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The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

  • 1980
  • R
  • 1h 28m
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4.0/10
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Martine Beswick in The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
A prostitute writes a bestseller book about her profession which attracts the attention of a studio executive who attempts to adapt it into a movie. They have a falling off and she decides to make the film on her own despite sabotage.
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A prostitute writes a bestseller book about her profession which attracts the attention of a studio executive who attempts to adapt it into a movie. They have a falling off and she decides t... Read allA prostitute writes a bestseller book about her profession which attracts the attention of a studio executive who attempts to adapt it into a movie. They have a falling off and she decides to make the film on her own despite sabotage.A prostitute writes a bestseller book about her profession which attracts the attention of a studio executive who attempts to adapt it into a movie. They have a falling off and she decides to make the film on her own despite sabotage.

  • Director
    • Alan Roberts
  • Writers
    • Devin Goldenberg
    • Alan Roberts
  • Stars
    • Martine Beswick
    • Chris Lemmon
    • Adam West
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Alan Roberts
    • Writers
      • Devin Goldenberg
      • Alan Roberts
    • Stars
      • Martine Beswick
      • Chris Lemmon
      • Adam West
    • 12User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Martine Beswick
    Martine Beswick
    • Xaviera Hollander
    Chris Lemmon
    Chris Lemmon
    • Robby Rottman
    Adam West
    Adam West
    • Lionel Lamely
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Joseph Rottman
    Phil Silvers
    Phil Silvers
    • William B. Warkoff
    Charles Green
    Charles Green
    • George
    Lisa London
    Lisa London
    • Laurie
    Alexandra Morgan
    • Max
    Tanya Boyd
    Tanya Boyd
    • Sylvie
    Susan Kiger
    Susan Kiger
    • Susie
    Randi Brough
    • Twin
    Candi Brough
    • Twin
    Lindsay Bloom
    Lindsay Bloom
    • Chris
    Betty Jean Samuelson
    • Joy Pecker
    Jack Perkins
    Jack Perkins
    • Drunk Conventioner
    Dick Miller
    Dick Miller
    • New York Cop
    Edie Adams
    Edie Adams
    • Rita Beater
    Chuck Wells
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    • Director
      • Alan Roberts
    • Writers
      • Devin Goldenberg
      • Alan Roberts
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    Wizard-8

    The best of the series... though that's not saying much

    "The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood" was one of the first movies made by notorious producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus after they took over Cannon Studios. Even at this stage, they showed here that they could make a decent-looking movie on a low budget (it has the highest production values of the trilogy). There is also a lot of nudity and sex - I think it's safe to say this movie has more sex and nudity than the first two movies combined. And the script has some amusing in-jokes (Silvers' character name "Warkoff" is obviously a sly send-up of B movie producer Samuel Z. Arkoff.)

    Unfortunately, despite all this, the movie still doesn't add up to much. There may be all that sex and nudity, but it's directed with such an innocent attitude that it's not the least bit erotic. Silvers is wasted in a role that obviously didn't take long to film. West seems very embarrassed (his career was still in the toilet at the time.) But the biggest problem is that the movie doesn't have that much story. There's only half a story here, the rest being obvious filler.

    Only for Golan and Globus fanatics who are determined to watch everything they produced.
    10sethn172

    How A-Dult (as we say here) can this get?????

    By the way, that's A-dult (A like "ham," dult like the regular saying).

    Anyhow, "The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood" is one of those films that are like, "Uhh...I really shouldn't be seeing this stuff!!!!!" Yes, I know this movie is chock full of nudity. I can tell because I heard that Batman is nude in this movie! (The Fox Batman, as you can tell; not the WB Batman!) How surprising, I may never see Batman again! "Holy (insert any word here), Batman! How can you get to that point in your career!," as Robin would say. (I'm sure he'd be nude, too).

    That's my reaction to this naughty little flick. Heck, even those bots of MST3K fame would never riff it, because it's that naughty! While this movie gets ten stars, you'll need to bless your home theater center after this for that bad thing you watched on it!!!!! Then, you'll need to find a better flick than this!
    1Gil-44

    MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

    If your idea of fun is watching Adam West dance and simulate receiving oral sex, by all means, enjoy. Otherwise, this may very well be the worst movie I've seen made in the 80's. And I've seen SQUEEZE PLAY.

    Phil Silvers was in this, too. And Rob Petrie's boss.
    5cwolf10

    Hooker goes Hollywood.

    The film here is about The Happy Hooker book being transformed into a movie with the help of the author's prostitutes. OK movie with a bunch of filler scenes and a lot of nudity.
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    My publisher says my book will be on the best-seller list forever; of course, he also says that he can levitate if he focuses really hard...

    This is the only one in the series I've seen. Maybe I'd like it if that wasn't so. I researched the woman and the book briefly before putting this on; it's considered to be an important part of why sex became a less strained subject(although we appear to be moving backwards on that now, as more people are focusing on their careers than their love-lives), and I can certainly appreciate that. But this is 81 minutes of crap. It has nothing to say(other than perhaps "Hollywood is sleazy", however, even in 1980, that was old news, downright ancient), it has no purpose, and other than camp, it has nothing to offer the viewer. Well, T&A, obviously, though hardly any of it is erotic or attractive(it seems to be played for laughs, instead). This is about making a film out of the novel... you know, what the first of these movies were. That right there is way too complex and meta for this. I'm not saying something like this can't be smart, no, I'm pointing out that it insists that it can't be. Other than one, *maybe* two lines in this whole thing, the dialog is embarrassing and awful. Too little in this is rational; why would the producer think a picture claiming that the Church is responsible for her prostitution would do well, wouldn't they barely be able to release it? Did these three earn a lot? I hear that this is the best, the one that is put together with most skill, and that is just depressing. The acting is terrible and flat(I guess Batman *wasn't* gay... huh). Every joke and gag is powerfully unfunny, and this literally uses the freakin' "waaah-waaah"-trumpet, yeugh. This uses exaggerated cartoon sound effects. No, I've seen worse, I've hated flicks to a greater extent than this, but that's like saying that there are worse, smellier garbage dumps out there. There is some nudity and getting' it on in this. Only about half of it is hot. I recommend this to... I don't know, fans of the first two, and of exploitation cinema. 1/10

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    • Trivia
      Martine Beswick was appalled by the sheer amount of sex in the film and threatened to quit the film at one point.
    • Goofs
      When Xaviera tells Miles and Marian they should come to New York, under Miles's reaction shot is heard the audio "sounds delightful", but his lips don't move in the visual.
    • Quotes

      Chris: [in jealousy of Lionel's affair with Xaviera] What? You think you're such a big man, taking freebies from a whore?

      Lionel Lamely: That's really ugly, Chris.

      Chris: Well, you're not so cute yourself.

    • Connections
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 3: Exploitation Explosion (2008)

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Xaviera y sus pupilas
    • Filming locations
      • Carmar Drive at Carmar Place, Hollywood, California, USA(Robby approaches Xaviera on the street)
    • Production companies
      • Cannon Films
      • Golan-Globus Productions
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      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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