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Vixen! (1968)

X | | Drama | 22 October 1968 (USA)
Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she gets it on with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and ... See full summary »

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Robert Rudelson (screenplay), Russ Meyer (original story) | 1 more credit »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Erica Gavin Erica Gavin ... Vixen Palmer
Garth Pillsbury ... Tom Palmer
Harrison Page ... Niles
Jon Evans Jon Evans ... Judd
Vincene Wallace Vincene Wallace ... Janet King
Robert Aiken Robert Aiken ... Dave King
Michael Donovan O'Donnell Michael Donovan O'Donnell ... O'Bannion
Peter Carpenter ... Mountie
John Furlong John Furlong ... Sam
Jackie Illman Jackie Illman ... Tourist
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Storyline

Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she gets it on with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. She is openly racist, and she makes it clear that she won't do the wild thing with her brother's biker friend, who is black. Written by Mark Logan <marklo@west.sun.com>

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Is she woman ... or animal? See more »

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Drama

Certificate:

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Trivia

According to Wikipedia, Charles Keating, the financier convicted of wire fraud was incensed by the release of this film. An amateur pornography vigilante, he used his considerable pre-conviction influence to have the movie banned in Cincinnatti Ohio, his one-time headquarters. According to the article, the film remains banned in that city to this day despite it being easily available on dvd and on the Internet. See more »

Quotes

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

Referenced in Questo sporco mondo meraviglioso (1971) See more »

Soundtracks

French Girl in Manhattan
(uncredited)
Music by Peter Thomas
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Foxy!
24 July 1999 | by CG-8See all my reviews

I find it amazing nobody has yet commented on this film, which it's certainly impossible to ignore (just like any other Russ Meyer fare).

So I'm not going to comment either. I won't talk about how ignored Russ Meyer is as a genuine auteur or how misinterpreted his films are by the vast majority of critics. And I won't mention how I think Russ Meyer has a great talent for writing dialogue with deep, philosophical implications (though some people would never know it).

If I have one complaint, it's that the film (or filmette) is rather too short at only 70 mins US, 63 mins Deutschland. Those poor Germans had fully 10% of the movie slashed, and one wonders why; it was rated 18 or X anyway, and though the film has "adult themes" (in case you didn't notice) it's in no way "pornographic" (for that matter, neither is ANY Russ Meyer film, in my opinion).

The most entertaining aspect of the movie is undoubtedly the unique style of acting. Actually, I don't think the acting in this movie (or for that matter ANY Russ Meyer movie) is "bad". It's just self-consciously mannered in a style that immediately tells you, as soon as you switch on the TV, that you're watching a Russ Meyer movie. Russ worked hard (I'm sure) to coax such performances from his interesting casts. There is no other director I can think of whose work is so strongly styled that it's immediately identifiable as one of his films. When you watch a Russ Meyer film, you enter a parallel universe much stranger than reality.


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Language:

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Release Date:

22 October 1968 (USA) See more »

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Budget:

$76,000 (estimated)
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Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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