(498) AROUND THE WORLD WITH FANNY HILL (1970) Shirley Corrigan
4483DVD
original
Swedish title JORDDEN RUNT MED FANNY HILL [Around the Earth with
Fanny Hill]
also known as THE BAWDY ADVENTURES OF FANNY HILL
director: Mac Ahlberg
starring: Shirley Corrigan · Peter Bonke · Christina Lindberg · Gaby
Fuchs · Bo Brundin
Don't
expect anything close to a faithful an adaptation of John Cleland's
notorious 18th Century 'Fanny Hill' erotic novel [nor the quirky
LADY
CHATTERLEY VS FANNY HILL rendering, either]. Rather, this is
a contemporary story of a woman on the road to sexual discovery. It
all begins when Fanny asks her best friend Monica to help catch husband
Roger in the act of cheating. He's an advertising director, always surrounded
by beautiful women [including a frisky model played by a young Christina
Lindberg (see pic, upper RIGHT)]. Inevitably,
they catch him and divorce follows. So then, once neglected - and impossibly
naive - Fanny is free to join Monica on a sexual adventure around the
world that starts in Los Angeles and ends up in Munich. Between those
two sin gothams, the young women also visit Venice and Hong Kong [where
Fanny inexplicably passes for Asian (see pic, upper CENTER)].
Meanwhile, her ex-husband - now enraptured by Fanny's newfound sexuality
- is hot on her trail.
Leading
actress Shirley Corrigan was born of a Swedish mom and British dad in
the '50s. She spent most of her early years in the UK but soon traveled
the world for show business, headlining on the Brazilian stage with
Augusto Boal in The Theatre of the Oppressed. Shirley
found herself in Calcutta in 1966 where she worked with Mother Teresa
for 4 years (tending to children with cerebral palsy). According to
Shirley, it was Mother Teresa who encouraged her to go back to Rome
to continue her acting career. Among her early screen roles were the
Spaghetti Western BLINDMAN,
DEVIL
WALKS AT MIDNIGHT and CRIMES
OF THE BLACK CAT. She is probably best known for starring with
Paul Naschy in DR
JEKYLL AND THE WOLFMAN. In 1979, Ms Corrigan was almost killed
by an obsessive stalker in a car accident. This incident led to her
leaving the movie business. Shirley now lives in South London where
she teaches and prepares children for prep school.
A
Swedish film in English language; widescreen, (92 minutes) in DVD encoded
for REGION ONE NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine;
Extras include selected theatrical trailers.
Nudity/Drugs/Orgies/Mild
Violence
Recommended for Mature Audiences
