Take Off (film)

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Movie
German title Take off
Original title Take off
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1978
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK unchecked and treated as porn according to § 15 (2)  JuSchG like indexed film
Rod
Director Armand Weston
script Daria Price
Armand Weston
production Armand Weston
camera João Fernandes
cut Arthur D. Marks
occupation

Take Off is a classic American porn film from 1978.

action

The multimillionaire and former gangster Darrin Blue is over 70 years old towards the end of the 1970s, but looks very youthful. When asked about it by a lover (Leslie Bovee), he reveals that he had an older mistress (Georgina Spelvin) in the 1920s who had her chauffeur film the two of them having sex outdoors. While watching the film, he wished that instead of himself his image in the film would age, but that he himself would remain permanently young. That's how it happens. In various scenes, Take Off follows Darrin Blues' life through the decades.

The film is a porn interpretation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde . The appearance and behavior of the main character Darrin Blue in the various vignettes is based on typical Hollywood stars of the time such as James Cagney , Humphrey Bogart and Marlon Brando , and contains many allusions to well-known films such as Sunset Boulevard .

Reviews

Adult Movies calls the film "quite ambitious" and "very entertaining, especially for admirers of movie history". Robert H. Rimmer classifies the film in his X-Rated Videotape Guide as a classic ( Classic ) and collectable ( Collector's Choice ).

Awards

In 1978 Armand Weston (Best Director) and Georgina Spelvin (Best Supporting Role) received an AAFA Award . Take Off was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Adult Movies. Rating hundreds of the best films for home video & cable . Beekman House, New York, NY 1982, ISBN 0-517-39871-0 . P. 232
  2. ↑ a b Robert H. Rimmer: The X-Rated Videotape Guide . First revised edition. Harmony Books, New York 1986, ISBN 0-517-56058-5 . P. 142

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