简介：LadiesandGentlemen,TheFabulousStainswasa1981filmshotinCanadaaboutthreeteenagegirls,includingDianeLaneandLauraDern,whostartapunkband.Thefilmalsofeaturedex-SexPistolsSteveJonesandPaulCook,alongwithPaulSimononfromTheClashandFeeWaybillfromTheTubes.L.A.punkiconBlackRandyfromBlackRandyandtheMetrosquadalsomakesanappearance. ThefilmwasdirectedbymusicbusinesstycoonLouAdlerforParamountPicturesin1981,andwrittenbyNancyDowdwhowontheBestScreenplayOscarforSlapShot.DowdtookthepseudonymRobMortonafterbeingunsastisfiedwiththeproductionprocessandthefinalcutofthefilm.ThemoviewasproducedbyJoeRoth,whowouldlatergoontobecomechairmanofWaltDisneyStudios.PunkrockjournalistCarolineCoonwasatechnicaladvisoronthefilm. Itwasnevergivenwiderelease,butmayhavehadasmalltheatricalreleasein1982.ApoortestscreeningwasheldinDenver,Colorado.ThefilmwasshelvedbuteventuallymadeitswaytotheArt-Housecircuit.ReportedtheatricalrunsincludetheTheatreOfTheLivingArtsinPhiladelphia(Friday,August23rdandSaturday,August24th,1985)andtheFilmForuminNewYorkCity,(Wednesday,March6th,1985).Thetrueaudienceforthismoviefounditonlatenightcabletelevision.TVairingsduringthe‘80swerespottedonthepopularUSANetworkprogramNightFlight,LosAngeleslocalcableZChannelandShowtime.Sincethen,thefilmhasbecomeamuchsoughtafterbootleggedcultclassic.ThismoviehasneverbeenreleasedonhomevideoorDVD.Poorqualitybootlegcopiesfloataround,thoughfanshopeforaDVDrelease. Thefilmhasaloyalcultfollowinganddoesshowuponthebigscreenonceinawhile.AprojectionistattheNuartCinemainLosAngelespushedforaprinttobemade.In1998thefilmshowedattheChicagoUndergroundFilmFestival.Thefilmwasshownin2005attheSydneyFilmFestival.Thefilmhaditsmostrecenttelevisionappearanceonenightinthelate1990sonVH1. Inmanyways,TheStainsheavilyinfluencedtheriotgrrlmovementofthe1990sandbandslikeBikiniKill.Otherdiversefansofthefilmincludemusician/actorCourtneyLove,writer/comedianJakeFogelnest,musician/actorJonBonJoviandthelateundergroundfilmmakerSarahJacobson.In2000,Jacobsondirected,withAdamGreen,ashortdocumentaryonthefilmfortheIFCtelevisionshowSplitScreen.…