Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/27/2007 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: R Product Description
Wow, Richard Burton and the Serta Mattress girl making, well, almost making love! The women in this film are fabulous. Especially Verni Lisi and Raquel Welch. This movie is camp at its best. Should be watched with a group of friends.
August 16, 2008My friends often accuse me of not liking comedy. I think this movie proves them wrong. I think I have now seen Richard Burton at his very best. ( Perhaps "The Wild Geese" could be an exception. ) I loved this move. It made me laugh over and over again. And the women were wonderful and beautiful. Raquel Welch was stunning. She alone was worth the watch. However I have to say that Joey Heatherton made this movie for me. She was never the best actress on the big or small screen. BUT if she is not the sexiest I will eat my hat. Girls today wish they had the sex appeal, even one tenth of the sex appeal that Ms. Heatherton carried with her. WOW! How I miss the days of my youth ogling and drooling over Joey Heatherton. This movie reminded just how twitterpated she got me as a very young man just beginning to notice women. Perhaps I should say just beginning to notice what women like Joey Heatherton could do to me. I didn't understand it then but I sure do now and wish I had many more movies of her.
Anyway. I say buy this movie and watch it over and over again and enjoy every second of it. The could try a remake of this movie and in today's world they may make it seem better with special affects, but they will never improve on the fun and enjoyment one receives form watching this movie with this cast. It is simply the best.
David C. Maughan
aka: TheWallruss
Bluebeard
July 25, 2008 |  | Burton. Heatherton. Together. |  |
This mash-up of Gothic chills, soft-core 70s Euro-porn, sex farce and political satire is too knowing to be camp, but it sure does try to be awful. I guess there's some satirical equation of misogeny and fascism, but by the time we get to the nymphomanical nun and the feminist who becomes orgasmic when slapped and whipped, its hard to get much enjoyment.
If any actor was worse suited to this kind of send-up it seems to be Burton. He brings a virility to the role, but none of the game, self-parody that Vincent Price showed in similar outings. (There's one scene of his disgust at one wife's naming of her body parts that raises a laugh, but nothing else. Plus, he dispenses with his accent for whole scenes.)
Of the wives Nathalie Delon and Racquel both look great, and while Joey seems to have wandered in from Love, American Style she's not exactly bad.
Incidentally, animals were harmed during the making of this movie. There's a hunting scene that's bound to disturb, where we watch about half a dozen dispatched
May 7, 2008 | | "I am a man and I can prove it!" | |
(3.5/5 stars) Here's a little oddity from the early 70's. Richard Burton plays Austrian Baron Kurt von Sepper, a hero during World War One, whose wealth, fame and good looks make it very easy for him to attract beautiful, young women. Little do they realize that he is one sadistic and misogynistic man, whose hatred of Russians, Communists and unions is matched only by his propensity to use violence as a solution against his perceived threats. (Sounds like the ideal match for Ann Coulter, doesn't he?) When workers begin to organize into a union, he dispatches some of his Nazi compatriots to burn, pillage and likewise intimidate the mostly Jewish laborers. To claim that he suffers from various neuroses and psychoses would be to state the obvious. One of the roots of these is his mommy issues, which are manifested by keeping his mother's decaying corpse in one of the rooms of his mansion. Another cause of his troubles lies in a secret, which he tries to keep from the women in his life. The secret is not revealed until the end of the movie, though most viewers will have figured it out long before that. Although the plot makes the film sound like it belongs in the thriller or perhaps suspense genres, it actually plays more like a very dark comedy with some social commentary thrown in. I'm not entirely convinced that was the goal from the onset because it is neither clever enough to succeed very well as a black comedy nor serious enough to work as a straightforward drama. Some of it, such as Raquel Welch's role, was definitely intended to be funny; however, several of the funniest parts come during the most dramatic moments. It is either a brilliantly executed comedy or a woefully inept attempt at satire. Either way, it is a tremendous amount of fun and I recommend it highly. Richard Burton is a hoot as the sadistic Baron and the women in the film are all quite attractive. Joey Heatherton gets to show off her dancing skills, her acting... um, ability and her other... uh, talents (which are two reasons for the `R' rating). Of note is the production by the father and son team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind, who would go on to produce the Christopher Reeve Superman films. Also of note is the quality of Lionsgate's DVD production, which is quite good. The picture is crisp and letterboxed, the colors are vibrant and there are optional subtitles. 3/5 stars for the film; 4/5 stars for the DVD
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