Some Like It Sexy (Donovan Winter, 1969)

[MarcMorris]

Just thought I'd let you all know that on 5 Sep 2011 we'll be issuing Donovan Winter's SOME LIKE IT SEXY (1969) on DVD.

• Widescreen 1.85:1 presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs
• Uncut and Extended Continental Version, Newly Mastered from the Original Negatives
• Original COME BACK PETER theatrical trailer
• Short Film - A Penny for Your Thoughts (1965, 37 mins)
• Short Film - Harrison Marks’ HALFWAY INN (1969, 13mins) - starring the Collinson twins
• The Winters of My Discontent - Donovan Winter’s memoirs (.pdf)
• Naughty Trailer Show

Join uber- Mod sex god Peter (Christopher Matthews- Scream And Scream Again, Brides Of Dracula) as he cavorts across a not just swinging, but fully bouncing and pulsating London at the turn of the two greatest decades it ever saw: the 60s and 70s. Flitting from one boho pad to another in his fully functional babe wagon - a white Triumph - he leaves his mark (sometimes literally) on a variety of beautiful women of all ages, nationalities, colours and shapes.

The lucky ladies include later Gothic Goddesses Madeleine and Mary Collinson (Twins Of Evil) Annabel Leventon (Rocky Horror, Strike It Rich, Penmarric, Armchair Theatre) and a young Nicola Pagett (Privates On Parade, A Bit Of A Do, Avengers, Whodunnit, Viking Queen, Frankenstein The True Story) There’s also a fully clothed (what do you mean, “damn”?) appearance from Hammer scream queen Madeleine Smith (The Vampire Lovers, Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell, Tam Lin, Theatre Of Blood) as the delectable daughter of one of Peter’s classy conquests.


With a superb pop-psych-bubblegum-library freakout soundtrack, and some choice locations, this is the film for anyone who wants to indulge in unadulterated enjoyment, albeit with a twist. As director Donovan Winter put it, it’s “like Alfiewith more sex”, and here, more is definitely what you get. Anyone seeking intellectual stimulation or ‘pure cinema’ can retire to the corner on the other side of the room where they can eulogise about Citizen Kane to their heart’s content, but in the meantime, we’re going to have some fun…and like Peter himself, we’ll “come back” many, many times...


Also included is Winter’s early 40-minute featurette A Penny For Your Thoughts(1966) which, again set to some of the grooviest tunes of the era, tells us exactly what women talk about when the chaps aren’t there…or do they? Starring Monty Pythonstarlet Carol Cleveland, Britsploitation heroine Sheila White (Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush, Confessions, On The Buses) and character actress Yvonne Antrobus (Dr Who, Wessex Tales, Target) among the fillies in frillies.

It's up to pre-order from amazon now: Some Like It Sexy [DVD]

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[wideboy]

By an odd coincidence I was reading Raymond Durgnat's extensive review of A Penny for Your Thoughts in the January 1967 issue of Films and Filming earlier this week, and thinking "I'll never be able to see this". How wrong could I be? Thanks Marc!

[MarcMorris]

Next up in the series is Winter's ESCORT GIRLS (1974), with a young David Dixon. More different extras on this disc too!