Cover Me Babe (1970)
Cover Me Babe (1970)
DVDRip | MKV | 678x512 | x264 @ 3000 Kbps | English AAC 2.0 @ 160 Kbps | 85 min | 1,89 Gb
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 678x512 | x264 @ 3000 Kbps | English AAC 2.0 @ 160 Kbps | 85 min | 1,89 Gb
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Black
Writer: George Wells
Stars: Robert Forster, Sondra Locke, Susanne Benton
Hotshot film student Tony Hall (Robert Forster) wins a prize for his short film and sets out to break into Hollywood. When financing for his documentary does not come through, Hall hits the streets alone to film, searching out moments of genuine humanity and truth. However, Hall's definition of truth is slippery, and he sometimes manufactures incidents in front of the camera to obtain results. Eventually, his personal life starts to suffer, as well as his burgeoning professional career.
I saw "Cover Me Babe" in its brief first run in New York City. The film was rated "R" due to scenes of sexuality. To the best of my knowledge, if there was a "PG" rated version, it would have be the version edited for television. I interviewed Noel Black, and he told me that "Cover Me Babe" was televised although I did not pursue further information on the broadcast. This would have been in the late 70s. I wrote an article on Noel Black's films in the magazine, Velvet Light Trap, in 1973. The main problem Black had with this film was that he was contractually unable to change the screenplay to more accurately reflect the attitude and film-making style of a student film-maker in the early 70s. Black also noted that his original choice in the lead role was a then unknown Al Pacino. The box office performance of this film was so poor that it is unlikely to be seen again, except, possibly on the Fox Movie Channel.
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Cover Me Babe (1970)
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