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Poor Pretty Eddie

  • 1975
  • R
  • 1h 32min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
5,4/10
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Slim Pickens, Shelley Winters, Ted Cassidy, Michael Christian, and Leslie Uggams in Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA wrong turn on jazz singer Elizabeth Wetherly's road trip in the American South results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by faded starlet Bertha Collins and her son - you... Leggi tuttoA wrong turn on jazz singer Elizabeth Wetherly's road trip in the American South results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by faded starlet Bertha Collins and her son - young, homicidal Elvis Presley impersonator Eddie.A wrong turn on jazz singer Elizabeth Wetherly's road trip in the American South results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by faded starlet Bertha Collins and her son - young, homicidal Elvis Presley impersonator Eddie.

  • Regia
    • David Worth
    • Richard Robinson
  • Sceneggiatura
    • B.W. Sandefur
    • Jean Genet
  • Star
    • Leslie Uggams
    • Shelley Winters
    • Michael Christian
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    5,4/10
    991
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • David Worth
      • Richard Robinson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • B.W. Sandefur
      • Jean Genet
    • Star
      • Leslie Uggams
      • Shelley Winters
      • Michael Christian
    • 36Recensioni degli utenti
    • 38Recensioni della critica
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    Leslie Uggams
    Leslie Uggams
    • Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Bertha
    Michael Christian
    Michael Christian
    • Eddie Collins
    Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    • Keno
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • Justice of the Peace Floyd
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Sheriff Orville
    Lou Joffred
    • Odell
    Red Lawson
    • The Salesman
    Sherif Smith
    • The Deputy
    Jim Bacon
    Jim Bacon
    • Redneck in Bar
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    • …
    Richard Robinson
    • Man With Newsreel Camera at Football Game
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • David Worth
      • Richard Robinson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • B.W. Sandefur
      • Jean Genet
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    scottwilson-1

    a (slightly) tarnished treasure

    Just found this on DVD today, in a much better transfer than the old VHS versions. Let's face it, the film would be even more obscure, had the producers not had the vision to cast Shelley as Bertha, the faded beauty who "used to be an entertainer", but now owns a run down inn that is way off the beaten path. She's also an alcoholic plagued with loneliness and insecurity, which is somewhat relieved by Eddie, a good looking but psychotic stud about 25 years younger, with whom she maintains a desperate sexual and emotional relationship.

    There is some debate about Shelley's acting, that her character is really just Shelley playing herself. That is an insult to the actress, who like any talented actor draws emotion from her own experiences. This is a tour-de-force performance, particularly when she explains to Leslie Uggams (in a very one-dimensional performance) that Eddie is all the man she's got, and at her age, there won't be any others. It's a heartbreaking scene that leaves no doubt about Miss Winters acting abilities. The crazy plot reminds me of HG Lewis' "2000 Maniacs". Slim Whitman has some choice lines. Entertaining in a "Bad Movie We Love" kind of way, this trashy treasure is worth seeking out.
    nuport

    A masterpiece of oddball fantasy

    This great but weird film is certainly among my favorites .Its probably not for all tastes ,but a superb film I think.Y'know its like that car wreck you can't take your eyes off it.The acting by all incredibly good !And the direction excellent. What makes this film so much better than a hundred exploitation films like it ? The detail in each scene is fascinating !I've often wondered what creating this film must have taken on the cast and crew etc. Its a real shame this piece of artistic fantasy remains obscure and forgotten .Maybe the powers that be want it that way ,no doubt.Fortunately I obtained the videotape many years ago. If you can find this ,grab a rare 70's cult classic (dare I say?).You won't believe your eyes .
    7Coventry

    Ain't no party like a hillbilly wedding party, Yee-Haaa!

    A friend and I watched "Poor Pretty Eddie" on the big screen, during a film night special appropriately entitled Rednecksploitation. Let me tell you, along with the ramshackle cinema hangar & the poor quality of the original film spool, the story & atmosphere of this movie catapulted us straight back to the glorious highlight-years of rancid 70's drive-in grindhouse exploitation! Movies like "Poor Pretty Eddie" will not and simply cannot be made anymore nowadays, because they're filthy, always discriminating to someone, rough, women-unfriendly and shameless. If someone made something like this today, groups of protesters would march outside the theaters until the owners have no other choice but to cancel the showings. Anyway, this fabulously entertaining film is shockingly perverse, hilarious and nightmarishly uncanny all at the same time. You've never encountered a bigger bunch of disturbed rednecks, not even in "Deliverance" or "Just before Dawn", and the script covers even the most controversial themes, like racism and rape. Leslie Uggams portrays a popular (and rather cocky) whose car naturally breaks down at the wrong place at the wrong time. On her way to a vacation Liz Wetherly strands in Southern Redneck Hell, at a miserable motel owned by a faded showgirl (now an obese and depressed old lady), a creepy-looking hunting dog lover and last but not least the wide-smirking & clearly deranged Elvis lunatic Eddie Collins. Eddie wants to keep her there, very much against the will of ol' Bertha, and continuously tries to impress her with his questionable singing talents, big white smiling teeth and flamboyant outfits that reveal his muscles and massive amount of chest hair. When all friendly approaches fail, Eddie rapes Liz and forces her into marrying him. Needless to say she slowly & tragically starts losing her senses. This low-budget exploitation classic naturally thrives on atmosphere & demented character drawings instead of on convoluted plotting and special effects. The lead characters are wondrously twisted, but literally every single one of the supportive characters are remarkable as well, like the sleazy tomato-sucking sheriff (the late grate Slim Pickens), his slingshot operating retard-sidekick and the perverse & fat-bellied judge/pool bar owner. Many of the crazed sequences in "Poor Pretty Eddie" literally need to be seen to be believed, for example the astonishingly tasteless montage of Liz' rape interlarded with images of two dogs copulating in front of an assembly of seemingly aroused farmers and to the tunes of another great country song. The acting performances are great; notably outstanding are Shelley Winters (Oscar winner AND exploitation siren, respect!), Ted Cassidy (the original Addams Family's Lurch) and of course Michael Christian as the titular not-so-poor and not-so-pretty Eddie. The climax sequence, set during an authentic and joyful hillbilly wedding party, is terrifically violent with slow-motion massacres and a total absence of sound. The film is overall poorly made, but several shots are surprisingly imaginative and the filming locations were definitely enchanting. "Poor Prettie Eddie" is most definitely a hidden gem. Sometimes falsely promoted as a Blaxploitation flick (with an a.k.a title "Black Vengeance") and the cover image here on the website makes it look like an average Psycho-inspired slasher movie, in reality the film is a totally unique and unforgettable drive-in experience.
    6merklekranz

    Gives new meaning to the term "shotgun wedding" .................

    Leslie Uggams stumbles into redneck run motel with stereotyped Southerners running amok. Creatively photographed, the rural setting is effectively creepy, as are the characters, all of whom can barely write their names in the mud with a sharp stick. Some eerie, Morrocone - like music adds to the oppressive atmosphere. The cast of hicks is led by Shelly Winters, with Slim Pickens and Dub Taylor lending support as a perverted sheriff and justice of the peace respectively. The big question has to be, who was the intended audience, since there is something here to offend almost everyone? A slow motion shotgun wedding finale is somewhat reminiscent of the Halloween party massacre in "Ms.45" - MERK
    8lisam9

    I swear t' seven kinds a' alligators...

    One of the great undiscovered jewels of Truly Bad Cinema! It's almost useless to try to write a commentary on this, because this film is indescribable. Leslie Uggams (whose acting consists of exactly two expressions, defensive and shrieking) plays a famous singer adrift in a redneck landscape that's like the love child of Franz Kafka and HEE-HAW; she's up against a horny young Elvis wannabee, Shelley Winters (surprise - she's drunk through most of the film!), Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Ted Cassidy, and a DELIVERANCE kid with a slingshot. What else can you say about a film that includes one of the most memorable montage sequences in film history: Uggams' rape is intercut with Cassidy and his friends watching dogs goin' at it, while a lilting country tune plays over the soundtrack. Or how about the scene in which Slim Pickens (as the Sheriff!) interrogates poor Leslie about her rape while begging her to "suck on one'a these tomatoes"?

    This film screams (like poor Leslie) for a DVD release. Listen up, you distribs out there - this is the great lost cult film of the 70s, just lying around like some petrified critter waiting to be put on display. Pull out that jug of moonshine and enjoy!

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      The main cast members were paid under the table in cash by producer Michael Thevis, the primary incentive for such high-profile celebrities to appear in a low-budget exploitation film.
    • Citazioni

      Orville: Did he bite you on the titties?

    • Versioni alternative
      Depending on what title you buy the movie under (Redneck County Rape, Poor Pretty Eddie, Heartbreak Motel, etc.), you'll get a different movie, using the same actors, sets, and plot outline. Poor Pretty Eddie and Black Vengeance, for example, are both ultra-violent and sexual with less dialogue than Heartbreak Motel, which is a filmed play. "Motel" also gives backstory for several of the characters whose existence is relatively unexplained in "Eddie," most notably featuring a scene where Bertha gives a monologue about how Keno got his scars. Also, Heartbreak Motel features none of the sex or violence so prevalent in "Eddie", and the two films have completely different endings.
    • Connessioni
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition (2009)
    • Colonne sonore
      The Star-Spangled Banner
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Francis Scott Key'

      Music by John Stafford Smith

      Sung by Leslie Uggams

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    • Data di uscita
      • 16 aprile 1975 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Massacre at Redneck County
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Athens, Georgia, Stati Uniti
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Artaxerxes Productions
      • Michael Thevis Enterprises Production
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      • 1.100.000 USD (previsto)
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