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I Need (film)

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I Need
Directed byFerd Sebastian
Written byBeverly Sebastian as "Ann Cawthorne"
Produced byFerd Sebastsian
Beverly Sebastian
StarringCeci Weathers
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000[1]

I Need (or I Need a Man) is a 1967 American drama film about a disturbed teenager.[2][3]

It was the first movie from Beverly and Fred Sebastian who self financed it for $7,000 and filmed it around Houston. The Sebastians distributed the films themselves and managed to recoup their money, launching their careers.[1][4] [5]

Premise

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A woman is assaulted and becomes a nymphomaniac.

Cast

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  • Ceci Weathers as Ceci
  • Tom Hunter as Alex
  • Jay Froman as Murry
  • Sylvia Froman sa Mother

Production

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The credited writer "Ann Cawthorne" was a pseudonym for Beverly Sebastian.[6]

Ferd Sebastian later said "Like in most of our films we did all the work. But in that one I mean all, there was only the two of us and the cast which was about 4 people."[7]

Reception

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Ferd Sebastian said "it is the only picture we ever made in black and white and that was too artsy... it has a little sex and it has a little of this but it's very artsy. It looks like a Fellini film or something."[8]

The Sebastians said the film was not making money in cinemas until a distributor bought the film, and created a poster using a still from the movie where a woman looks like she is having sex, then added the log line "I need a man." This was a successful technique although the Sebastians recognised it misrepresented the film.[8]

A 1993 article said the film had made several hundred thousand dollars.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sebastian productions are a family affair". The Bastrop Daily Enterprise. 10 October 1973. p. 6.
  2. ^ "The Hitchhikers Explains Why Teens Run Away". The Leaf-Chronicle. 14 May 1972. p. 37.
  3. ^ Free, Erin (6 July 2023). "Unsung Auteurs: Beverly & Ferd Sebastian". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Very simple film set for Tallahassee premiere tomorrow". Tallahassee Democrat. 22 May 1975. p. 13.
  5. ^ ""The Hitchhikers" - Newest film from husband and wife". The Daily Review. 4 April 1972. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Loose talk loses lives - interview with Ferd Sebastian". Hysteria Lives.
  7. ^ "Interview with Ferd Sebastian from 1999". Mondo Stumpo. 25 November 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Ferd and Beverly Sebastian". Videscope. Fall 2018. p. 22.
  9. ^ White, Victoria (16 April 1993). "The good the bad the redneck". Tampa Bay Times. p. 3.
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