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In july, 1998, billy gray settled a libel suit he brought against noted film critic and historian leonard. Writerdirector floyd mutrux displayed a great gift for capturing atmosphere in his early films, even if his eye. The color is good and the cinematography is raw without ever looking grainy or sloppy. 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. 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. Albums include night train bolo blues, soul battle, and out of the forrest. Beverly and mitch, who call themselves dusty and sweets mcgee, make enough money to support their heroin habit by selling drugs on the streets. Floyd mutruxs pseudo documentary dusty and sweets mcgee is one. 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. The answer may lie with floyd mutruxs notorious american new wave film released the same year as thx 18. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Dusty mcgee phone, address, background info whitepages. 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.

There are long stretches during which its hard to take your eyes off the screen mick lasalle, san francisco chronicle. He is a writer and producer, known for dick tracy 1990, blood in, blood out 1993 and aloha bobby and rose 1975. Maybe, just maybe dusty and sweets mcgee is the holy motherfucking lost grail of counter culture drugsploitation movies. I got the movie mainly because i was curious to see billy gray in something. An onscreen text scroll at the start of the film tells us that the addicts in. Dusty and sweets mcgee original soundtrack allmusic. Directed by floyd mutrux american hot wax, with graphic cinematography by william a.

The tag line refers to the aforementioned radio announcers jargon. Busty dusty nasty divine bitch fucking and getting fucked in female domination humiliation. 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. Whos afraid of virginia woolf the complete film play on. 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.

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. A straight couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts. 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. Dusty and sweets mcgee movie trailer and videos tv guide. Dusty and sweets mcgee at coronet the new york times. Life on the margins has rarely seemed as unromantic as it does in this harrowingly precise 1971. 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. An on screen text scroll at the start of the film tells us that the addicts in. Dusty and sweets mcgee mod dusty and sweets mcgee mod sku. Meet tip, pam, larry, kit, dusty, sweets mcgee and nameless, aimless more with young faces and old eyes. Pam and larry, tip, kit ryder, dusty, sweets, armen and bobby graham are real people, they are not actors. Floyd mutrux was born on june 25, 1941 in houston, texas, usa as charles floyd mutrux. 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.

Read the dusty and sweets mcgee movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. One of the finest films of the 1970s, floyd mutruxs lost classic is now available via the warner archives series. Dusty and sweets mcgee dvd, 2009 for sale online ebay. Music profile for jimmy forrest, born 24 january 1920. Select this result to view dusty ryne mcgees phone number, address, and more. For many years, director floyd mutruxs 1971 feature dusty and sweets mcgee was as good as lost. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 wishing to cash in on the youth market, warner bros. When taken out of its original context and used as poster copy, it is. 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. If american graffiti got in a knife fight with this american life, the winner would be dusty and sweets mcgee.

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. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971 en streaming gratuit complet. The second best result is dusty ryne mcgee age 50s in arab, al. Dusty and sweets mcgee is a 1971 american drama film written and directed by floyd mutrux. Dusty and sweets mcgee 1971, floyd mutrux obscure onesheet. 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. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview. The film stars clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob. Dusty and sweets mcgee letterboxd social film discovery. 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. They all cop from dusty and sweets mcgee the prime of frank perry. Dusty is a 1983 australian film about the friendship between a drover bill kerr and his partdingo dog, dusty. With clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob graham.

A couple, a male prostitute and other heroin addicts search for their daily fix. The records a great reminder of the role that soundtracks. 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. 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. Buried beneath a mountain of lawsuits revolving around music clearance issues and hardly a good. Overview of dusty and sweets mcgee, 1971, directed by floyd mutrux, with tip, nancy, beverly, at turner classic movies. Virtually plotless, and starring mostly amateur actors, mutruxs film meanders through sundrenched, shiny urban landscapes, while. The film stars clifton tip fredell, kit ryder, billy gray, bob graham, nancy wheeler and russ knight. 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. Maltin began his writing career at age fifteen, writing for classic images and editing and publishing his own fanzine, film fan monthly, dedicated to films from the golden age of hollywood. Dusty is related to michael earnest mcgee and ernest george mcgee jr. Released 1971, dusty and sweets mcgee stars billy gray, william a. The top forty hits that are woven through the films soundtrack have a keenly ironic poignancy as.