A John Waters film where Divine plays Diane Linkletter, daughter of Art Linkletter and commits suicide.A John Waters film where Divine plays Diane Linkletter, daughter of Art Linkletter and commits suicide.A John Waters film where Divine plays Diane Linkletter, daughter of Art Linkletter and commits suicide.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe opening music and ending music to the movie is a rare 45 released by Art Linkletter shortly after his daughter's death called "We Love You Call Collect". John Waters said during a lecture he thought the song was even tackier than the movie he made.
- Quotes
Art Linkletter: No, she wouldn't lie. Well, yes, she would lie... But not to us.
- Crazy creditsDivine "hosts" the credits, presenting cue cards with actors' names and doing the "Diane Linkletter" by sniffing up cocaine.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Divine Trash (1998)
- SoundtracksWe Love You Call Collect
Art Linkletter
Featured review
Strange Short from Waters
The Diane Linkletter Story (1970)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Art and Lois Linkletter (David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce) are waiting on their daughter Diane (Divine) to get home. The parents are worried and once the daughter gets home it leads to a very big argument, which then turns to tragedy.
This short from John Waters was apparently made so that the director could try out a new camera. When viewing it today it perfectly fits in with his bad taste cinema because the names used were real people and the film pretty much spoofs a real event. Art Linkletter was a successful television star and his daughter Diane killed herself. That's pretty much what was re-enacted here.
On a technical level there's nothing ground-breaking here but I actually thought the 9-minute short was at least entertaining. The performances aren't the greatest but they're fun enough in that bizarre John Waters world. After all, you're watching people who would play a big part in PINK FLAMINGOS. Fans of Waters will want to check this out for certain.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Art and Lois Linkletter (David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce) are waiting on their daughter Diane (Divine) to get home. The parents are worried and once the daughter gets home it leads to a very big argument, which then turns to tragedy.
This short from John Waters was apparently made so that the director could try out a new camera. When viewing it today it perfectly fits in with his bad taste cinema because the names used were real people and the film pretty much spoofs a real event. Art Linkletter was a successful television star and his daughter Diane killed herself. That's pretty much what was re-enacted here.
On a technical level there's nothing ground-breaking here but I actually thought the 9-minute short was at least entertaining. The performances aren't the greatest but they're fun enough in that bizarre John Waters world. After all, you're watching people who would play a big part in PINK FLAMINGOS. Fans of Waters will want to check this out for certain.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jan 4, 2017
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- История Дайаны Линклеттер
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Diane Linkletter Story (1970) officially released in Canada in English?
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