Episode 393: Roommates (1981)

Special Guests: Jane Hamilton, Larry Revene, Rick Marx
Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Ashley West

Directed by Chuck Vincent and written by Rick Marx, Roommates (1981) tells the tale of a trio of women trying to make their way in New York City. The film stars Samantha Fox as Billie, a former prostitute trying to make it in the straight world, Kelly Nichols as Sherry, a model from California with a drug problem, and Veronika Hart (AKA Jane Hamilton), as Joan, an aspiring actress from the Midwest.

Heather Drain and Ashley West join Mike to discuss this harrowing adult film, the film that inspired it and the lesser film that Roommates inspired.

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Links:
Buy Roommates on Blu-Ray
Read about Ghosts of Chuck Vincent’s Film Studio
Visit the Distribpix website
Buy Larry Revene's books
Buy Raw Talent by Jerry Butler
Listen to our episode on Chuck Vincent's Cleo/Leo
Read our interview with Rick Marx

Music:
"Roommates Only" - Simon Dominic
"Roommates (Remixed)" - Now, Now
"Little Lost Girls" - The Runaways

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Episode 321: Wanda Whips Wall Street (1981)

Special Guest: Larry Revene
Guest Co-Hosts: Kevin Heffernan, Heather Drain

When Wanda talks... everybody listens...

In Larry Revene's Wanda Whips Wall Street (1981), Veronica Hart stars as Wanda Brandt, a serious business woman who plies her feminine wiles while taking over Tyler Industries, despite investigators Lou Perrini (Jamie Gillis) and Ed Drummond (Ron Jeremy) being hot on her trail...

Professor Kevin Heffernan and Heather Drain join Mike in discussing the film as well as it's 1984 re-cut version, Stocks and Blondes.

Be sure to read the interview with Wanda's screenwriter Rick Marx.

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Links:
Buy Wanda Whips Wall Street on DVD
Buy Stocks and Blondes on DVD
Buy Wham Bam $$ Ba Da Boom! : Mob wars, Porn Battles and a View from the Trenches by Larry Revene
Buy Life in a Film Can by Larry Revene
Visit the Veronica Hart fan site
Read American Ticklers: The Early R-Rated Films of Chuck Vincent by Paul Freitag
Read Casey Scott's review of Stocks and Blondes
Read Knot and Gender blog by Kevin Heffernan
Read The Crawling Eye Cult Media Blog by Kevin Heffernan
Visit the Mondo Heather website

Music:
"Rebel" - Norman Newell & John Moran
"The Big One" - Alan Tew

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Wanda WHIPS Wall Street (trailer) from Lee Jones on Vimeo.

Episode 237: Cleo/Leo (1989)

Special Guests: Scott Baker, Jane Hamilton, Ginger Lynn Allen, Larry Revene
Guest Co-Host: Jill Nelson

When a chauvinist pig (Scott Baker) gets shot for harassing women, he's reincarnated as a woman (Jane Hamilton) in order to learn a lesson about life. Chuck Vincent's Cleo/Leo is a terrific look at gender relations and institutional sexism.

We're joined once again by author Jill Nelson to discuss Cleo/Leo, Blake Edwards's Switch, Roberta Findlay's Angel on Fire (AKA Angel Number Nine) and Vincente Minnelli's Goodbye Charley.

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Links:
Buy Cleo/Leo on VHS
Buy Wham Bam $$ Ba Da Boom! : Mob wars, Porn Battles and a View from the Trenches by Larry Revene
Buy Life in a Film Can by Larry Revene
Buy Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985 by Jill Nelson
Buy John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches by Jill Nelson & Jennifer Sugar
Visit the official Ginger Lynn website
Visit the Ginger Lynn Art website
Visit the Ginger Lynn Auction website
Visit the Veronica Hart fan site
Visit the 1976 Tapes from California website
Read American Ticklers: The Early R-Rated Films of Chuck Vincent by Paul Freitag
Read 40 Most Fascinating Gender-Bending Characters of Psychotronic Film by Paul Freitag

Music:
"Mister Sister" - Kate Pierson
"Fantasy World" - Ginger Lynn
"Both Sides Now" - Leonard Nimoy
"Ginger Lynn" - Ken's Loud Band

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Episode 112: A Scent of Heather (1980)

Special Guest: Jane Hamilton

Featuring the lion's share of our interview with Jane Hamilton (AKA Veronica Hart), we're looking at Hamilton's screen debut, A Scent of Heather. Directed by Bill Milling, the film tells the tale of star-crossed lovers.

We're joined this week by Jill Nelson, author of Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985.

Links:
Buy A Scent of Heather on DVD
Buy Golden Goddesses by Jill Nelson
Buy John Holmes: A Life Measured In Inches by Jill Nelson & Jennifer Sugar
Visit the official Golden Goddesses website

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