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{{quote| "I am Cecil B. Demented, and '''this is a [[Precision F -Strike|fucking]] kidnapping!'''"}}
 
A 2000 comedy film by [[John Waters]] starring Stephen Dorff in the title role as deranged "independent director" '''''Cecil B. Demented''''', the leader of an equally deranged group of "filmmakers" who call themselves the Sprocket Holes and base themselves in Baltimore, Maryland. Their mission is to bring down mainstream cinema and destroy the studio system of filmmaking to make way for a new generation of film by any means necessary - which includes robbing theaters and stealing things like construction materials and film equipment in order to make their own film.
 
The crazed group just has one minor problem: their film doesn't have a star yet -- so they "acquire" one in Hollywood actress Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith), kidnapping her at the premiere of her latest film. Honey continually tries to stop Demented and his comrades-in-celluloid from making their film and secure her release, but when she sees how people react to her after she's joined up with the Sprocket Holes, she starts to turn to their side and get in on the (lights, camera, and) action of Demented's insane filmmaking.
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=== This film contains examples of: ===
 
* [[Affably Evil]]: Lyle and Petie.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Cecil and the [[Sprocket Holes]].
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Fidgit
* [[Camp Straight]]: Rodney, though he wishes he was [[Camp Gay]]
* [[Character Asas Himself]]: Kevin Nealon.
** Also, the head of the Baltimore Film Commission.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Raven.
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** Raven gets one as well: "Sorry, but Satan says you need more color!"
* [[Expy]]: Cherish is best known in the industry for being an Expy for Honey in porno knock offs of her big Hollywood movies.
* [[Five -Man Band]]:
** Cecil-[[The Hero]]
** Cherish-[[The Lancer]]
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** Fidgit, Lyle, Honey- [[The Chick]] (s)
** Honey's Bigest Fan- [[The Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Cherish, though she's easily placated by Cecil.
* [[Horned Hairdo]]: Raven, at the end.
* [[Hot Witch]]: Raven's actually a Satanist, but the idea's the same.
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** To a lesser extent, the kidnapping of Honey Whitlock - and her eventual siding with her captors - is similar to that of Patty Hearst's own kidnapping ordeal; Hearst herself appeared in this film (as Fidget's mother), and has appeared in every one of John Waters' other films after ''Cry Baby''.
** Also, {{spoiler|Honey setting her hair on fire}} was inspired by something Waters asked Mink Stole to do while filming ''[[Pink Flamingos]]'' (which she refused to do).
* [[StraightInvisible Gayto Gaydar]]: Petie
* [[The Renfield]]: Fidget
* [[I Ate What?|She's Drinking What?]]: "It's goat urine!"
* [[Shonen Hair]]: Cecil.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Each of the Sprocket Holes are tattooed with the name of a different director (ironically enough, none of them have a "[[Cecil B De Mille|Cecil B. DeMille]]" tattoo).
* [[Title Drop]]: The quote at the top of the page is the first time the character's name is heard in the movie.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Cecil and the Sprocket Holes.
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Cecil B. Demented]]
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