Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill Detailed
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Posted October 19, 2013 06:48 PM by Webmaster
Independent U.S. distributors Vinegar Syndrome have detailed their upcoming combo pack edition of director Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill (1964), starring Letícia Román, Miriam Hopkins, Ulli Lommel, and Christiane Schmidtmer. The release will be available for purchase on December 10th.
Vinegar Syndrome's upcoming release will also include producer/director Albert Zugsmith's The Phantom Gunslinger (1970), starring Troy Donahue, Sabrina, and Elizabeth Campbell.
Official synopsis: Acclaimed producer Albert Zugsmith (Touch of Evil, The Incredible Shrinking Man) crafted some of the strangest and most unlikely exploitation films of the 60s. Vinegar Syndrome presents the blu-ray debut of two of his rarest works:
Cult filmmaker Russ Meyer takes on directorial duties in Zugsmith's adaptation of the notorious erotic classic Fanny Hill. Set in pre-Victorian London, young Fanny finds herself taken in by a madame at one of the city's most elite brothels. A strange mix of Zugsmith's surreal slapstick and Meyer's trademark buxom beauties and thoughtful satire, Fanny Hill is an over-the-top saga of low-rent thrills in high-brow settings.
Zugsmith's mind-numbing blend of surrealism and slapstick comedy done as a self-aware parody of westerns stars Troy Donohue as Phil P. Phillips, fresh out of divinity school and living in the frontier town of Yucca Flats. When a gang of seven criminals take the town hostage, it's up to Phil to save the village, or die trying, again and again…
Both films have been restored from their original negatives and are being offered on DVD and Blu-ray fully uncut for the first time.
Special Features:
Vinegar Syndrome's upcoming release will also include producer/director Albert Zugsmith's The Phantom Gunslinger (1970), starring Troy Donahue, Sabrina, and Elizabeth Campbell.
Official synopsis: Acclaimed producer Albert Zugsmith (Touch of Evil, The Incredible Shrinking Man) crafted some of the strangest and most unlikely exploitation films of the 60s. Vinegar Syndrome presents the blu-ray debut of two of his rarest works:
Cult filmmaker Russ Meyer takes on directorial duties in Zugsmith's adaptation of the notorious erotic classic Fanny Hill. Set in pre-Victorian London, young Fanny finds herself taken in by a madame at one of the city's most elite brothels. A strange mix of Zugsmith's surreal slapstick and Meyer's trademark buxom beauties and thoughtful satire, Fanny Hill is an over-the-top saga of low-rent thrills in high-brow settings.
Zugsmith's mind-numbing blend of surrealism and slapstick comedy done as a self-aware parody of westerns stars Troy Donohue as Phil P. Phillips, fresh out of divinity school and living in the frontier town of Yucca Flats. When a gang of seven criminals take the town hostage, it's up to Phil to save the village, or die trying, again and again…
Both films have been restored from their original negatives and are being offered on DVD and Blu-ray fully uncut for the first time.
Special Features:
- 3 Disc Combo (1 Blu-ray (BD-50) & 2 DVDs) | Region Free | 1.85:1 AR | DTS-HD Master Audio
- Restored in 2K from 35mm original camera negative
- "The Zugsmith Connection" featurette with Fanny Hill star Ulli Lomell
- Interview with film historian Eric Schaefer + Reversible cover art for The Phantom Gunslinger
