Disc Details
Special Features:	Widescreen presentation. Featurette: More Lust, Less Dust. Theatrical trailer. Bios and filmographys fro Tab Hunter, Divine, Lanie Kazan and Paul Bartel. Scene selection.
Video Format:	Widescreen (2.35:1)
Languages:	English (Dolby Digital mono)
Captions:	None.
Casing:	1-Disc Keep Case

Rosie Velez (Divine) is a behemoth of a dance hall girl on her way to strike it rich in the town of Chili Verde. Along the way she meets up with Able Wood (Tab Hunter). She is swimming in a pond when Able happens upon her. The lusty wench screams out in mock terror pleading with Able not to force himself on her. Able says not a word, nor does he make a move toward the beached whale. As he rides off, Rosie chases after him. She begs him to take her to Chili Verde. She tells him how she was waylaid by Hardcase Williams (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang (including Woody Strode). The gang ravishes her and Rosie wears them out. In fact, if you've ever wanted to see a midget die while performing cunnilingus on a drag queen then this is the movie for you.

Able and Rosie arrive in Chili Verde. They enter Margarita's Cantina. The place is empty. Turns out that the town's folk are wary of strangers. You see, Chili Verde is home to a vast fortune of buried gold. Everyone, it turns out is after it. In addition to Rosie and Able, a whole slew of zany characters are trying to outsmart each other. There is Margarita (Lanie Kazan) the prostitute, bar owner who runs the town and drives the men wild, Bernardo (Henry Silva) the town's tough guy who is most threatened by Able's presence, Father Garcia (Ceasar Romero) the towns priest who's ears burn from the confessions he hears and Niafa (Gina Gallego) who I wish had done a nude scene!

I really wasn't expecting to like this at all. I made the mistake of reading Leonard Maltin's review in which he gave it a "Bomb" rating. I think he missed the boat. This isn't great Paul Bartel, but it is good. I love "Eating Raoul" and "Death Race 2000." "Lust in the Dust" doesn't come close to the satirical brilliance of those films. This movie is just plain silly. The movie it most reminds me of is the overlooked made for TV gem "Evil Roy Slade" starring John Astin.

The cast is having fun and it translates to the screen. Tab Hunter does a good sendup of Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name. He is more of a straight man for Divine and Lanie Kazan. Divine has always cracked me up. He has several memorable scenes here. This ain't Shakespeare folks. There are some good laughs. The movie doesn't really have any slow spots. This isn't a John Waters movie without John Waters. However, it really isn't a Paul Bartel movie either. Like Waters, Bartel's best work have been the movies he both wrote and directed.

Picture Quality: 10/10
Nice widescreen presentation. Excellent sharp colors. There was one glitch toward the beginning, but I can't say if it was just my DVD or all of them.

Sound Quality: 8/10
It's mono. It does the job, but it's not stereo. Not that big of a problem.

Menu: 7/10
Utilitarian menu. Good use of pictures from the movie, but the supposedly humourous theme song gets old quick. Makes you want to make your menu selection that much faster. No photos to accompany the chapter selections. I wish Anchor Bay would take that extra step!

Extra Features: 7/10
Not much there, but what is is very good. The featurette has a lot of neat stuff in it.

The Final Word:
Fans will want to buy it. Others will probably just rent. I liked the movie more than I thought I would. I never saw this film because I took Leonard Maltin's word about it as gospel. No way this is a 'bomb'. I give it 2 1/2 stars. Good for some laughs.

Rusty White