{"id":36971,"date":"2016-06-10T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T17:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36971"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:21:48","slug":"up-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36971","title":{"rendered":"Up! (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;One of these people has committed murder most foul &#8212; but which one?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Poster-1.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA nude &#8220;Greek chorus of one&#8221; (Kitten Navidad) narrates the tale of a Hitler-lookalike (Edward Schaaf) being murdered in his bathtub by a piranha after an encounter with a man dressed as a Pilgrim (Robert McLane); a rapist (Larry Dean) being killed by his buxomy victim (Raven De La Croix); De La Croix&#8217;s affair with a horny sheriff (Monty Bane); and the opening of a new diner by McLane and his bisexual wife (Janet Wood), who has been carrying on an affair with a female trucker (Linda Sue Ragsdale).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Russ Meyer Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;ugly Russ Meyer film&#8221; has &#8220;sex scenes that are more graphic and repulsive than those usually found in Meyer films&#8221;, is lacking in &#8220;Meyer humor&#8221;, and &#8220;contains a tasteless S&#038;M sequence&#8230; and a couple of rapes&#8230; played for laughs&#8221;. He points out the fact that &#8220;Meyer&#8217;s films always contain &#8216;hicks&#8217; so he can get away with objectionable dialogue&#8221; &#8212; of which there is more than plenty. He ends his review by noting that the &#8220;picture&#8217;s best scene has two surviving women running nude through the forest, trying to kill each other and simultaneously carrying on a lengthy conversation that ties up all the film&#8217;s loose ends&#8221;, thus representing &#8220;Meyer at his most outrageous&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase-376x270.png 376w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Up-Chase.png 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why in the world does Peary include this title in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><br \/>\nNot much, unless you&#8217;re a Meyer fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; definitely skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0075376\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/up\/review\/131904\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One of these people has committed murder most foul &#8212; but which one?&#8221; Synopsis: A nude &#8220;Greek chorus of one&#8221; (Kitten Navidad) narrates the tale of a Hitler-lookalike (Edward Schaaf) being murdered in his bathtub by a piranha after an encounter with a man dressed as a Pilgrim (Robert McLane); a rapist (Larry Dean) being killed by his buxomy victim (Raven De La Croix); De La Croix&#8217;s affair with a horny sheriff (Monty Bane); and the opening of a new&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36971\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36971"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61687,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971\/revisions\/61687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}