{"id":63490,"date":"2021-01-15T17:48:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=63490"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:47:04","slug":"big-doll-house-the-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=63490","title":{"rendered":"Big Doll House, The (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You tell me about this escape &#8212; I release you from this nightmare.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster-659x1024.png 659w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Poster.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of female prisoners &#8212; Alcott (Roberta Collins), Bodine (Pat Woodell), Marnie (Judy Brown), and Grear (Pam Grier) [whose heroin-addicted girlfriend Harrad (Brooke Mills) is in dire straits] &#8212; plot to escape from a prison in the Philippines run by a sadistic warden (Kathryn Loder), and receive support from a pair of fruit vendors (Sid Haig and Jerry Frank).\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>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Pam Grier Films<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners <\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary posits that this &#8220;first of the women-in-prison genre&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;directed by Jack Hill and produced by Jane Schaffer for Roger Corman&#8217;s New World Pictures&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;the best outside of Jonathan Demme&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46573\"><em>Caged Heat<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; He notes that it &#8220;created the formula for later films by mixing R-rated sex and violence&#8230; with feminism: women bond together for survival, women are not helpless and passive.&#8221; He argues that &#8220;Roberta Collins and Pam Grier&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;two future superstars of the sexploitation genre&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Grier-Collins-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; are &#8220;reasons enough to see this film&#8221;, given that they &#8220;will take only so much humiliation, abuse, and torture&#8221;. While this film is competently directed and features spunky performances &#8212; including by Barbara Steele-look-alike (Loder): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Loder-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; it&#8217;s not must-see viewing by anyone except fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_prison_film\">WIP genre<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some effective direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Big-Doll-House-Direction3-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s work a look for its historical status as a trend-setting women-in-prison film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066830\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-big-doll-house\/review\/106940\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1628\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You tell me about this escape &#8212; I release you from this nightmare.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of female prisoners &#8212; Alcott (Roberta Collins), Bodine (Pat Woodell), Marnie (Judy Brown), and Grear (Pam Grier) [whose heroin-addicted girlfriend Harrad (Brooke Mills) is in dire straits] &#8212; plot to escape from a prison in the Philippines run by a sadistic warden (Kathryn Loder), and receive support from a pair of fruit vendors (Sid Haig and Jerry Frank). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Escape&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=63490\"> 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-63490","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\/63490","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=63490"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91528,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63490\/revisions\/91528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}