I conducted a lengthy career retrospective interview with Georgina Spelvin in her lovely California home three weeks ago, covering all the bases from MISS JONES to GIRLS FOR RENT, from DESIRES WITHIN YOUNG GIRLS to POLICE ACADEMY. A week later, I moderated a commentary with Gerard Damiano in Florida. For his first commentary EVER, Damiano was worried that he wouldn't have enough to say, but once he got talking, the stories kept coming and these included plenty of tales of making MISS JONES, his beginnings in film, problems with distributors, and rare thoughts on a few of his other films like STORY OF JOANNA.

Some interesting extras in store for DEBBIE, and no, Bambi Woods is not available. Both DEVIL and DEBBIE will be taken from FILM elements, not the tired old video masters we've seen for years.

Now...what about the Cecil Howard library? That's a good question! I'm hoping that, at the very least, the collection will continue with PLATINUM PARADISE, FIRESTORM, STAR ANGEL, or SCOUNDRELS, or any of his 80s titles. But the fans need to let the company know there is still interest there and we want more Cecil Howard available!!

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Edited by - Daniel Metcalf Public Relations on 11/11/2006 1:04:34 PM

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I will say this: I've seen all of the other nominated discs, and I believe all are from tape masters with no extras, including the Alpha Blue Zebedy Colt Triple Feature (why was this nominated??) and Arrow's (CUT??) "Anna Obsessed" disc (VCA's SHE'S SO FINE disc is good, though it's barebones). If MB doesn't win for either of their discs, which I helped out on, it will serve as proof that time and money spent on digitally remastering negatives and film prints, supplements for historical value, and licensing fees are not worth it if one can just slap a tape master on a disc and win an award.

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I have yet to see how DEVIL looks yet, but I hope everything turned out well!!

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Fans of the movie will definitely love the transfer, though; it's bright and colorful, revealing that the film wasn't actually that badly made, and I found myself appreciating several of the sex scenes (particularly Merle Michaels in the library, Kasey Rodgers in the showers, and Georgette Saunders in the sauna) more than I had before.

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I never saw the theatrical release, can you confirm that this version is uncut? Excellent release anyway, I just hope this is the truly definitive one. According to IAFD, the running time is 80 minutes, this version is slightly shorter.

Edited by - wodgers on 1/9/2007 6:22:33 PM

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All I can tell you, is that if we (IAFD) listed a running-time of "80 minutes," it was most-likely correct for whatever release the information came from.

Now, you tell me if "80 minutes" includes the opening and closing credits?
Or, did it come from the distributor who counts the phone-sex ads and trailers as part of the "total running time"?

FYI, I count the opening and closing credits when I determine length for entries I make to the IAFD

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The running time for thisversion is less than 77 minutes, credits included

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Edited by - M.B. on 1/10/2007 10:52:40 AM

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Son of dad, even though I sold my I-candy disc 6 months ago, i was under the impression that nothing new could be found in this new version ("just" a better print, top-notch audio commentaries etc...)
Correct me if I'm wrong.

All in all I repeat that it is the version to have.

....still no fisting in sight

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Also, the pool scene in Insatiable is exactly the same as the I-Candy version.

So, what's next?

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