Films We Like is pleased to present the newly restored version of John Waters' raucous MULTIPLE MANIACS, coming to the TIFF Bell Lightbox on August 5th.

Restoration is an amazing thing. Finally, Multiple Maniacs looks like a bad John Cassavetes film! I couldnt be more thrilled! John Waters

John Waters gloriously grotesque, unavailable-for-decades second feature comes to theaters at long last, replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinemas most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Baltimore, with Waters taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show put on by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than-life Divine, whos out for blood after discovering her lovers affair. Starring Waters beloved regular cast the Dreamlanders including David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and Cookie Mueller, Multiple Maniacs is an anarchist masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of taste for decades.

Celluloid atrocity restored by the Criterion Collection and Janus Films from the original 16mm elements.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/174827243

SCREENING TIMES

Friday, August 5 - 8:45 PM

Saturday, August 6 - 8:45 PM

Sunday, August 7 - 8:45 PM