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Fore Play
DVD cover
Directed byJohn G. Avildsen
Bruce Malmuth
Robert McCarty
Ralph Rosenblum
Written byBruce Jay Friedman
Dan Greenburg
David Odell
Jack Richardson
Produced byCarl Gurevich
Benni Korzen
StarringZero Mostel
Estelle Parsons
Pat Paulsen
Jerry Orbach
CinematographyRalf D. Bode
Adam Giffard
Jeff Lion Weinstock
Edited byRon Kalish
Music byGary William Friedman
Stan Vincent
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
75 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Fore Play is a 1975 comedy anthology film co-directed by Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum, and future Academy Award-winner John G. Avildsen.

Plot

Within a frame story in which a doctor talks about sex, the film is split into three segments: the first involves a man buying an animate sex doll and his many failed attempts to bed it. In the second story, a man suffering from writer's block finds his muse by undressing various women. Finally, the third story involves the President of the United States, whose daughter is kidnapped and will be killed unless the President and his wife have sex on national television.

Cast

Zero Mostel ... President/Don Pasquale
Estelle Parsons ... 1st Lady/Barmaid
Pat Paulsen ... Norman
Jerry Orbach ... Jerry Lorsey
George S. Irving ... Reverend/Muse
Carmen Álvarez ... Anytime Annie
Fred Baur ... Secret Service/Mafia
Irwin Corey ... Professor Irwin Corey
Thayer David ... General
Paul Dooley ... Salesman
Andrew Duncan ... Hurdlemeyer
Laurie Heineman ... Trixie
Deborah Loomis ... Waldo George King ... Masseur
Tom McDermott ... Chief Justice McDonald
Louisa Moritz ... Lt. Sylvia Arliss
Shelley Plimpton ... First Girl

Production

The film was originally made up of four segments (hence the title of the film), but the last segment was ultimately cut from the final draft of the script. The frame story, "Professor Corey on Sex", is a parody of a "white coater" sex education film and was written by Jack Richardson and directed by Ralph Rosenblum. The first segment, "Norman and the Polish Doll", was written by Dan Greenburg and directed by Robert McCarty. The second segment, "Vortex", is written by Jack Richardson and Bruce Jay Friedman and directed by Bruce Malmuth. The final segment, "Inaugural Ball", was written by David Odell and directed by John G. Avildsen.

Release

The film is currently being distributed by Troma Entertainment.

See also