This should be in the netflix queue
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I am waiting for the DVD release. What do you think the chances of that happening?I have been meaning to post these for awhile...60 Second Spot30 Second Spot10 Second SpotSecond 10 Second SpotRadio spots for this,[img">http://www.dumbdistraction.com/Images/qt6teenagehitchhikers.jpg[/img]Apparently Tarantino had a sexploitation Movie Festival and that it was shown at.a href="http://www.dumbdistraction.com/Reviews/qt6day7.html]http://www.dumbdistraction.com/Reviews/qt6day7.htmlTeenage Hitchhikers (1975)Directed by: Gerri SedleyStarring: Sandra Peabody, Ric ManciniTarantino Introduction:During the break someone had asked him whether he thought there was a difference between Sexploitation movies and Porno movies. The difference is huge in Tarantino's mind, and while he loves Sexploitation movies, he hates pornos. Always had, always will. "They're just not sexy. The girls are never good actresses and they're never charming... they're just slutty. I feel like I'm watching incest victims." This got the loudest groans out of any line thus far. "I can see the track marks, I can see the bullet holes... Sexploitation actresses on the other hand... these girls are fun, alright? Very charming, very trampy, and we get to watch their fun trampy adventures. I can see these girls being discovered while dancing in cool discos or waitressing in some cafe."Tarantino also describes his childhood memories of driving through towns with drive-in theaters. They'd always have triple bills of movies with similar titles: Come See Swinging Cheerleaders, Swinging Teenagers, and Swinging Stewardesses! Theater owners would do this whether that was the movie's original title or not, and regardless of whether the new title made sense in context of the story."On the other hand, Teenage Hitchhikers actually was originally called Teenage Hitchhikers. And guess what it's about? Two fucking teenage hitchhikers, alright? Don't get used to that shit."Tarantino finished off this intro by describing the thrill he and his buddies used to get as kids when their parents drove by a theater showing a triple feature like this and they'd get a momentary glimpse of something cool. This caused several of the older members of the audience to laugh, and got several of us who missed out on the drive-in era to reminisce about similar experiences watching the scrambled Cinemax channels late at night. Some things never change I guess.Trailers:Chatterbox - The great thing about Sexploitation trailers is how easy it is for audiences to get into them. This is another of my favorite trailers, promoting a movie about a young girl with a signing vagina named Virginia. The final scene of the trailer, with Virginia singing the national anthem at a ballgame, had the audience rolling.Caged Virgins - Some Cages Exist Only in the Mind - Featuring the great line: How often the promise of Heaven has guided a man down the Path to Hell.GUMS - A 'Man on the Street Reaction' trailer, featuring a newsman shaking hands with King Dong's dong. The Movie:Oh man, this movie blew me away. If you didn't see it you probably won't believe me, but this movie had the best written dialogue of possibly any movie we've seen at this festival. No Way Out may have it beat, but not by much. It was definately the most intentionally funny movie we've seen so far.One of the things I generally don't like about Sexploitation movies is the gags are usually very obvious and heavy-handed. After a joke is told these movies usually wait a beat too long, just to make sure we got the joke. Not Teenage Hitchhikers. The jokes in this movie were actually funny and witty, and delivered in such a rapid-fire manner that you really felt like this was the kind of thing Tarantino could have written. An example:2 characters are wading in a river, trying to catch trout by hands. One of them mentions that this shows real 'pioneer spirit'.Character 1: Keep it down, the trout can hear you. You have to respect your prey like the Indians do.Character 2: Fuck 'em.Character 1: Who?Character 2: I don't care. Pioneers, Trout, Indians... fuck 'em all. I wanna eat.That probably doesn't translate as well written, but take my word for it, it was great. Just a quick throw-away snippet that was well written and well delivered. And the movie was wall-to-wall with 'em. Lines like "If you want bread... fuck a baker" and "If you wanna ride, you gotta slide" and "In this market, boobs and butts are currency."The other great thing about this movie was the actors, particuarly Sandra Peabody as one of the hitchhikers and Ric Mancini as the escaped rapist. They were incredibly charismatic, and honestly talented actors. Peabody was only in a few other movies, but Mancini has had a diverse career as a bit actor in movies like Ed Wood, Ready to Rumble, Penitentiary III, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and They Call Me Bruce?.There was one great scene between the two of them where Mancini has come across Peabody in the woods, and as he takes off his pants to rape her, she makes a dismissive comment about the size of his equipment. Mancini pauses in mid-strike, truly hurt.Mancini: Really? When I was showering with the other cons I always thought I was at least average!Peabody: Not compared to the guys I've been with. No wonder you're a rapist. You can't get it the normal way.Mancini: Awww... that's not nice. From now on, every time I go to rape somebody I'll think there's something wrong with me. At least I've got great technique. Here, let me rape you.Like I said, I really enjoyed this movie. And, in the spirit of random themes reoccuring in movies, tonight gave us our second extended hair care scene (the first was in Blue Water, White Death). I also learned that if you're gonna try to make it with your virgin girlfriend in a meadow, it's not a bad idea to keep a milkshake nearby... just so you can use the cherry on the top to make a metaphorical point. And a warning to all you kids out there... if you fall asleep at an orgy, you just might wake up with a banana peel on your ass.
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