The film scores a few points for a great performance from frank thring and an enjoyable car chase at the end. For all four characters above, make large chipmunk ears and claws like in the film series. Oct 23, 2014 this led to an influx of cheap imported sex movies and paved the way for alvin purple, a film with progressive instincts that were both informed and complicated by the emergence of feminism as a. Graeme blundell, lynette curran, dennis miller, abigail, christine amor, dina mann, jill forster, frederick parslow, valerie blake, alan finney, tim burstall, alvin purple the sex therapist tim burstalls alvin purple, alvin purple, the sex therapist, tim burstalls alvin purple, tim burstall, graeme blundell, lynette curran, dennis miller. Alvin purple ebook by lumby 9781921428999 rakuten kobo. He also starred in the car theft comedy midnite spares, and played padme amidalas father in attack of the clones and revenge of the sith, though his scenes were cut from the former. Catherine lumby, with her track record in writing about gender and censorship, was an ideal choice to discuss alvin purple australia 1973. Alvin purple rewatched the raunchy centre of the 70s. Alvin rides again 1974 letterboxd your life in film. Alvin rides again 1974 may be a superior comedy to the original, in that it contains one actually funny scene. Alvin purple is a 1973 australian sex comedy film starring graeme blundell, written by alan. Within social history, lumby considers alvin as part of the sexual revolution of the 1970s. The color purple is a 1985 american comingofage period drama film directed by steven spielberg with a screenplay by menno meyjes, based on the pulitzer prizewinning 1982 novel of the same name by alice walker. Alvin purple is a nebbish waterbed salesman who stirs up an irrepressible sexual urge in women to such a degree that he gets mobbed by skirts wherever he goes.
A controversial benchmark of australian cinema and a monumental part of the 70s ozploitation movement, alvin purple is tim burstalls petersen legendary film that introduced fullfrontal nudity. It made an unlikely star out of graeme blundell, and paved the way for a long series of australian films with sexual themes, or at least a lot of nudie exploitation flicks. Despite this, it was a major hit with australian audiences. Its hero, alvin purple, is introduced to his doppelganger, balls mcgee, a gangster from america. Put lavender socks and purple sneakers on her feet. A sex comedy about a naive young male who, although quiet and interested in just settling down, finds himself. Alvin purple was an australian television situation comedy series made by the australian broadcasting corporation in 1976. This was followed by a 1976 australian broadcasting corporation situation comedy television series titled alvin purple.
Alvin purple, the worlds most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to. A waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a job as a gardener in a convent. For those of us australians growing up in this era, director tim burstalls sleazy little gem features a veritable whos. Alvin purple, by catharine lumby, australian screen classics series, currency press and the australian film commission, sydney, 2008. This was followed by a 1976 australian broadcasting commission situation comedy television series titled alvin purple. Eventually, he gets tapped by a charlatan doctor to play gigolo for hundreds of erotically frustrated housewives, under the guise of sex therapy until the law catches up with him.
The character alvin, through the film and the ensuing television series, became an australian cultural icon and the name alvin purple. The character alvin, through the film and the ensuing television series, became an australian cultural icon and the name alvin purple was synonymous with a sexually vigorous male. Alvin and the chipmunks meet frankenstein and alvin and the chipmunks meet the wolfman released by universal studios home entertainment in 2008 alvin and the chipmunks 2007 film released by 20th century fox home entertainment on april 1, 2008. Average guy antihero alvin purple graeme blundell was at the heart. It was spielbergs eighth film as a director, and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Alvin purple graeme blundell tina donovan elli maclure spike dooley alan finney dr mcburney george whaley. Alvin rides again, a tv series, and the 80s reboot melvin, son of alvin. Alvin purple nonusa format pal region 4 import australia. Nothing like it had really been done in an australian movie before and the things alvin got up to were fairly amusing. Commission situation comedy television series titled alvin purple. This led to an influx of cheap imported sex movies and paved the way for alvin purple, a film with progressive instincts that were both informed and complicated by the emergence of feminism as a. Alvin purple has twelve chapter stops, its sequel fourteen.
Working in door to door sales, alvin unsuccessfully tries to resist legions of women who want him. The writers just couldnt think of any ways to make. Graeme blundell, lynette curran, dennis miller, abigail, christine amor, dina mann, jill forster, frederick parslow, valerie blake, alan finney, tim burstall, alvin purple the sex therapist tim burstalls alvin purple, alvin purple, the sex therapist, tim burstalls alvin purple, tim. The film was released in the us as the sex therapist. During this period she appeared in a series of brief cameo roles in a string of sex comedy films such as alvin purple 1973, and its 1974 sequel alvin rides again. Alvin purple graeme blundell is a quiet, urban australian male who finds himself the unlikely object of female lust. Alvin purple is a part series which was a spinoff of the 1973 movie of the same name. Alvin purple tv series is a tv series directed by maurice murphy, ted robinson with graeme blundell, chris haywood, dawn lake, john ewart, year. Alvin purple was australias most successful film at the time of its release. Petersen legendary film that introduced fullfrontal nudity to a mainstream audience and blazed a trail of. The talented cast of actors tries hard to keep the thin material afloat, and the movie spawned two sequels alvin rides again 1974 and melvin. Alvin purple rewatched the raunchy centre of the 70s ozploitation. The film tracks him from his schooldays through early jobs waterbed salesman, sex therapist until eventually he becomes a convent gardener, but even then he inflames the nuns with a desire to fornicate with him.
Alvin purple is a 1973 australian sex comedy directed by tim burstall and starring graeme blundell, lynette curran, and jacki weaver. This is a provocative book about an underappreciated and provocative film. Alvin purple is not a good looking man, in fact you could say that he is pretty ugly. Alvin and the chipmunks is an american animated television series to feature the singing characters the chipmunks, produced by bagdasarian productions in association with rubyspears productions from 1983 to 1987 on nbc, and was based on 196162s the alvin show and musical career previously. Its premise reverses the feminist polemic of men oppressing women alvin is the one pursued, a victim albeit mostly a willing one of a series of predatory women. He is best known as playing the title character in the 1973 sexcomedy film alvin purple and its 1974 sequel, alvin purple rides again. Really starting to doubt the pillars that my education is built on. Catharine lumby takes a fresh look at the film, the social and political era in which it was made and the forces that fuelled its. The definitive ocker comedy, alvin purple survived a critical mauling and went on to become the most commercially successful australian film of the 1970s.
Alvin purple tv series 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The plot of this film is that women are too horny for alvin purple and its ruining his life because hes too tired from all of the fucking. Along with pacific banana, alvin purple is the film hes best known for. A waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a. This early 1970s australian film is a classic tale of sex and alienation and first real sex. The sequel was of course nothing but a carbon copy of the first. Alvin purple by catharine lumby senses of cinema film. Alvin purple is a young man whom women find irresistible. Belinda giblin alvin purple o death where is thy sting. As ozploitation films of the 1970s exploded with horror, action and. The series followed continued adventures of the title character, previously featured in successful sex comedy feature films alvin purple 1973 and alvin purple rides again.
The main extra on alvin purple is a featurette, inside alvin purple, made for television by a future film director, brian trenchardsmith at the time. It was accompanied on release by a 48minute promotional documentary inside alvin purple directed by brian trenchardsmith. The first film to emerge from burstalls influential hexagon production companya joint venture between the filmmaker and. A 1974 film sequel alvin rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding. It starts out okay with a series of comedy bits involving lots of nudity and silliness, but about thirty minutes in the film takes a major detour, becoming a pisspoor gangster comedy. But turning it into a sitcom was really milking the cow for all it was worth.
The tv series had to tone down some of the happy smuttiness of the film, but the basic idea of our hero alvin purple a naive and passive male who is lusted after and chased by women still worked well in the hands of writer alan hopgood. Alvin purple graeme blundell, dons party is a young, naive man with a great future ahead of him. Alvin purple is a 1973 australian sex comedy directed by tim burstall and starring graeme blundell, lynette curran, and jacki weaver the film follows the misadventures of a naive young melbourne man named alvin purple blundell, whom women find irresistible. Alvin purple graeme blundell, dons party is a young, naive man with a great. Graeme blundell, lynette curran, dennis miller, abigail, christine amor, dina mann, jill forster, frederick parslow, valerie blake, alan finney, tim burstall, alvin purple the sex therapist tim burstalls alvin purple, alvin purple, the sex therapist, tim burstalls alvin purple, tim burstall, graeme. Alvin purple 1973 alvin rides again 1974 melvin, son of alvin 1984 trailers edited. Blundell reprised the title role in both, as well as in the 1984 movie melvin, son of alvin.
Her second film role came in 1984, when she appeared in melvin, son of alvin, a sequel to the 1973 comedy, alvin purple. Episode ii attack of the clones, but they were cut and appear only on the dvd release of the film. A 1974 film sequel alvin rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding more camp comedy. Australian waterbed salesman alvin graeme blundell sees a psychiatrist penne hackforthjones about his irresistibility to women. Had already watched the movie and its sequel alvin rides again and as a 15 year old there was no way i was not going to see this. Alvin purple is a cheerfully sexist sex comedy, made at a time when feminism was a hot media topic.
The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks. Alvin purple graeme blundell dons party is a young, naive man with a great future ahead of him. At 16 he flees from schoolgirls right into the clutches of his school teachers wife. Alvin purple synopsis plot the film is a sexfarce which follows the misadventures of a naive young melbourne man alvin purple, whom women find irresistible. Overall package the first film in this two disc package is the original alvin purple, released in 1973 and a huge financial success for the fledgling hexagon productions. Alvin purple pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released alvin purple pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. The writers just couldnt think of any ways to make the tired concept more. In 2008, catharine lumby wrote a book about the film in the australian screen classic series. Son of alvin 1984 as well as an australian tv series, also titled alvin purple 1976. Tina bursill trams are a heavily featured in the movie malcolm, one scene of the controversial film alvin purple, and feature in the music video clips for the beastie boys the rat cage and acdcs its a long way to the top. Alvin purple became the most commercially successful australian film released to that time, breaking the box office record set by michael. Alvin purple is not a good looking man, in fact you could. Alvin purple ozploitation classics umbrella entertainment.
Alvin purple 1973 clip 1 on aso australias audio and. But there is more to alvin than meets the eye, and it is not long before he is thrust into a series of saucy adventures where women are attracted head over heels and find him sexually irresistible. The multitude of sex that alvin engages in contrasts his life of total isolation, as he tries to find someone that he can truly connect with. This film is truly an original and a must for students of film. Waterbed salesman alvin consults a psychiatrist about his irresistibilty to. Discuss everything about alvin and the chipmunks wiki fandom. Alvin is so wornout he seeks psychiatric help to solve his problems. That doesnt make the film great, but it does make it interesting, and the book that pulls this off is another feather in the cap of a generally provocative series.
Alvin purple 1973 actor graeme blundell made something of a name for himself, by appearing in a few australian softcore sex comedies of the seventies. A controversial benchmark of australian cinema and a monumental part of the 70s ozploitation movement, alvin purple is tim burstalls legendary film that introduced fullfrontal nudity to a mainstream audience and blazed a trail of outrageous rompinspired cinematic mayhem. The series followed continued adventures of the title character, previously featured in successful sex comedy feature films alvin purple 1973 and alvin purple rides again 1974. Australian cinema has an amazing history and the ocker films and alvin purple are an instrumental part of it.
Filming and was shot on location in melbourne over five and a half weeks in march and april of 1973. Alvin purple, by catharine lumby, australian screen classics series, currency press and the australian film. A 1974 film sequel alvin purple rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding more camp comedy. Telecharger et regarder alvin gratuitement sur filmtube larchive du streaming gratuit.
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