The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington

1977
R
1h 29m

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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)

The world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime exam... Read allThe world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime example of American moral decay.The world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime example of American moral decay.

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Sydney Lassick and Louisa Moritz had both previously appeared just two years earlier in the Best Picture Oscar winner 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (dir. Milo's Forman, 1975.)

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When the damsel in distress has her hands and feet tied to the bed, Sen. Superman frees her feet and, in the next cut, her hands are free without any movement from the Senator.

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Edited into The Arrivals (2008)

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A Superb Performance by Joey Heatherton In Landmark Film

Director William Levy's film based upon the exploits of Xaviera Hollander and from an insightful script by screen veteran Robert Kaufman. A cultural touchstone of America's Sexual Revolution, this film features an all star cast, including George Hamilton and Ray Walston in excellent supporting roles. It is, however, Joey Heatherton who gives what is nothing less than the performance of a lifetime as The Happy Hooker. She is superb in the role, funny, bright, engaging, and stunningly sexy. There is also subtle pathos in her work, reflecting a certain existential uncertainty that she artfully brings to her portrayal. This is indeed Ms. Heatherton's film and certainly her talent that overall sustains it. It also is an important statement regarding profound changes in the moral view of a nation and an incisive look into a time of massive societal transformations. An under-appreciated and often overlooked film, this remains one of the landmark motion pictures of the era.