Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

SnoopyStyle Harry Schechter (Stephen Nathan) has been making porno to keep his father's film studio open. The financial situation is getting worst. He is inspired by his secretary Rosie (Cindy Williams) to make the world's first porno musical. The investors give him two weeks to complete it or else lose the studio. One of them forces his incompetent nephew John Smithee (Bruce Kimmel) on Harry as the film's director.This is sex vaudeville with plenty of nudity. It's rarely funny. The humor is very broad. Only "Scale" got a laugh for me. That scene is so stupid, so obvious, and so telegraphed. It's comedy camp. It keeps trying to be very broad but it doesn't really work. Ron Howard has a small cameo and Cindy Williams just started Laverne & Shirley. Neither are getting naked in this. Alexandra Morgan does the self-obsessed diva Mary LaRue and she is almost funny. The problem is that none of the others are charismatic or comedic.

rob-901 I'm a big fan of camp humor, so this one is admirable if only for its effort. This was made back when a movie was entertaining and fun.Distributed by Paramount, it was avant garde for "legit" films. A Happy Days era Ron Howard has a speaking part, a pre-Laverne Cindy Williams has a major part, and I could swear that the "lesbian/chorus girl" is actually a pre-Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke. If you watch her in the chorus line and subsequent parts, she's actually better than in her other movies!I doubt that you can find the movie packaged as a VHS or DVD, but it "is available" digitally if you know where to look.

Danno I have loved this movie since I saw it when it first came out. It certainly doesn't fit into anyone's definition of a "well-made film," but it has its own low-budget brilliance. A big part of what makes it work (aside from the hilarious songs) is the feeling of heart and, dare I say, innocence it has (it is called a "Nudie Musical" not a "Porno Musical" and for good reason). There are so many moments that still will send me rolling on the floor, doubled-over in laughter, marveling at the unique combination of dead-on satire and really really BAD humour. Favorite number: The Dancing Dildos (They aren't really dildos, they are vibrators. The fact that the makers don't seem to know the difference is part of the charm of the film). Favorite scene: The director's first meeting with the cast and crew, decked out like Erich von Stroheim. Favorite line: Diane Canova's immortal "Isss so beeeg! Isss yust so beeeg!"If you have an open mind and enjoy bad or B type cinema, you will most likely love this film.

Euphorbia *** Possible spoiler ***The narrative parts of this movie are squirmingly bad, no doubt intentionally so, but their absurdities are more than made up for by the clever and cheerful nude production numbers. The climax of the musical is an elegantly staged Broadway style tap-dance celebrating... well, its refrain goes "Let 'em eat cake, but let me eat you," and it features five young women dancing bottomless to illustrate the subject matter. Cindy Williams's flawless romantic comedy turn (fully clothed, alas) shows why she became a star. Plus, the retrospective documentary included on the DVD is a hoot. 6/10.