The film stars british actors jane asher and john moulder brown, in the lead roles. Simon pegg and edgar wrights british zombie comedy, which pays homage to george a romeros dawn of the dead, is hilarious, smart and, towards the end, nailbitingly tense. I had wanted to see this film for several months because i was a fan of jane asher alfie, 1966. Sylvester stallone frontal nude in italian stallion 1970 40 secriojano 2012 589. Perhaps bestknown amongst these films is deep end, a germanuk co production principally shot in munich, but set in london. Philip larkin, annus mirabilis, collected poems, farrar, straus and giroux, new york, 2003, p. Well, i dont really know the answer to that, but deep end, made in 19691970 depending on which source youre taking as gospel, although set in london, was actually filmed in munich, has mainly german actors in it apart from the two leads and is directed by the renowned polish. Skolimowski shot most of the interiors particularly the bathhouse scenes in west germany, but he also.
It is an observant and sympathetic movie about a 15yearold boy who goes to work as a public bathhouse attendant in london. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. Deep end is an offbeat movie that in the end is something of a qualified success. Newly employed at a rundown london swimming baths, mike john moulderbrown obsesses after his sassy and selfassured coworker jane asher whilst collecting tips for the special services he is expected to perform for clients including diana dors. Jerzy skolimowski, jane asher, john moulderbrown posters. Set at the fagend of the 60s in a decidedly unglamorous and unswinging london. Kes 1969, great britain, if 1968, great britain, deep end 1970, great britain young billy studying a book he pinched from the local.
From polish director jerzy skolimowski, deep end captures the sense of impending dread and spiritual breakdown at the end of the decade like no other movie. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The film is set in 1970s london, and the director does a good job of capturing. Set in london, the film focuses on the relationship between two young coworkers at a suburban bath house and swimming pool in 2009, bavaria media, a subsidiary of bavaria film, which coproduced the film in 1970 through its subsidiary maran film, began a digital.
If something as venerated as deep end can sink, what hope for the rest of cinema. Recently, turner classic movies screened deep end as part of their tcm underground series, which gave me the opportunity to finally view this cult classic. Perhaps her naive coworker is every wideeyed individual. Set in london but largely shot in munich, and featuring a memorable, sexually predatory cameo by diana dors, deep end takes place in and around a suburban. Londons 100 best british films tcm underground release info september 1, 1970 color 90 minutes see more films from 1970 see more about this film on our blog. Deep end is an ode to the dying swinging sixties scene in london. Mike john moulderbrown, a 15yearold bathhouse worker, develops a crush on his older, attractive coworker, susan jane asher. Deep end is as soaked in pheromones and nervous electricity as mike, but hes as. With jane asher, john moulderbrown, karl michael vogler, christopher sandford. What is rational and what do you do to protect your child. He is an actor, known for two living, one dead 1961, the devil in. Jane asher is the object of puppy love in this rereleased cult favourite from 1970 by polish director jerzy skolimowski.
He is an actor, known for two living, one dead 1961, the devil in the fog 1968 and deep end 1970. Best sex scenes of all time that are too hot to watch. Though little more than a boy, mike suffers the torments of a grown man when he takes a job at an urban bathhouse and falls under the cruel sway of a redheaded temptress in the ripe fullness of her midtwenties. This article needs additional citations for verification. For me, jane ashers character was an embodiment of the decadence, abuse and insecurity that must have followed the swinging 60s. Deep end 1970 this tale of a teenagers obsession for his coworker takes place in the grimy interiors of a rundown london bath house and the late night streets of seedy soho. Deep end begins as an eccentric comingofage drama and gradually reveals itself to be a disturbing tale of sexual obsession. At first they help each other secure bigger tips by swapping.
Marsha jordan in an adult love story for adults only. The consensus when it premiered at the venice film festival in september 1970 was. As he would in his other bestknown film, 1982s moonlighting. End, which makes perfect sense because it is a story about sexual frustration and madness, but where an ordinary british movie of this period would likely hesitate on the issue, deep. In deep end, fifteenyearold mike has dropped out of school altogether and is working at a bath house. Such is the fate of the fifteenyearold hero of deep end 1970. Brown plays a fifteen year old boy named mike who starts a new job at a bathhouse and falls in love with his new coworker, the beautiful susan asher. Deep end is a movie written and directed by polish director jerzy skolimowski, who at the time hardly spoke english.
Perhaps bestknown amongst these films is deep end, a germanuk coproduction principally shot in munich, but set in london. Deep end is a 1970 britishgerman cult film directed by jerzy skolimowski. Deep end 1970 cast and crew mike john moulderbrown, a 15yearold bathhouse worker, develops a crush on his older, attractive coworker, susan jane asher. He is mixedup sexually, more out of fear and shyness than anything, and all of his fantasies lock. Its not uncommon for movies to drop out of circulation and simply disappear, as fans of deep end will attest.
Deep end was a fascinating portrayal of 1970s london. John moulderbrown was born on june 3, 1953 in london, england. Amaizing must see cum in mouth girl from joun for more. Deep end is a 1970 british german cult film directed by jerzy skolimowski. The film stars the babyfaced john moulder brown as mike, a british 15yearold dropout, who takes a job as the male attendant in a london public. I had some of these feelings while watching jerzy skolimowskis deep end, a film that deserves a better ending. Deep end 1970 creeping about the west end in search of film obscurities being something of a hobby of mine, your pal scenester fair leapt out of his office at 5. With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Its so strange how a film with such a simple plot and setup could be such a cinematic masterpiece that has became an instant favourite of mine. Deep end is a romantic drama following 15yearold dropout mike who takes a job at newford baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker susan. He has to encounter old women and some men who want a little more from him than a towel and a.
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