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People

  • 1978
  • X
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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AdultComedy

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  • Director
    • Gerard Damiano
  • Writer
    • Gerard Damiano
  • Stars
    • Serena
    • Jamie Gillis
    • Herschel Savage
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    47
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerard Damiano
    • Writer
      • Gerard Damiano
    • Stars
      • Serena
      • Jamie Gillis
      • Herschel Savage
    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Top cast19

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    Serena
    Serena
    • Girl with Carl (segment "The Game")
    • (as Sirena)
    Jamie Gillis
    Jamie Gillis
    • Carl (segment "The Game")
    Herschel Savage
    Herschel Savage
    • Servant (segment "Once Upon a Time")
    • (as Bill Berry)
    Kasey Rodgers
    • Girl in White (segment "Once Upon a Time")
    Marlene Willoughby
    • Girl in White's Attendant (segment "Once Upon a Time")
    • (as Paula Pretense)
    Eric Edwards
    Eric Edwards
    • Mystery Guy (segment "Once Upon a Time")
    Susan McBain
    • Mystery Guy's Attendant (segment "Once Upon a Time")
    • (as Sue Swan)
    Michelle
    • Dominatrix (segment "The Exhibition")
    Kelly Green
    • Submissive Girl (segment "The Exhibition")
    Vince Benedetti
    • Voyeur (segment "The Exhibition")
    • (as Vince Benton)
    Ellyn Grant
    • Voyeur 2 (segment "The Exhibition")
    • (as Burgandy Grant)
    John Thomas
    • Frank (segment "First Things First")
    Samantha Fox
    Samantha Fox
    • Sally (segment "First Things First")
    Gerard Damiano
    Gerard Damiano
    • Sally's Father (segment "First Things First")
    Bobby Astyr
    • Mr. Jones (segment "The Hooker")
    • (as Bobby Astor)
    Colleen Anderson
    • Mary Lou (segment "The Hooker")
    • (as June Medows)
    Jonah L. Bryson
    • Self - Talent
    • (as a different name)
    Christie Ford
    • Louise (segment "Goodbye")
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gerard Damiano
    • Writer
      • Gerard Damiano
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    9Nodriesrespect

    There But for the Grace of God...

    Playing like a series of rough draughts for skits that didn't make it into his 1977 epic "circle of life" ODYSSEY, à la Disney's perpetual "work in progress" FANTASIA, Gerard Damiano's PEOPLE has too often been casually dismissed as a merely minor effort by one of adult's avowed auteurs. True, its straightforward, six-chaptered vignette structure with little in the way of a connecting theme, other than the way characters from various walks of life relate to each other sexually, must have seemed like a retrograde step at the time for the director immediately following his most daring and experimental work. The passing of time has been kind to this particular picture however. As a matter of fact, it would make the perfect place to start for anyone intent on exploring his richly varied and often surprisingly personal body of work as it could practically serve as a calling card for then future employment, exploring different styles in both sex and storytelling.

    Half a dozen self-contained short subjects, some of which predominantly focus on sex as performance for an audience of one (or more), while others have the feel of acting school exercises. All but two scenes are exclusively oral, female to male, the director's proclaimed personal favorite among sex acts, lovingly slow and sensuous, just the way he liked 'em, with the notable exception of Jamie Gillis jackhammering Serena's tonsils in the first installment. He's a house-painter whose work's not coming along as fast as she would like. Her verbal abuse leads to his turning the tables on her while she's getting herself off in the bath. As most are aware, Serena and Jamie were a couple both on screen and off, playing out their kinky fantasies privately as well as in public. Diametrically opposed at the other end of the emotional spectrum's a two-hander involving a struggling ad man bidding a fond farewell to his long-suffering lady love, who can't afford to tag along offering a dose of sadly still all too relevant economic reality adult audiences then and now were quite unaccustomed to, now that he has been offered a job on the West Coast. While Bob Bolla does his usual sterling job, the real revelation proves an uncharacteristically brittle Christie Ford, frequently typecast as a bug-eyed dizzy blonde but hauntingly poignant here as her resistance gradually crumbles in the face of her boyfriend's sincerity. Somewhat overused in adult, Johnny Pearson's "Sleepy Shores" still provides the perfect soundtrack companion.

    The filmmaker shifts gears once more, creating an incredibly effective otherworldly mood through glamorous sets and costumes (courtesy of subsequent S&M Maestro Vince Benedetti), set to the obsessive strains of Ravel's Bolero. An alluring feather-masked innocent (an unrecognizably attired Kasey Rodgers, the hot redhead with Jake Teague in Bill Milling's affable BLONDE IN BLACK SILK) is ritualistically prepared by her very hands on handmaidens (cult goddesses Marlene Willoughby and Sue McBain) for apparent sacrifice to jaded millionaire Eric Edwards. The pace is slow and deliberate as Kasey erotically engulfs Eric's mighty member time and again, adjusting her rhythm as the music builds to crescendo. Photographic duties have been evenly split between Damiano's longtime collaborator Joao Fernandes (formerly "Harry Flecks" and a mainstay since the days of THROAT and MISS JONES) for more intricate glossy set-ups such as these and Jim McCalmont, who was to hit his professional stride on the director's awesome SATISFIERS OF ALPHA BLUE, handling their more down to earth counterparts with equal aplomb. Then a comparatively brief and slightly surreal dungeon number with one shots Michelle and Kelly Green as dominatrix and submissive putting on a show with an uncredited willowy blonde male slave for the benefit of a peeping pair, the female half of which is fly by night starlet Ellyn Grant who also popped up in Chuck Vincent's MISBEHAVIN'.

    Psychodrama's catered for by Samantha Fox thespically strutting her stuff as daddy Damiano's little girl Sally easing her doting parent into accepting her full-grown sexuality. Always a good actress, Fox alternates eloquently between wisely underplayed adolescent mannerisms when relating to her father, an unusually "deep" cameo for the director, and brazen sensuality as she puts on make up to meet her lover. Bringing up the rear (so to speak, there's no back door action) is the late Bobby Astyr, bagging the flick's sole AFAA award for Best Supporting Actor, hitting just the right note somewhere halfway between comedy and pathos as a lovable lonely slob holed up in a sleazy motel room, waiting for a hooker. What he gets is inexperienced and possibly under-aged Mary Lou, sweetly played by fan favorite Heather Young (billed as "June Meadows"), soon to deliver a breakout turn in Milling's excellent SATIN SUITE, bravely standing up to a bulldozing Sam Fox. Juggling darkness and light, the former episode leavened by unexpected humor just like the latter's given weight by wistful poignancy, beautifully brings Damiano's resumé to a satisfying close as the credits kick in to a mighty strange little ditty called "Nursery Rhyme", warbled by obscure off Broadway performer Susan McAneny and composed by none other than Alan Silvestri, prior to hitting the big time as Bob Zemeckis's soundtrack supplier of choice !
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    Damiano proves why he wasn't hired for "As the World Turns"

    Gerard Damiano stubbed his toe with this desultory set of six vignettes, at best failed soap opera (with surface "dramatic" acting), and at worst pretentious artiness. His mastery of Adult Cinema is secure, but even a master can have a real off-day.

    Worst scene is titled "Once Upon a Time", an erotic fantasy with cast overly made-up and puppet-like going through the motions of emotionless sex. Andrew Blake, this sure makes your stuff look good.

    Serena and Jamie Gillis role-play in a dreary "The Game", R. Bolla stars as a cad leaving his wife in the overacted "Goodbye" and Bobby Astyr complains and is tiresome humping a young hooker in "The Hooker". A live BDSM sex show is tediously depicted in "The Exhibition".

    Unbearably bad is a scene starring Damiano himself, which demonstrates zero competence at fashioning an old-fashioned soap opera, titled "First Things First". Samantha Fox at her makeup mirrors plays Damiano's daughter, and he dotes on her. Cryptic at first, there's a seamless move into flashback where she puts on sexy lingerie and humps her lover, promising him she'll tell daddy she's serious about their relationship. Back to Damiano (with the gimmick of us wondering whether it was him she stripped for), and she fails to tell him -merely lingering with extreme sentimentality as he is afraid to let his little girl go. Coming from a master pornographer, this scene particularly rings false throughout, zero sincerity.

    Much of the cast get fake names (or misspelled) in the credits in this utter failure.

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    • Trivia
      Italian censorship visa # 76235 delivered on 24 February 1981.
    • Connections
      Featured in 35mm Grindhouse Trailers: The Best of 42nd Street (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Nursery Rhyme
      Sung by Susan McAneny

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    • Release date
      • 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gerard Damiano's People
    • Production company
      • Nursery Rhyme Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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