Behind the Green Door (1972)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Artie Mitchell
Jim Mitchell

Scénariste:

Anonymous (story)

Release Date:

17 décembre 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Adult | Drame

Plot:

Two men enter a fast food place. The owner asks them about a mysterious matter. After some considerations...

Plot Keywords:

Stage | Audience | Orgy | Lesbianism | Brunette

Awards:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Pioneer porno chic, now somewhat antique

Ensemble

Marilyn Chambers	...	Gloria Saunders
George S. MacDonald	...	Barry Clark (as George S. McDonald)
Johnny Keyes	...	African Stud (as Johnnie Keyes)
Lisa Grant	...	Matron
Yank Levine	...	Dudley
Toni Attell	...	Mime (as Toad Attell)
Ben Davidson	...	Porter the Bouncer
Adrienne Mitchell	...	Waitress
Dana Fuller	...	Cook
Dale Meador	...	Hotel Clerk (as Dale Meade)
Jim Mitchell	...	First Kidnapper (as James Mitchell)
Artie Mitchell	...	Second Kidnapper (as Art Mitchell)
Mike Bradford	...	Parking Lot Attendant
Tony Royale	...	Guard
Bunny Brody	...	Female Attendant

Durée:

72 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

USA:X | Australia:X | Finland:(Banned) (1995) | Sweden:15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Jartech

Anecdotes:

After seeing her (under the name Marilyn Briggs) in Wes Craven's 1971 film Together (1971), the Mitchell Brothers offered Marilyn Chambers a role in this movie, giving her the option of taking a role in which she wasn't required to have sex. Originally, Chambers chose a non-sex role, but allowed the Brothers to talk her into taking the lead. For her gig, she was paid $25,000 and 1% of earnings (which in 1974, brought her between $2,000 and $2,500 per month), the highest amount ever paid a porn performer. Chambers said that her experience was a good one as the Brothers treated her as an actress, with respect.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hercules Against the Moon Men (#5.10)" (1992)

Pioneer porno chic, now somewhat antique

One of the first porno chic crossovers, this 1972 film helped bring XXX movies to a mainstream audience. Anonymous young woman (Marilyn Chambers) is "abducted" to kinky sex theater where she performs on stage with a variety of other people for the delectation of an audience of voyeurs, who eventually perform among themselves. There are some fair SFX, though hardly on an ILM scale, and the story content is inherently slanted against any real involvement other than arousal by the viewer.

Despite its B.O. and reputation, this is a fairly primitive picture. Every print I have seen is both overly dark and dupelike grainy. Chambers is stunning here, and though it is now nothing odd, at the time it was a real shock to see anyone so wholesomely attractive in the centerpiece role of a porn film. (The Ivory Snow publicity did not hurt ticket sales a bit.) Chambers later demonstrated (in the superior RESURRECTION OF EVE and in David Cronenberg's R-rated horror film RABID) acting talent not particularly visible in DOOR, but even now, 30 years later, she remains the BGD girl to an entire generation.

Film remains of much historical interest, though it has long since ceased to be a beacon for the seeker of cheap thrills. Look for lovely San Francisco porn actress Candy Johnson in the supporting ranks and pro footballer Ben Davidson in a non-sex role.