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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Serial Mom is a
1994 American satirical comedy film written and directed by John Waters,
starring Kathleen Turner as the titular character, Sam Waterston as her
husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her daughter and son.
Despite statements to the contrary in the movie, the story is completely
fictional. Patty Hearst, Suzanne Somers, Joan Rivers, Traci Lords and
Brigid Berlin make cameo appearances in the film. Movies by Waters'
creative influences, including Russ Meyer, Otto Preminger, William
Castle, and Herschell Gordon Lewis, are seen playing on television sets
throughout the film. The film was screened out of competition at the
1994 Cannes Film Festival. Though the beginning of the movie says that
everything in it is true, when questioned John Waters said he made it
up, as a gag.
