Description: THE UNCENSORED DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE INFAMOUS 'SKINEMAX' CLASSIC!
She ain't mama's little girl no more! The luscious Glory Annen stars as Felicity Robinson, a sheltered teen who surrenders her blossoming body to a world of bold sexual adventure. From the forbidden pleasures at an all-girl school in the countryside to wanton hungers in the exotic underground of Hong Kong, Felicity finds herself deflowered, defiled and ultimately delighted by the shame and ecstasy of a libido unleashed. Penthouse model Joni Flynn co-stars in this notorious erotic odyssey that defined a generation of horny young men...and quite a few women, too!
Severin Films is proud to present FELICITY fully restored from the personal vault print of writer/director John D. Lamond, now featuring footage never before seen in America as well as delectable new Extras produced exclusively for this edition!
So BAD This is a perfect example of a "movie" that deserves the worst rating possible. Add to that the quality of the DVD. Loud, stupid sounds and washed out transfer. Amazon needs to give us the ability to go minus stars and also the capability to rate the "movie" and the "media" separately.
Typical softcore. (First part of a two-part review...) Felicity (John D. Lamond, 1979) The Bad News Bears (Michael Ritchie, 1976)
Last weekend was nostalgia weekend at Goat Central; I didn't watch a single movie made in the past twenty-five years. Some were new to me, some were old friends I hadn't seen in dog's years. Two of them were classic seventies cinema, and as I watched them, I found myself amazed at how much our values and attitudes have changed over the past three decades. Not always for the worst, as the nostalgists would have us believe, but certainly not always for the better.
Take the case of Felicity, a softcore film from the height of the Ozploitation days. Lamond, who followed this up with the underrated slasher flick Nightmares, gives us the title character (played by the engaging, spunky Glory Annen; I refuse to believe she was almost thirty when this film was made), a boarding-school girl who's off to Hong Kong for a summer of sexual awakening. The movie wears its Emmanuelle-loving heart on its sleeve (in a nod to its spiritual mother, Felicity reads the novel on the plane to Hong Kong), but in the "sleazier, bloodier, sexier" mode of Ozploitation flicks, it goes some pretty nasty places. Who knew that a woman could be raped (as a virgin, no less) and be perfectly fine with it the next day after some soothing, dismissive words from an older, more experienced friend? Those two scenes bothered me throughout the rest of the film, which is your basic softcore flick, with a lot of very attractive naked people (none of whom are male, another thing that's changed for the better in recent years) but not terribly much stringing together the scenes everyone's watching the movie for. There's an anemic subplot about Felicity being chased by a couple of local thugs; they chase her, she gets away with handsome soon-to-be-boyfriend, they pop up in another scene later, and... nothing happens! Someone in the continuity department got fired over that, I hope. ...
Simply Delightful... Australia's "Horny Little Rabbit" goes to Hong Kong... Disappointing DVD A rare delight. A joy to watch. 16-year old cutie, Felicity (Glory Annen), is in an all-girls boarding school in Australia. For vacation, her Dad sends her a plane ticket to Hong Kong. What fun for a naughty girl whose favourite reading includes "Story of O" and "Emmannuel". This is one of the finest soft-core Erotica to come along since the original Emmannuel. It has red hot cuties, good acting talent, high production values, lovely photography and scenery, and is both exotic and erotic. It is also one of the rare examples of Erotica from Down Under.
In Hong Kong, Felicity gets introduced to a local girl, Me Ling. Me Ling (Joni Flynn) doesn't look in the least bit Chinese. But who cares? She's HOT! Me Ling brings Felicity to places most tourists don't see, like Lesbian Bath Houses and Waterfront Floating Brothels. It's in one of the Floating Brothels, while peeping at customers making out, that Felicity gets poked in the rear by a complete stranger, and discovers that she really enjoys it. Although nothing explicit is shown, it is still very hot. Felicity falls for an Aussie photojournalist, Miles (Christopher Milne), and learns by film's end the important lesson that sex with love is more important than simply sex alone. So the "horny little rabbit" (Miles' name for her) settles down with her lucky bloke and lives happily ever after. Absolutely delightful and worth every dollar.
Sadly the DVD from Severin is not up to scratch. The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 widescreen (anamorphic). But the print looks old. Although Severin claims to have restored it, colours are very faded and there are scattered nicks and dirt specks. There is grain throughout. Black levels are not properly set. Deep blacks plateau to a dull dark grey making the picture appear flat, lacking depth. The picture is watchable but disappointing, especially when compared to Severin's other releases. The audio is in 2.0 Mono and sounds fine. No subtitles are provided. There is an engaging and informative feature-length commentary from director John D. Lamond and winsome star Glory Annen. Happy as I am to have this DVD, I hope Severin comes round to issuing a Special Edition with the print properly restored and remastered. This delightful film is worth the cost.
Note: Glory Annen is actually Canadian but manages what she calls a "cultured" Australian accent. Joni Flynn is British of Scottish-Indian ancestry and a former Penthouse model. Her most widely seen role is in the 007 film "Octopussy". I love Felicty's breezy theme song, "Mama's Little Girl". Sung by Linda George, it brings back nostalgic memories of the 1970s. This film was shot in 1978 and as Lamond says in the commentary, it remains a fascinating time-capsule of when Hong Kong was still a British Crown Colony. The film is as much an exotic travelogue as an erotic feature. For all you pervs out there, be aware that this film was passed uncut by the usually puritanical British and Australian censors. It was considered "artistic" and "tasteful" so don't expect raunchy porn. If anything, this film would be best described as innocent and light-hearted entertainment. This new "unrated, uncensored director's cut" would get a mild R-rating at most.
A greatly improved classic.... This movie is somewhat typical, of this genre in the late 70's and 80's. Very thin (make it up as you go) plot, mixed in with beautiful women who are looking for any excuse to drop their clothing. Other than a few dark unhappy moments, the movie is very fun and light hearted.
I first saw this movie in 1982 late at night on Cinemax with a grainy old 19" TV. To see it again, restored in all it's glory on DVD, is simply amazing. Even if it weren't the unrated director's cut, it would have still been worth the wait.
"YAWN BORING" DEBBIE DOES SALLS IS MUCH BETTER I HATE THESE TITILATING MOVIES, BIT A PUBE, SOME T+A. DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR, EITHER TRY AND GET HOLD OF THE OLD 70S PORNOS LIKE DEBBIE DOES DALLAS, JADE PUSSYCAT, GOOD GIRLS OF GODIVA, TABOO. THESE OLD MOVIES HAVE A STORY PLUS LOTS OF HARD CORE THRILLS.
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