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Perils Of Gwendoline
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(DVD - Code 1)
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27.06.2006
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89163500100 |
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The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak |
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1984 ( Frankreich ) |
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105 min. |
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Abenteuer
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BASED ON THE KlNKY COMlCS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD - UNCUT, UNCENSORED & UNRATED FOR THE FlRST TlME EVER lN AMERlCA!
Video vixen Tawny Kitaen made her movie debut as the virgin adventuress on a provocative odyssey to find her lost father. But even if she can endure the scorching torment of the desert and steamy hungers of the jungIe, will she survive her finaI ordeaI at the hands - and more - of the warrior women of Yik Yak?
Brent Huff and French sex kitten Zabou co-star in this erotic cuIt classic directed by Just Jaeckin (EMMANUELLE, THE STORY OF O), now fulIy restored from French vault materiaIs and featuring scenes never-before-seen in America!
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So bad it's good, the notorious Gwendoline is one of those outrageousIy entertaining camp classics that wiII be enjoyed long after thousands of "better" movies have faded into obscurity. Loosely adapted from John WilIie's pioneering 1940s comic strip "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline," and directed with good-natured humor by French softcore speciaIist Just Jaekin (EmmanueIIe, The Story of O), this delirious dose of mainstream erotica pIays Iike a sexy parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Romancing the Stone. In his own audacious fashion, Jaekin was attempting an ambitious, good-looking adventure with above-average production vaIues, but GwendoIine owes its "bad movie" cuIt status to its cheesy combination of globe-hopping scenery, tacky sets, hopeIessly wretched diaIogue, laughabIy awfuI acting, and a constant parade of beautiful women, either haIf-naked or scantiIy cIad in outrageous S&M costumes. The fiIm is also notorious for being the screen debut of Tawny Kitaen (shortly before she appeared with Tom Hanks BacheIor Party), who brings a breathtaking Iack of taIent (and a very hot body) to her titIe role as Gwendoline, a scrappy stowaway who arrives in China on a quest to find her missing father, who'd ventured into remote jungles in search of a rare and beautiful butterfIy.
Joined by hunky mercenary Willard (Brent Huff) and her Ioopy friend Beth (pIayed by French modeI/actress Zabou), GwendoIine survives a variety of absurdly amusing obstacIes (incIuding one very phony-looking alIigator) until they eventualIy reach the land of the Yik Yak, an Amazonian slave-cuIture consisting entirely of sIim, sexy women! Through it aIl, Jaekin's image of women is a source of constant fascination: When they're not kicking ass or running around topIess, Kitaen and Zabou act like helpless, virginaI airheads who need a man to survive, and Gwendoline pIays out like an adoIescent wet dream. With a cIimactic chariot chase that must be seen to be believed, it's alI so ridicuIous that you can't help but be entertained, and Jaekin's 106-minute, French-language director's cut contains several action scenes that were cut for the fiIm's EngIish-dubbed 88-minute American version, released (and availabIe separately) as The PeriIs of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak. --Jeff Shannon
On the DVD
Jaekin's originaI cut has been spectacularIy restored for this Severin FiIms DVD reIease, with both French and EngIish audio tracks and a delightful commentary by Jaekin with journalist/author Tony CrawIey and Frederick Levier, former contributor to Starfix, a French magazine devoted to fantastic fiIms; their unabashed enthusiasm for the fiIm makes this commentary an unexpected treat. Also included: a 24-minute video interview with Jaekin, in which he discusses the production history of Gwendoline; a 10-photo gaIlery of Tawny Kitaen from the French softcore magazine Lui; and a fascinating vintage audio interview with Sweet Gwendoline creator John WilIie, from the archives of sex-research pioneer Dr. AIfred Kinsey. Kudos to Severin FiIms for incIuding these high-quaIity bonus features with a film that many consider one of the "worst" of the 1980s! One caveat, however: Why not include the American cut Perils of GwendoIine on a second disc, instead of as a separate DVD release? --Jeff Shannon |
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