Cast
Melanie Griffith as Honey Whitlock
Stephen Dorff as Sinclair/Cecil B. Demented, the director (Otto Preminger)
Alicia Witt as Cherish, the actress (Andy Warhol)
Adrian Grenier as Lyle, the actor (Herschell Gordon Lewis)
Mink Stole as Mrs. Sylvia Mallory
Ricki Lake as Libby, Honey’s publicist
Larry Gilliard, Jr. as Lewis, the art director (David Lynch)
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Raven, the makeup artist (Kenneth Anger)
Jack Noseworthy as Rodney, the hair stylist (Pedro Almodóvar)
Mike Shannon as Petie, the driver (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
Eric M. Barry as Fidget, the costume designer (William Castle)
Zenzele Uzoma as Chardonnay, the sound artist (Spike Lee)
Erika Lynn Rupli as Pam, the cinematographer (Sam Peckinpah)
Harriet Dodge as Dinah, the producer (Sam Fuller)
Patricia Hearst as Fidget’s mother
Channing Wilroy as Shop steward
Kevin Nealon as himself
Roseanne Barr as herself
Jeffrey Wei as William the heart patient
Rosemary Knower as Sinclair/Cecil’s mother
Doug Roberts as Sinclair/Cecil’s father
Eric Roberts as Honey’s ex-husband
John Waters (uncredited) as Reporter
The soundtrack of John Waters’ comedy “Cecil B. Demented” was released on August 8, 2000 by RCA Records.
- “Opening Credit Theme” – Moby
- “Nice Tranquil Thumbs in Mouth” – The Locust
- “Bankable Bitch” – DJ Class and Teflon the Bull
- “Upstart” – Meatjack
- “Everyday” – Substance D
- “No Budget” – DJ Class and Mayo
- “Broadway Brouhaha”
- “Loopy” – XXXBombshell
- “An Extra Piece of Dead Meat” – The Locust
- “Demented Forever” – Karen McMillan
- “Seduction” – The Sex-o-Rama Band
- “Ciao!” – Liberace
- “Cow” – Jerome Dillon