Up! (1976)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Roger Ebert (writer)
Russ Meyer (writer)

Release Date:

7 December 1983 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Meet Margot the Magnificent Superchick!

Plot:

This kicks off with the murder of one Adolf Schwartz (who bears a striking resemblance to another famous...

Plot Keywords:

Piranha | Large Breasts | Nudity | Bizarre | Nazi

Cast

Edward Schaaf	...	Adolph Schwartz
Robert McLane	...	Paul
Elaine Collins	...	The Ethopian Chef
Candy Samples	...	The Headsperson (as Mary Gavin)
Su Ling	...	Limehouse
Janet Wood	...	Sweet Li'l Alice
Linda Sue Ragsdale	...	Gwendolyn
Raven De La Croix	...	Margo Winchester
Monty Bane	...	Homer Johnson
Marianne Marks	...	Chesty Young Thing
Larry Dean	...	Leonard Box
Bob Schott	...	Rafe
Foxy Lae	...	Pocohontas
Ray Reinhardt	...	The Commissioner
Kitten Natividad	...	The Greek Chorus

Also Known As:

Over, Under and Up!
Russ Meyer's Up
Up! Smokey

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (video rating) (2005) | UK:18 (video rating) (1998) (1999) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Australia:R | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2006) | Finland:K-18 (video) (199?) | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | France:-16 | New Zealand:R18 (cut) | USA:X | West Germany:18 (cut)

Trivia:

Kitten Natividad's lines were dubbed by another performer.

Quotes:

The Ethopian Chef: I take good head.
Homer Johnson: Never had any bad head.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Electric Blue 002 (1981) (V)

Silly Dark Humor

My personal favorite of Russ Meyer's films. The script, by Roger Ebert (!), is loaded with brilliant sexual dark humor. For example, the opening sequence finds an aging Adolph Hitler lookalike being whipped by a stud in a Pilgrim outfit; meanwhile, "Hitler" is tortured (erotically) by a variety of buxom ethnic babes ("Ah! Limehouse!"). Later, the Pilgrim really gives to Adolph what the rest of the world always wanted to give him - and sticks it to him good! And the ending wraps up a murder mystery by rising to outrageous absurdity. Along the way, our Greek Chorus narrator (Kitten Natividad) keeps us UP to date on the proceedings. Beautifully photographed (Meyer's best acheivement, I think). See what I call "The Indian Flip," and learn something new to do with a light socket. An absolute must for - as someone said - you know who you are...