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A Dirty Shame is a 2004 film satire by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Mink Stole, Suzanne Shepherd, Patricia Hearst, Susan Allenbach, Wes Johnson and Jackie Hoffman. The film, rated NC-17, was a return to style of the sexually raunchy films of his early pre-Hollywood years, such as Pink Flamingos. It was filmed on-location in Baltimore on Harford Road, which is prominently featured in the movie.
Plot Tracy Ullman plays a middle-aged drug store clerk who upon hitting her head, finds her sex drive increased to the point of making her a pariah in her sexually repressed Northeast Baltimore neighborhood. However, she soon finds a friend in a group of sex addicts (led by Johnny Knoxville) who decide to take a stand against their neighborhood's prudelike behavior and vow to try and teach their neighbors to embrace sex as a normal part of life. Trivia Box Office A Dirty Shame opened on September 17, 2004 on one Baltimore screen to a respectable $29,384. The next weekend, it expanded to 133 venues, where it grossed $448,914 ($3,375 per screen). It ended its North American run with $1,339,668. Overseas, the film earned an additional $529,584, making its global total $1,869,252. | ||||||||
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