{"id":6952,"date":"2009-05-20T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6952"},"modified":"2020-12-30T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:44:23","slug":"confessions-of-a-window-cleaner-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6952","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In our business you&#8217;ve got to be immune from shocks &#8212; especially from birds!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster-75x128.jpg 75w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster-157x270.jpg 157w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Confessions-Window-Poster.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA clumsy young window cleaner (Robin Askwith) working for his brother-in-law (Anthony Booth) finds it easy to bed his scantily-clad female clients, but really wants to date a sexy female cop (Linda Hayden).\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>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Confessions of a Window Cleaner<\/em> was the highest grossing film at the U.K. box office in 1974, and it&#8217;s easy to see why: full of naughty sexual encounters and low-brow humor, <em>Confessions&#8230;<\/em> is essentially soft-core porn on laughing gas. The script is filled to the brim with groan-inducing double entendres (&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what came over me.&#8221; &#8220;Well, it wasn&#8217;t me.&#8221;), and occasionally stoops a bit <u>too<\/u> low for laughs, as when Askwith&#8217;s pregnant sister (Sheila White) appears to be going into labor, only to let out a huge belch instead &#8212; but ultimately it&#8217;s all much too innocuous to find fault with. As &#8220;Timothy Lea&#8221;, Robin Askwith &#8212; who looks like a goofy Mick Jagger &#8212; is horny but has his heart in the right place, as evidenced by his sincere pursuit of marriage with baby-faced Linda Hayden. Followed by three <em>Confessions&#8230;<\/em> sequels, all starring Askwith as Timmy. Note the following refrain from Timmy&#8217;s theme song: &#8220;You&#8217;re not a loser, you just find it hard to win.&#8221; (!!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An overall air of lighthearted silliness<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/confessions-window-silliness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/confessions-window-silliness.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6954\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A bouncy &#8217;70s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; despite its historical popularity, this one isn&#8217;t must-see viewing &#8212; though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071357\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9C01E3D9163FE13BBC4153DFB767838F669EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3706&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoopy.com\/confessionsofawindowcleaner.htm\">Movie House Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/confessions-of-a-window-cleaner\/review\/111405\/\">TV Guide Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In our business you&#8217;ve got to be immune from shocks &#8212; especially from birds!&#8221; Synopsis: A clumsy young window cleaner (Robin Askwith) working for his brother-in-law (Anthony Booth) finds it easy to bed his scantily-clad female clients, but really wants to date a sexy female cop (Linda Hayden). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Sexuality Review: Confessions of a Window Cleaner was the highest grossing film at the U.K. box office in 1974, and it&#8217;s easy to see why: full&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6952\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952","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=6952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60578,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952\/revisions\/60578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}