Australian cinema has an amazing history and the ocker films and alvin purple are an instrumental part of it. Alvin purple graeme blundell, dons party is a young, naive man with a great. 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. Alvin purple by catharine lumby senses of cinema film. This early 1970s australian film is a classic tale of sex and alienation and first real sex. Alvin purple has twelve chapter stops, its sequel fourteen. Alvin is so wornout he seeks psychiatric help to solve his problems. 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.
Within social history, lumby considers alvin as part of the sexual revolution of the 1970s. 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. The writers just couldnt think of any ways to make. Catherine lumby, with her track record in writing about gender and censorship, was an ideal choice to discuss alvin purple australia 1973. 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. A sex comedy about a naive young male who, although quiet and interested in just settling down, finds himself. Blundell reprised the title role in both, as well as in the 1984 movie melvin, son of alvin. Alvin purple is not a good looking man, in fact you could say that he is pretty ugly. Alvin purple is a young man whom women find irresistible.
Alvin purple, by catharine lumby, australian screen classics series, currency press and the australian film. A 1974 film sequel alvin rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding. 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 the tired concept 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. 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. Really starting to doubt the pillars that my education is built on. 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. 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. A waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a job as a gardener in a convent.
The gangster wants to watch his favourite tv show skippy, the bush kangaroo, and sings along to the theme music. Alvin purple 1973 alvin rides again 1974 melvin, son of alvin 1984 trailers edited. 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. It was accompanied on release by a 48minute promotional documentary inside alvin purple directed by brian trenchardsmith. Alvin rides again 1974 letterboxd your life in film. Alvin purple is a part series which was a spinoff of the 1973 movie of the same name.
This film is truly an original and a must for students of film. As ozploitation films of the 1970s exploded with horror, action and. Alvin purple is a 1973 australian sex comedy directed by tim burstall and starring graeme blundell, lynette curran, and jacki weaver. One of my university lecturers claimed this is the best australian film. 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.
Alvin and the chipmunks, originally david seville and the chipmunks or simply the chipmunks, are an american animated virtual band created by ross bagdasarian sr. Waterbed salesman alvin consults a psychiatrist about his irresistibilty to. 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. Voice the returning characters back to the film series cast. 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. 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. A 1974 film sequel alvin purple rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding more camp comedy. Despite this, it was a major hit with australian audiences. Discuss everything about alvin and the chipmunks wiki fandom. This was followed by a 1976 australian broadcasting commission situation comedy television series titled alvin purple. Alvin purple is a cheerfully sexist sex comedy, made at a time when feminism was a hot media topic. 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.
Alvin purple graeme blundell tina donovan elli maclure spike dooley alan finney dr mcburney george whaley. Alvin purple 1973 clip 1 on aso australias audio and. The character alvin, through the film and the ensuing television series, became an australian cultural icon and the name alvin purple. Alvin purple became the most commercially successful australian film released to that time, breaking the box office record set by michael. 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 tv series is a tv series directed by maurice murphy, ted robinson with graeme blundell, chris haywood, dawn lake, john ewart, year. A waterbed salesman who is irresistible to women gets a. This is a provocative book about an underappreciated and provocative film. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. 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. 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. 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. 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. Filming and was shot on location in melbourne over five and a half weeks in march and april of 1973. 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.
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. But turning it into a sitcom was really milking the cow for all it was worth. Alvin purple tv series 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Her second film role came in 1984, when she appeared in melvin, son of alvin, a sequel to the 1973 comedy, alvin purple. Alvin rides again 1974 may be a superior comedy to the original, in that it contains one actually funny scene.
Telecharger et regarder alvin gratuitement sur filmtube larchive du streaming gratuit. Belinda giblin alvin purple o death where is thy sting. Alvin purple, the worlds most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to. Alvin purple 1973 the screen guide screen australia.
This was followed by a 1976 australian broadcasting corporation situation comedy television series titled alvin purple. 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. 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. Alvin purple was an australian television situation comedy series made by the australian broadcasting corporation in 1976. 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. 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. A 1974 film sequel alvin rides again toneddown the sex scenes and nudity, adding more camp comedy. 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. 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. For all four characters above, make large chipmunk ears and claws like in the film series. 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. This film is considered an ozploitation australian exploitation picture. Petersen legendary film that introduced fullfrontal nudity to a mainstream audience and blazed a trail of. Alvin purple graeme blundell dons party is a young, naive man with a great future ahead of him.
Commission situation comedy television series titled alvin purple. 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 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. Alvin purple is not a good looking man, in fact you could. Episode ii attack of the clones, but they were cut and appear only on the dvd release of the film. Its hero, alvin purple, is introduced to his doppelganger, balls mcgee, a gangster from america. At 16 he flees from schoolgirls right into the clutches of his school teachers wife. For those of us australians growing up in this era, director tim burstalls sleazy little gem features a veritable whos.
Alvin purple rewatched the raunchy centre of the 70s. The film was released in the us as the sex therapist. Put lavender socks and purple sneakers on her feet. Alvin purple is a 1973 australian sex comedy film starring graeme blundell, written by alan. Alvin purple graeme blundell is a quiet, urban australian male who finds himself the unlikely object of female lust. 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. Nothing like it had really been done in an australian movie before and the things alvin got up to were fairly amusing. 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. 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. Alvin purple ebook by lumby 9781921428999 rakuten kobo. The sequel was of course nothing but a carbon copy of the first. Since march 2011, blundell has hosted sunday night at the movies with graeme blundell on foxtels fox classics channel. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks. 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.
Son of alvin 1984 as well as an australian tv series, also titled alvin purple 1976. Alvin purple was australias most successful film at the time of its release. The film scores a few points for a great performance from frank thring and an enjoyable car chase at the end. 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 graeme blundell, dons party is a young, naive man with a great future ahead of him. Alvin rides again, a tv series, and the 80s reboot melvin, son of alvin. The first film to emerge from burstalls influential hexagon production companya joint venture between the filmmaker and. Along with pacific banana, alvin purple is the film hes best known for. Australian waterbed salesman alvin graeme blundell sees a psychiatrist penne hackforthjones about his irresistibility to women. 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 nonusa format pal region 4 import australia. The young man everybody loves is back for more funloving adventure in this sequel to the audacious rompcomedy success alvin purple. Average guy antihero alvin purple graeme blundell was at the heart.
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