Nowak irons has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the west and loneliness and separation from their. May 07, 2016 joe sarno was an american film director and screenwriter. Sarnos work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting, long takes. And if youre going to make a sexploitation film in 1965, you needed to show at least a modicum of nudity. The on screen chemistry between shepherd and willis is superb and at its height it was perhaps the hottest show around. I was surprised at the film elements used in moonlighting. Moonlighting 1982 is about a polish contractor who leads a group of. Sarno with tammy latour, gretchen rudolph, john aristedes, fatima, year. Moonlighting wives for tickets and more information see. His recent films include the expendables, red and moonrise kingdom. Moonlighting is the kind of film that had me marveling throughout how anyone ever came up with such a great idea for a movie and, having come up with it, proceeded to realize that idea so. Cybill shepherd and bruce willis costar in one of the most popular 80s television series as detectivesatodds maddie hayes and david addison. Every so often, some fastbuck filmmaker trots out the old reliable bromide housewife by day, hooker by night.
Moonlighting wives is clearly one of these films with a strongly sexual plot. His house was in the process of renovation at the time, and three of the polish builders featured in the film actually worked on it. Moonlighting wives is based on a real life suburban prostitution ring that was exposed in 1964. Instead, the women were parttime prostitutesoperating in a very professional manner. Admittedly, the soundtrack cant capture all of the glory of the television show, which, after all, was blessed with sumptuous visuals, but it is filled with the hubris of the show there. A polish contractor, nowak, leads a group of workmen to london so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. His house was in the process of renovation at the time, and three of. Watch moonlighting wives full movie hd 1080p video. Moonlighting wives 1966 0921 1966 us drama 1h 26m user score.
Throughout the 1960s aip was always on the cutting edge of exploitation. An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent. It isnt nearly as risque as many of its contemporaries but sarnos ability to coax sincere if sometimes awkward performances out of rank amateurs certainly lends a quality atypical for such fare. Moonlighting film production services home facebook. Moonlighting was mainly made by the exiled jerzy skolimowski in his house in west london. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the protopornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, joe sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and. Sarno biography filter and browse options 5 results page 1. Among his bestknown films in the genre are sin in the suburbs 1964, which was about wife swapping, flesh and lace, the swap and how they made it 1966, in which his wife appeared, and moonlighting wives 1966. Nowak irons has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the west and loneliness and separation from their families. Moonlighting wives 1960s suburbia becomes a hotbed of rampant adultery and illicit sexual encounters in legendary sexploitation director joseph sarnos early erotic classic, moonlighting wives. Among his bestknown films in the genre are sin in the suburbs 1964, which was about wife swapping, flesh and lace, the swap and how they made it 1966, in which his wife appeared, and. Blowup 1966 is about a photographer, partly based on david bailey.
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Three films from three equally decadent film directors ushered in the genre of softcore pornography and the big screen as we knew it was never the same again. It stars jeremy irons as nowak, a polish builder leading a team working illegally in london. Finding that her clients are more interested in the women than the dictation, she revamps it into a discreet and highly profitable prostitution ring made up of. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Sarno began shooting in color with moonlighting wives 1966, about an. Find out where moonlighting is streaming, if moonlighting is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. With jeremy irons, eugene lipinski, jiri stanislav, eugeniusz haczkiewicz.
This was a detective show and a comedy in equal measure and it did both well. Moonlighting wives was erotica auteur joe sarnos first color film in 35mm. Finding that her clients are more interested in the women than the dictation, she revamps it into a discreet and highly profitable prostitution ring made up of neighbourhood wives. An echo of sin in the suburbs, its a sordid soap opera ala sarno. Yes, it was clearly exploitational but the film really isnt that spicyespecially by current standards. An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent stenography business. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adultoriented feature in 1961. Teas, ted paramors not tonight, henry and david friedmans. The series was shot like oldtime hollywood features, with beautiful lighting and set decoration, but unfortunately, i saw negative scratches, dirt, specks, and even a couple of splice jumps either someone didnt go to the vault for the original film elements for the dvd. In the third season, maddie takes a look at what life at the blue moon agency would be like without her. Overview of moonlighting wives, 1966, directed by joe sarno, with diane vivienne, jan nash, john aristedes, at turner classic movies.
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