DVD - Freaks
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A carnival barker displays a sideshow freak called the Feathered Hen and tells her story. Cleopatra, a trapeze artist with the carnival, is adored by a midget named Hans. Frieda, Hans' fiancée (also a midget), warns Hans that Cleopatra is only interested in him so that he will give her money. Cleopatra has an affair with Hercules, and when Frieda lets it slip that Hans is to come into an inheritance, Cleopatra and Hercules plan to get the money be having Cleopatra marry Hans. During the wedding reception, Cleopatra, although openly romantic with Hercules, is accepted by the freaks, but is revolted and mocks them. The freaks decide that they no longer need Hercules in their carnival and have a new career for Cleopatra all lined up, and make sure she doesn't "chicken" out.
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DVD information
| Release Date (USA): | 2004-08-10 |
| Rating (USA): | NA |
| Release Date (UK): | 2005-04-25 |
| Rating (UK) : | 15 |
| Director: | Tod Browning |
| Producer: | Tod Browning |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Writer/s: | Tod Robbins |
Cast
| Wallace Ford | |
| Leila Hyams | |
| Olga Baclanova |
DVD Features
Three alternate endings All-new documentary, Freaks: Sideshow Cinema Commentary by David J. Skal, author of 'Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre' Special message prologue added for the theatrical reissue |
