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This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Richard Hilliard), includes a 40-page perfect bound book, and is limited to 2,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
From nudies to roughies to ultra weird regional curiosities, the sexploitation world welcomed any filmmaker working in any genre, so long as the limits of nudity and sex on screen were pushed as far as they could go - but never all the way. DISTRIBPIX, one of the legendary names in the genre (and whose extensive library will be the backbone of this line), will offer single, double, and even triple feature Blu-rays highlighting works from every corner and crevice of softcore smut, from the dawn of nudie cuties to the all-but-hard 70s, with plentiful lost and never on disc films along the way.
The transitional era of the early 1970s was a trying time for the makers of softcore features, as hardcore slowly overtook the decade-long demand for every flavor of sexploitation. Although soft-X material did remain moderately bankable, many of these efforts appeared overly tame for their day and vanished as quickly as they were produced, all too often becoming forgotten, abandoned, or otherwise lost to time. Presented here are three very distinct, striking examples of long-believed lost sexploitation cinema, all produced in New York in the early '70s, and at last resurrected and restored in 4K for their home video debuts.
In SIDEWALK COWBOY (1970), a wayward young man enters a spiral of sexual confusion and misfortune as he's abused, debased, molested, and taken advantage of by man and woman alike in this bent riff on Midnight Cowboy. Directed by the great producer Robert Sumner (Take Off, The Nesting), it makes great use of many of the lyrical streetscapes of Manhattan, as well as the prolific Linda Boyce (The Curse of her Flesh).
A square middle-aged couple accidentally discover Screw Magazine in FUN AND GAMES (1972), which takes them on an outrageous journey of sexual liberation through all manner of freaks and hustlers (and one very angry cop) in New York's free love scene. Helmed by acclaimed Broadway writer/director Mervyn Nelson and featuring Casey Donovan (as Cal Culver) in an early role, this sprawling underground comedy was initially distributed by Radley Metzger!
Driven mad from a brutal assault during her college years, a young woman and her simpering, bloodthirsty admirer embark on a sex-fueled murder spree in 1974's absolutely bonkers HAPPILY EVER EVER! Starring Mary Mendum (The Image) in one of her most impressive performances, strikingly photographed by João Fernandes (Invasion U.S.A.), and written & directed by Ron Wertheim (Through the Looking Glass), this genuinely unnerving and often disturbing genre treasure is long overdue for cult classic status.
directed by: Robert Sumner, Mervyn Nelson, Ron Wertheim starring: Linda Boyce, Casey Donovan, Mary Mendum 1970, 1972, 1974 / 74 min, 86 min, 79 min / 1.37:1, 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English Mono
Additional info:
2-Disc Region Free Blu-ray
SIDEWALK COWBOY (74 min) and FUN AND GAMES (86 min) are newly restored in 4K from their original 35mm camera negatives
HAPPILY EVER AFTER (79 min) is newly restored in 4K from the final edited blow-up CRI
All three films are presented with their original mono audio soundtrack
“Memories of Happily Ever After” interview with producer Don Walters
“From The Archives: Mining For Lost Film” featurette
Original theatrical trailers for Sidewalk Cowboy and Happily Ever After
Archival image gallery
Double-sided reversible cover
One double-sided 11x17 replica one-sheet for Fun And Games and Happily Ever After
Three glossy replica cards
English SDH subtitles
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