Resurrection of Eve (1973)

Directors:

Jon Fontana
Artie Mitchell

Writers:

Jon Fontana (screenplay) and
Artie Mitchell (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 September 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Adult | Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Jealousy | Female Nudity | Hardcore | Marriage | Radio

Cast

Nancy Weich	...	Eve
Mimi Morgan	...	Eve
Marilyn Chambers	...	Eve
Matthew Armon	...	Frank Paradise
Kandi Jones	...	Kandi
Johnny Keyes	...	Johnny Keyes
Dale Meador	...	Phil (as Dale Meader)
Damona Marin	...	Nurse
Cozy Edmundson	...	Nurse
June Richards	...	Dallas Devlin
Bentley Christmas	...	Mother
Pam Francis	...	Pam
Dana Fuller	...	Engineer
Binky Bish	...	Fight Manager
Paul Pierson	...	Swinger

Also Known As:

Mitchell Brothers' Resurrection of Eve (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Anatuna

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bucky's '70s Triple XXX Movie House Trailers Vol. 8 (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sex is Our Business

Up there with the best porn flicks of the seventies

Pornography doesn't have a great reputation and that's hardly surprising considering the vast amount of rubbish porn films doing the rounds, but Resurrection of Eve is certainly at the top end of the market and manages to be both a good film and a good porn film. The film was made in and is set in the seventies and directors Jon Fontana and Artie Mitchell do an excellent job of creating the seventies style. The production values of the film are strong also, and unlike a lot of porn films; it's clear that some money was spent on this one and the positive results of that are obvious. The story is actually surprisingly strong and focuses on a young girl named Eve. As a girl, Eve is sexually abused and we join the story some years later and she's involved with a man named Frank. Frank's jealous of Eve's relationship with a black man named Johnny and she ends up in a car accident. After facial reconstruction surgery, Eve is 'resurrected'. She and Frank get married and Frank ends up getting a taste for group sex, which Eve has trouble getting into at first...

The most bizarre thing about this film is that Eve is played by three different actresses! When the film starts off, she's just a girl so obviously a different actress for her younger and older years was required, but why have the whole car accident/reconstruction thing going on? It's even more bizarre when you consider that Marilyn Chambers as the final Eve looks nothing like the previous two played by Nancy Welch and Mimi Morgan respectively. Anyway...I guess it's not too important. Marilyn Chambers is the main actress of the three and she's excellent in her role. Nice looking actress and she actually has some acting talent too. Matthew Armon stars alongside her and also gives a good performance. Naturally the most important thing about this film is the sex and there's certainly plenty of it! Since the core plot focuses on group sex you can expect a lot of that too and the orgy scenes are very well done. The directors also pay a lot of attention to background detail and there are a lot of scenes that feature couples randomly getting it on in the background. The sex is also rather erotic, which isn't always the case with adult cinema. Overall, Resurrection of Eve is up there with The Punishment of Anne and Through the Looking Glass as one of the best porn flicks of the seventies and porn fans won't want to miss it!