Myra Breckinridge | | Cast : | Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch | | Director : | Michael Sarne | | Studio : | Fox Home Entertainme | | Format : | Color, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 24, 1970 | | DVD Released Date : | March 09, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | jazzman | Content
 | Jaw dropping BAAAAAAAD. Embarrassing to watch. Can we say
BOMB! A movie written by a queer about queers for queers. Not
a shred of value or depth. Yuck. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | Heavenly Farrah | Content
| Myra Breckinridge is a strange movie. When Raquel Welch and Farrah Fawcett are on the screen, is great. The hot Welch's seduction on an inocent Farrah is very sexy and luxurious. Welch's scene with the Farrah's stud is different and good too, besides the two most wanted sex symbols of the seventies on the same movie is something to remember. But what is it Mae West?! Ok, she was funny at the past, but her scenes (specially the songs) are out of the order.
Besides that, Myra is an interesting movie. The visual is very rich, and we can get a lot of ideas watching this.
André Sancovsky, Rio de Janeiro |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | What a weird movie--I love it! | Content
| I'm inexplicably drawn to this movie. I always watch it when it's on the Fox Movie Channel. I know it's supposed to be one of the worst movies of all time, but I always enjoy it. I thought Raquel was funny and charming (she went all out with her performance, not to mention that she was such a knock-out). Seeing John Huston in such a ridiculous role was a kick. Farrah Fawcett is not one of my favorite actresses, but even she had her moments in this movie. I don't know what to say about Mae West, my God! "Myra" is a movie I should be embarrassed to have in my collection, but I'm quite happy it's there. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | Outrageous Camp Classic! | Content
| Funny how Strangelove becomes classic cult & Myra Breckenridge is relegated to the bottom of the septic tank.
Why? Too much sex, smut, queer humor? Hmmm...I would love to know what Kubrick thought of this. Deep down he must have appreciated it; it was right down his alley.
True, it's not easy to sit through. It's a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Kind of a cross between Strangelove & Loved One on some kind of weird hormonal speed. But the intercuts from old flicks are perfectly selected & timed, Raquel's performance is classic & Mae West's nigh club performance is worth the price of admission X 10.
What a cast! Imagine watching West, Welch & Fawcett in the same scene! Then there's Andy Devine, BS Pulley & Grady Sutton in the western bar. Og meets Jingles.
A classic for cinemaphiles. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 04, 2005 | | Summary | A forgotten classic sex comedy | Content
| Given its source material, "Myra Breckinridge" is just about perfect. Gore Vidal's novel - the story of a deranged transsexual still stands out as bizarre in the oeuvre of this otherwise-respectable political commentator - is transformed into a thoroughly entertaining movie that falters only occasionally in its plot's less-interesting side alleys.
Following her operation, Myra comes to Hollywood with the mission of destroying American manhood. Her story is told in a series of exaggeratedly-theatrical scenes replete with elevated, hamhanded dialogue. Raquel Welch's lead performance is glorious: rather than playing the character as campy, she's dead serious.
Other great performances include Farrah Fawcett's saccharine Mary Ann (the girlfriend of the fellow Myra tries to seduce) and John Huston's Buck Loner (the head of the drama school Myra tries to subvert). And who could forget an elderly Mae West as the local "queen of the casting couch", uttering lines like "Never mind the six feet, let's talk about the seven inches".
Another of the movie's best elements is its consistent use of clips from old comedies and the like, which offer a not-too-subtle commentary on the ongoing action. The clips are put to best use in the infamous scene of rape with a strap-on.
This has a reputation as one of the worst movies ever to come out of America, which is obviously incorrect: the novel was absurd, and the movie is likewise. What was anyone expecting, a serious character-driven drama? |
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