Young Lust (film)
| Young Lust | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gary Weis |
| Written by | Bruce Wagner Robin Menken |
| Produced by | Robert Stigwood George Van Noy |
| Starring | Fran Drescher Mews Small |
| Cinematography | Patrick Williams |
Production companies | Robert Stigwood Organisation Paramount |
| Distributed by | Paramount |
Release date | 1984 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Young Lust is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Gary Weis and starring Fran Drescher and Mews Small. It was co-financed by Paramount.
It was an early script by Bruce Wagner and was never theatrically released. It was a spoof of soap operas.[1]
Plot[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- Fran Drescher
- Mews Small as Connie
- Dana Carvey
- Dorothy Constantine as Elaine Bimster
- Edith Fields
- Lucy Lee Flippin
- Terry Kiser
- Howard Mann
- Dean R. Miller
- Alley Mills
- John Roarke
- Michael W. Schwartz
- Lyman Ward
- George Wendt
- Mary Woronov
Production[edit]
The film was part of a slate of projects that Paramount rushed into production. In April 1982 the film was tentatively meant to come out in May.[2] In June 1982 Paramount said they had no plans to release it.[3]
A May 1983 article said the film "was such a mess that it has yet to be officially delivered to Paramount."[4]
Bruce Wagner later said "I think the director was having some problems at the time with the studio and it was never released. It was a protracted death because a year was spent editing it." Wagner says after a year he was approached to work on the movie for reshoots. "That was also the year where a lot of movies like Young Doctors in Love and raucous comedies like National Lampoon’s Vacation [were released] and this movie... was very transgressive. The fact that it was not made informed a lot of my future work in writing about failure and shame. I certainly would have written about those things anyway, but in terms of my Hollywood experience, my entrée was one of defeat rather than of triumph."[5]
Legacy[edit]
Wagner said "That experience formed a template of failure and humiliation that has been a mother lode for me. Those were aspects of career not personal anguish that I drew from."[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard (12 August 1996). "Novelist Knows Hollywood's Bleak Houses". New York Times.
- ^ Film Notes BY GARY ARNOLD The Washington Post 30 Apr 1982: W15.
- ^ 'Toy' cast clears air about city's pollution Beck, Marilyn. Chicago Tribune 26 June 1982: 11.
- ^ Harmetz, Aljean (23 May 1983). "How Paramount 'Seven' Fared at the Box Office". New York Times. p. C13.
- ^ Saito, Stephen (February 27, 2015). "Interview: Bruce Wagner Charts "Maps to the Stars"". The Moveable Feast.
- ^ Feld, Rob (March 20, 2015). "The Faults of Our Stars". Writers Guild of America West.
External links[edit]
- Young Lust at IMDb
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