Pretty Peaches
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| Directed by | Alex de Renzy |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pretty Peaches is a 1978 American pornographic comedy film directed by Alex de Renzy that is considered one of the outstanding films of the Golden Age of Porn.[1] The film stars Desireé Cousteau as Peaches, described as "a daffy carefree female who cheerfully plunges through life without any worries." In the film, she has a car accident after attending the wedding of her father (John Leslie) and is rendered unconscious. Two guys find her and take advantage of her; then offer to help her when it becomes apparent that she has amnesia. Peaches resolves to keep smiling through all the silly schemes and circumstances the guys come up with.[2]
The movie likely was influenced by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg's Candy, itself a homage to Voltaire's Candide.[3]
While the film features sexual violence, including lesbian rape and a forced enema in a public rest-room – a sequence that was excised from most video releases – the film's tongue-in-cheek attitude keeps it up-beat. The Astronics/Telecine, Ltd. VHS release of the film is un-cut with the forced enema scene intact.[4] Cousteau received the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress award in 1978 for her performance in the movie.[5][6] The film is considered one of director de Renzy's best.
The success of the film spawned two sequels, both directed by de Renzy: Pretty Peaches 2 (1988) and Pretty Peaches and the Quest (1991) with Siobhan Hunter and Keisha in the title role of the 1988 and 1991 films, respectively.
References
- ↑ "PRETTY PEACHES (Alex de Renzy, 1978) (NSFW)". Vimeo.com.
- ↑ Pretty Peaches plot summary derived from information at www.gamelinkk.com
- ↑ "All-American Deep-Dish Comedy: PRETTY PEACHES (1978)". The Exploding Kinetoscope. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ↑ "All-American Deep-Dish Comedy: PRETTY PEACHES (1978)". Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ "Silver Spoonfuls: A Star Is Porn," High Society magazine, November 1979, pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Jules Griffon, "The Third Annual Erotica Awards", Adam Film World, Vol. 7, No. 8, January 1980, pp. 24–27.