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Pecker is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Waters released in USA on 25 september 1998 with Edward Furlong
Pecker (1998)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 september 1998
Length 1h27
Directed by John Waters
OriginUSA
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating62%
Pecker is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Waters and starring Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci. Like all Waters' films, it was filmed and set in Baltimore; this film was set in the Hampden neighborhood.
The film examines the rise to fame and potential fortune of a budding photographer.
Synopsis
Set in a Baltimore neighborhood known for having the thickest local accent, Pecker tells the story of an unassuming 18-year-old who works in a sandwich shop and takes photos of his loving but peculiar family and friends on the side. Pecker, so named for his childhood habit of "pecking" at his food, stumbles into fame when his work is "discovered" by a savvy New York art dealer, Rorey Wheeler. Pecker's pictures, taken with a cheap Canon Canonet 28, are grainy, out-of-focus studies of unglamorous subjects, but they strike a chord with New York art collectors.Actors
Edward Furlong
(Pecker)
Christina Ricci
(Shelley)
Lili Taylor
(Rorey Wheeler)
Mary Kay Place
(Joyce)
Martha Plimpton
(Tina)
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