Dusty and sweets mcgee original soundtrack allmusic. Dusty and sweets mcgee letterboxd social film discovery. Meet tip, pam, larry, kit, dusty, sweets mcgee and nameless, aimless more with young faces and old eyes. So begins, with this disclaimer, floyd mutruxs first film, one of the very few works in the series to be distributed by a major hollywood studio warner bros. As a producer his name is on the highlyregarded bryan forbes film the whisperers, michael sarnes modgay disaster joanna, monte hellmans terrific road epic twolane blacktop, floyd mutruxs eccentric account of heroin addicts dusty and sweets mcgee and the failed neonoir thriller chandler. Busty dusty nasty divine bitch fucking and getting fucked in female domination humiliation. Larry, pam, 1971 everett life on the margins has rarely seemed as unromantic as it does in this harrowingly precise 1971 docudrama, directed by floyd mutrux. Writerdirector floyd mutrux displayed a great gift for capturing atmosphere in his early films, even if his eye. The records a great reminder of the role that soundtracks. A straight couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
The key art for dusty and sweets mcgee is not all that visually interesting, however i do appreciate the text, which attempts to link all or most of the characters in a way that the film never actually does. After earning a journalism degree at new york university, maltin went on to publish articles in a variety of film journals, newspapers, and magazines, including variety and tv guide. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 wishing to cash in on the youth market, warner bros. Eager to tap into the youth market, and without a clue of how to do it, studio head honchos signed off on this hip film despite it having no viable script. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 in the alternative world of 1970s, hollywood director floyd matrix got the green light for a film about young drug addicts. Read the dusty and sweets mcgee movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The people are real all of them except exfather knows best star billy gray, who would be wrongly accused of being a heroin addict, the scenarios scripted. The film stars clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob. Floyd mutruxs pseudo documentary dusty and sweets mcgee is one. Dusty and sweets mcgee movie trailer and videos tv guide. Buried beneath a mountain of lawsuits revolving around music clearance issues and hardly a good.
I got the movie mainly because i was curious to see billy gray in something. I write notorious in describing dusty and sweets mcgee because the films legend has long preceded it because of warner brothers stark action of pulling it out of theaters a week after its release as mutruxs film was not given the chance to succeed and was also packed with enough doowop and rock hits that would incur massive clearance rights issues, the film would remain in. This mournful, elegiac film is a truly unique entry in its genre, its cast of real life hopheads lending it a bittersweet tinge offset by a marvelous soundtrack of jaunty oldies. Dusty is related to michael earnest mcgee and ernest george mcgee jr. Fraker bullitt, dusty and sweets mcgee is a film in its own category. Another addict discusses what it is like to be a common, ordinary dope fiend, stating that all day, every day, is about procuring or shooting heroin and the hunt for money to support the habit. Select this result to view dusty ryne mcgees phone number, address, and more.
Whos afraid of virginia woolf the complete film play on. As their lives fall apart, the subjects of this film maintain only their habit. They all cop from dusty and sweets mcgee the prime of frank perry. The top forty hits that are woven through the films soundtrack have a keenly ironic poignancy as. Ranging from 1971s dusty and sweets mcgee to collin schifflis more recent animals, downbeat dramas about young addicts in love have been sufficiently numerous to constitute an. Evidence that it was at the intersection of exploitation and later 70s art filming comes when we learn that william fraker hired both vilmos zsigmond and laszlo kovacs. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971, floyd mutrux obscure onesheet. He is a writer and producer, known for dick tracy 1990, blood in, blood out 1993 and aloha bobby and rose 1975. Fraker the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled. Music profile for jimmy forrest, born 24 january 1920. With clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob graham. The 1970s are now considered a golden age for moviemaking, in terms of originality, openness, and experimentation, but they also represented a lean period for escapist entertainment.
Albums include night train bolo blues, soul battle, and out of the forrest. Directed by floyd mutrux american hot wax, with graphic cinematography by william a. Dusty mcgee phone, address, background info whitepages. The color is good and the cinematography is raw without ever looking grainy or sloppy. An onscreen text scroll at the start of the film tells us that the addicts in. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 stream and watch online. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. When taken out of its original context and used as poster copy, it is. It starts with the intention of fooling the audience into thinking theyre watching a real documentary ill be honest i dived into it under the false pretense it was, but it didnt take long to realize its not, at the. Maybe, just maybe dusty and sweets mcgee is the holy motherfucking lost grail of counter culture drugsploitation movies. Virtually plotless, and starring mostly amateur actors, mutruxs film meanders through sundrenched, shiny urban landscapes, while. Dusty and sweets mcgee mod dusty and sweets mcgee mod sku. A couple, a male prostitute and other heroin addicts search for their daily fix. The film stars clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob graham, nancy wheeler and russ knight.
Life on the margins has rarely seemed as unromantic as it does in this harrowingly precise 1971. Meet tip, pam, larry, kit, dusty, sweets mcgee and nameless, aimless more with. For many years, director floyd mutruxs 1971 feature dusty and sweets mcgee was as good as lost. There are long stretches during which its hard to take your eyes off the screen mick lasalle, san francisco chronicle. Beverly and mitch, who call themselves dusty and sweets mcgee, make enough money to support their heroin habit by selling drugs on the streets. Dusty is a 1983 australian film about the friendship between a drover bill kerr and his partdingo dog, dusty. If american graffiti got in a knife fight with this american life, the winner would be dusty and sweets mcgee. Dusty and sweets mcgee dvd, 2009 for sale online ebay. Floyd mutrux was born on june 25, 1941 in houston, texas, usa as charles floyd mutrux. In july, 1998, billy gray settled a libel suit he brought against noted film critic and historian leonard. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview. Released 1971, dusty and sweets mcgee stars billy gray, william a. The second best result is dusty ryne mcgee age 50s in arab, al. The warner archive collection dvdr of dusty and sweets mcgee is a very good encoding of a movie that didnt make many friends when new.
Pam and larry, tip, kit ryder, dusty, sweets, armen and bobby graham are real people, they are not actors. An on screen text scroll at the start of the film tells us that the addicts in. The answer may lie with floyd mutruxs notorious american new wave film released the same year as thx 18. The tag line refers to the aforementioned radio announcers jargon. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 en streaming gratuit complet. One of the finest films of the 1970s, floyd mutruxs lost classic is now available via the warner archives series. Dusty and sweets mcgee at coronet the new york times. Dusty and sweets mcgee is a 1971 american drama film written and directed by floyd mutrux. Overview of dusty and sweets mcgee, 1971, directed by floyd mutrux, with tip, nancy, beverly, at turner classic movies. Ranging from 1971s dusty and sweets mcgee to collin schifflis more recent animals, downbeat dramas about young addicts in love have been sufficiently numerous to constitute an entire.
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