Score (1973)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Radley Metzger

Writer:

Jerry Douglas (writer)

Release Date:

December 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

A Feast for the Erotic Gourmet

Plot:

Liberated '70s couple seduce another couple into experimentation with bisexuality and group-sex. |

Plot Keywords:

Lesbianism | Female Nudity | Lesbian Sex | Bisexual | Seduction

Cast

Claire Wilbur	...	Elvira
Calvin Culver	...	Eddie
Lynn Lowry	...	Betsy
Gerald Grant	...	Jack
Carl Parker	...	Mike

Also Known As:

The Score

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Australia:R (censored) | Australia:X

Filming Locations:

Zagreb, Croatia

Company:

Audubon Films

Trivia:

According to the director, interior scenes of the house owned by the couple were shot in two different homes. This was necessary as they lost the rental of the home and were not done shooting.

Quotes:

Betsy: Am I stoned yet?
Elvira: I don't think so.
Betsy: Then lets play Chopsticks anyway.
[Betsy plays Chopsticks on the piano]
Betsy: I don't remember the words...

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Cult Film Legacy of Lynn Lowry (2003) (V)

Recommended but I'm not sure to whom

This is a pretty good movie but I'm not exactly sure who it was aimed at. Straight guys that want to see the gorgeous Lynn Lowry in hot, sapphic action might be tempted to watch it, but they will no doubt be left pretty jarred by the way Metzger intercuts the gay and lesbian sex scenes at the end. I would think the (in some versions hardcore)gay footage might ruin the mood a little for heterosexuals. There is a good softcore hetero scene at the beginning between Claire Wilbur's character and a TV repairman while Lowry's character looks on, but if you just want to see Lowry and/or a lot of heterosexual and lesbian sex you might do better with the contemporary cult film "Sugar Cookies" which features her and a young Mary Woronov. Gays, on the other hand, probably won't relate too much to a movie about swinging married couples, although they will no doubt find it pretty funny how obviously gay the two "husbands" in this movie are to begin with (especially Lowry's husband played by gay porno actor Casey Donovan). That leaves swinging bisexual types like the characters in the film (although I imagine those kind of people don't have too much time to watch movies)and weirdos like me who don't really watch sex movies for the sex (and there can't be too many of us around).

On the plus side, this is a Radley Metzger movie. Metzger is perhaps the only American who can make graphic sex movies that have any class at all. The word "erotic" is overused almost as much as the word "pornographic", but whether they're erotic or not Metzger makes movies that really look great visually, and whether you're turned on by the action or not, at least you're not crying over the wasted celluloid or cringing at the cheesy music and atrocious acting and dialogue. The acting here is also excellent, especially Lowry, Wilbur, and Gerald Grant--Donovan is good too but a little stiff (no pun intended). I'm not exactly sure who I'd recommend this TO, but I'd definitely recommend it.