| Behind the Green Door | |
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| Directed by | Artie Mitchell & Jim Mitchell |
| Produced by | Jim Mitchell |
| Written by | Anonymous (original story), Jim Mitchell (screen adaptation) |
| Starring | Marilyn Chambers |
| Music by | Daniel Le Blanc |
| Cinematography | Jon Fontana |
| Editing by | Jon Fontana |
| Release date(s) | 1972 |
| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Behind the Green Door (1972) was the first hardcore pornographic movie widely released in the United States. The Mitchell brothers ( James "Jim" Lloyd Mitchell November 30, 1943 – July 12, 2007 and Artie Jay Mitchell The Mitchell brothers ( James "Jim" Lloyd Mitchell November 30, 1943 – July 12, 2007 and Artie Jay Mitchell Marilyn Chambers (born Marilyn Ann Briggs, April 22, 1952, in Providence Rhode Island, U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Directed by the Mitchell brothers and starring Marilyn Chambers as Gloria Saunders, the movie depicts her abduction to a sex theater, where she is forced to perform various sexual acts with multiple partners in front of masked audience members. The Mitchell brothers ( James "Jim" Lloyd Mitchell November 30, 1943 – July 12, 2007 and Artie Jay Mitchell Marilyn Chambers (born Marilyn Ann Briggs, April 22, 1952, in Providence Rhode Island, U In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment Human sexual behavior or different human sexual practices encompass a wide range of activities such as strategies to find or attract partners ( Mating and display The Mitchell brothers appear in the film as her kidnappers. In a psychedelic and colorful key sequence, an ejaculation on Chambers' face is shown with sperm flying through the air for seven minutes.
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The Hype
Prior to the movie's release, Marilyn Chambers had modeled for Procter & Gamble and Ivory Snow detergent. Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide Ivory, a white and mildly Fragranced bar Soap, is a product of the Procter & Gamble Company After the release of the movie, Procter & Gamble recalled all products and advertising materials featuring her, unintentionally adding to the movie's hype. Along with Deep Throat, released later in the same year, the movie launched the "porno chic" boom and started what is now referred to as the "Golden Age of Porn. Deep Throat is an American Pornographic film released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano (listed in the The term " porno chic " was first used in the early 1970s to describe the wave of Pornographic movies like Boys in the Sand, Behind the The Golden Age of Porn refers to a brief modern period in the history of pornography, approximately from the late- sixties to the early-to-mid- 1980s. " Made with a budget of $60,000, the movie ultimately grossed over $25 million (including its video release, which was controlled exclusively by the Mitchells).
Aftermath
In 1986, the Mitchells made a sequel to this film, Behind the Green Door, the Sequel, directed by singer Sharon McNight and starring a newcomer named Missy (who was Artie Mitchell's girlfriend at the time and reportedly demanded to be given the role). The film, in which all sex performers used condoms, Birth Control, and other protective paraphernalia, was a critical and commercial disaster and cost the Mitchells hundreds of thousands of dollars. A condom is a device most commonly used during Sexual intercourse.
The Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre, a strip club in San Francisco, contains a "Green Door room" which is named for the two movies and was the set of the sequel. Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre is a Striptease club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco 's Tenderloin neighborhood The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
Origins
The film was made from an anonymous short story of the same title, which was circulated by means of numerous carbon copies. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Carbon copying, often abbreviated to cc, is the technique of using Carbon paper to produce one or more copies simultaneously during the creation of paper documents The story's title makes reference to the 1956 hit song "The Green Door". " (The Green Door " is a 1956 popular Song with music by Bob Davie and Lyrics by Marvin Moore.
In popular culture
Footage from the film is seen in the movie Cannonball Run, when Jackie Chan's character watches it in his high-tech car, almost leading to an accident. Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director The theme of a sex theatre with masked guests sworn to secrecy pops up again in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 drama - mystery directed produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, based on the Novella
References
External links
- Behind the Green Door at the Internet Movie Database
- Behind the Green Door review with some photos
- Behind the Green Door review
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