Pink Flamingos

:See also Caribbean flamingo.

Notes

• Some of the film's more shocking scenes include a sex scene involving a live chicken (which was killed in the process and subsequently eaten), Divine giving a "present" to her son on his birthday (performing fellatio), and a finale in which Divine tries to eat fresh dog feces but she can't swallow it and vomits.
• The film's narrative does not bear up under close scrutiny (a package is mailed and delivered in the same afternoon) and there are scenes which are hard to watch but, according to interviews, this was exactly what Waters intended. Waters himself called the film an "exercise in poor taste." Many viewers, in fact, watch Pink Flamingos in order to be shocked.
• In 1997 the film was re-released, with an improved stereo soundtrack (which, unlike the original, was made available to the general public, on compact disc), and after the end of the original movie the new version contained a brief video commentary by Waters, plus a few scenes cut from the original release. The re-release was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America.