Vixen! (1968)

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Robert Rudelson (screenplay)
Russ Meyer (original story) ...
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Release Date:

22 October 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

No trap can hold her...this predator on the loose

Plot:

Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists...

Plot Keywords:

Racist | Pilot | Lesbianism | Buxom | Mountie

Cast

Erica Gavin	...	Vixen Palmer
Garth Pillsbury	...	Tom Palmer
Harrison Page	...	Niles
Jon Evans	...	Judd
Vincene Wallace	...	Janet King
Robert Aiken	...	Dave King
Michael Donovan O'Donnell	...	O'Bannion
Peter Carpenter	...	Mountie
John Furlong	...	Sam the Gas Station Attendant
Jackie Illman	...	Tourist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Russ Meyer	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Vic Perrin	...	Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Russ Meyer

Writing credits
Robert Rudelson		(screenplay)
Russ Meyer		(original story) and
Anthony-James Ryan		(original story) (as Anthony James Ryan)

Produced by
Richard S. Brummer	....	associate producer (as Richard Brummer)
George Costello	....	associate producer
Eve Meyer	....	associate producer
Russ Meyer	....	producer
Anthony-James Ryan	....	associate producer (as Anthony James Ryan)

Original Music by
Igo Kantor

Cinematography by
Russ Meyer

Film Editing by
Richard S. Brummer		(as Richard Brummer)
Russ Meyer

Art Direction by
Wilfred Kues		(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Costello	....	assistant director

Art Department
Wilfred Kues	....	sets

Sound Department
Richard S. Brummer	....	sound (as Richard Brummer)
Fabrizio Donati	....	audio restorer (2009 uncredited)
John Koester	....	sound
Don Minkler	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Anthony-James Ryan	....	assistant camera (as Anthony James Ryan)
John Koester	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Other crew
Bill Kluck	....	production coordinator
Robert Pergament	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Coldstream Films
• Eve Productions
• Goldstein Films

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1969) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Creswin Distribution (1971) (Canada)
• Dickens Video (video)
• Eve Productions (1968) (USA)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• RM Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Producers' Sound Service  sound engineering (as Producers Sound Service)

Also Known As:

"Russ Meyer's Vixen!" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Finland:K-15 (2006) | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM18 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:X (original rating) (1971) | USA:R (edited version) (1977) (rating surrendered) | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Coldstream Films

Trivia:

One of the first films to receive the newly-formed MPAA's X rating.

Quotes:

Vixen Palmer:[to Janet] I know it's strange, but your body really turns me on!

Movie Connections:

References For Pete's Sake! (1934)

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Russ Meyer!

Russ Meyer made movies that are unlike any others I can think of. Remembered as one of the pioneers of nudies and sex comedies, what isn't commented on as much as it should be is the sheer strangeness of his output. Never as flamboyantly bizarre as Jodorowsky, Argento or Lynch he nevertheless in his own way is as surreal as they come. 'Vixen!'s appeal may be mainly the promise of sex, that's a given, and the buxom Erica Gavin is unforgettable in the title role of a Canadian nympho who can't seem to keep her hands off any man, woman or even (in a fantastically strange erotic dance sequence) fish, but how does that explain the unexpected and jarring racial and political themes and speeches? What exactly was Meyer trying to achieve? Beats me. I've been a fan of his for years and I still can't explain him.

Erica Gavin (later in Meyer's classic 'Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls' and Demme's women in prison exploitation flick 'Caged Heat') may not be able to act for toffee, but watching this you can't keep your eyes of her. In between spewing racial epithets and taunts at her brother's draft dodger friend Niles (Harrison Page, also later of '..Dolls'), she screws her husband, a Mountie, a visiting couple, and even her own brother Jud, a hip biker type (Jon Evans). Vixen's loving husband Tom (Garth Pillsbury, 'Supervixens'), a freelance pilot, remains oblivious to her goings on and adores her. However before the end, Vixen, Tom and Niles world's will be turned upside down by the arrival of a mysterious Irishman O'Bannion (Michael Donovan O'Donnell), who has an agenda of his own.

'Vixen!' has to be seen to be believed! Another oddball classic from Russ Meyer.