil B. DeMille. The film is loosely based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and like all of Waters' films, was shot in Baltimore, Maryland; Hearst has a cameo role. The film was given a limited release in North American cinemas on August 11, 2000. It was released to home media through Artisan, and later, Lionsgate Home Entertainment in the United States. For her role as Honey Whitlock, Griffith was nominated for Worst Actress at the 2000 Golden Raspberry Awards. Despite the lukewarm response from critics, the film has attained something of a cult status in later years.[citation needed]. }
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- Cecil_B._Demented abstract "Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 American black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers who force her to star in their underground film. Stephen Dorff stars as the eponymous character and leader of the group, with Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Michael Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal co-starring as the rest of his gang of filmmakers. Each of the filmmakers in the film bears tattoos of various underground directors' names, including Otto Preminger, Kenneth Anger, Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Spike Lee, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pedro Almodóvar, and Andy Warhol.The title of the film (also the name of Dorff's character) alludes to legendary director Cecil B. DeMille. The film is loosely based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and like all of Waters' films, was shot in Baltimore, Maryland; Hearst has a cameo role. The film was given a limited release in North American cinemas on August 11, 2000. It was released to home media through Artisan, and later, Lionsgate Home Entertainment in the United States. For her role as Honey Whitlock, Griffith was nominated for Worst Actress at the 2000 Golden Raspberry Awards. Despite the lukewarm response from critics, the film has attained something of a cult status in later years.[citation needed]".