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filmcritic.com Movie Review: Myra Breckinridge Myra (Racquel Welch) is formerly Myron (Rex Reed), transformed thanks to a sex-change operation in Europe and arriving in California with a man-hating attitude: “I am Myra Breckinridge whom no man will ever possess,” she proclaims in voiceover, before meeting with her wealthy uncle Buck Loner (John Huston), who runs an acting school. Here, we’re supposed to read lots of messages into the film’s penultimate scene between Myra and Rusty, where she deploys a dildo to “educate you – you and the rest of America!” The film and its purported message are just like the monster between Welch’s legs: A big fat fake. Buy Myra Breckinridge -- the Book from Amazon.com www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/0/ED7EEEB191AC3EC688256E4D000D40A4?OpenDocument   (750 words)

Myra Breckinridge DVD Review at The Z Review UK DVD reviews Film critic Myron Breckinridge undergoes a sex change and becomes Myra Breckinridge, “a woman whom no man will ever possess”. Myra visits her rich uncle who runs a film academy, and insists on claiming half the estate. A lot of the movie’s problems are displayed in the most notorious scene, where Myra exacts her revenge on mankind, in the form of Rusty (Roger Herren, who apparently has never made a film since). www.thezreview.co.uk /dvdreviews/m/myrabreckinridge.htm   (636 words)

Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Titles: M: Myra Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge - A recap of the story, insights into the film, facts and photos. Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge Website - A visual and textual synopsis of the film and novel with pictures from the film starring Raquel Welch. Myra Breckinridge (1970)- Credits and information from the Internet Movie Database. dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Titles/M/Myra_Breckinridge   (92 words)

DVD Verdict Review - Myra Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge is guilty of a multitude of crimes, but all charges are dismissed due to mitigating circumstances. Myron Breckinridge (movie critic Rex Reed in his first film role) is sitting on the operating table, his legs up in stirrups, moments away from having his manhood removed. As aggressive as Myra is throughout the rest of the film, it's still hard to swallow what she does. www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/myrabreckinridge.php   (3202 words)

aprod-p23788794 Sex Goddess Raquel Welch was at the height of her big-screen fame when she starred as Myra in this offbeat cult favorite - considered one of the most notorious films ever released by a major studio. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Gore Vidal (who later denounced the film), it starred an oddball ensemble of legendary old-time Hollywood stars (Mae West, John Huston) and promising newcomers (Farrah Fawcett, Tom Selleck) and featured film critic and non-actor Rex Reed in a pivotal leading role. All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners. www.shop.com /op/aprod-p23788794   (196 words)

The DVD Journal Quick Reviews: Myra Breckinridge Ostensibly the tale of Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed), who, after a sex change operation, becomes Myra Breckinridge and heads to Hollywood to bilk his/her uncle Buck Loner (John Huston) out of his fortune, Sarne adopts a distractingly smug, wink/nudge approach that undercuts any potentially incisive satire. Passing through the film's fractured narrative are any number of aging movie stars, including a haggard John Carradine as the surgeon who transforms Myron into Myra, Andy Devine as Cowboy Bill, and Mae West, who tips the whole endeavor hopelessly into camp whenever she appears as casting agent Leticia Van Allen. Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge (1970) is just another wild sexual odyssey that couldn't make the transition from page to screen. www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/m/myrabreckinridge.q.shtml   (441 words)

Film Threat - Reviews The humor in "Myra Breckinridge" is wildly over-the-top, most notoriously when the title character asserts her domination over a muscular stud by tying him down to a table and sodomizing him with a dildo. Even at this late date, "Myra Breckinridge" continues to create embarrassment for its studio, 20th Century Fox. When viewed by contemporary standards (or the lack thereof), "Myra Breckinridge" is not only quite tame but also a work which was clearly three decades ahead of its time. www.filmthreat.com /Reviews.asp?Id=3253   (729 words)

Myra Breckinridge (1970) Whether or not you agree with the clearly delusional Sarne that Myra Breckinridge was "ahead of its time," one thing is certain: you won't forget this bizarre film, which also stars Mae West, looking positively mummified as she reels off double-entendres to a bevy of hunky extras. Myra Breckinridge tries hard to be hip and groovy, but it's ultimately nonsensical, like so many of the "counter-culture" movies the studios made in the late '60s to woo the youth market. The notorious X-rated bomb that nearly sank Twentieth Century Fox in 1970, Myra Breckinridge is a special brand of awful. www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=12284&buy=open&PID=10113472&Tab=reviews&CID=18   (564 words)

Myra Breckinridge - Movie Review Myra Breckinridge is no doubt one of those 'bad' films. Unfortunately, between Myra's one-note legal feud between Buck, and her seduction of Rusty and Mary Ann - this forms the basis of most of the 'drama' in the film. However, Myra's second and more ambitious plan is 'The destruction of the last vestigial traces of traditional manhood', so that she may 'realign the sexes' - - - thus saving humanity from the population explosion. www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/660   (716 words)

DVD Times - Myra Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge is certainly no neglected masterpiece, nor even a particularly good film, but the years have been kind to it as they have to Fox’s other MPAA X-rated bomb of around the same time, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Myra Breckinridge was released in 1970 to stinking reviews and poor box office but over the years has developed a cult following as a camp classic. Viewers of Myra Breckinridge were treated to the rape of a man by a woman wearing an unseen dildo, albeit played for laughs — a pioneering male rape, predating the far more serious one in Deliverance. www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=10851   (2383 words)

Tower Records - Myra Breckinridge Myra moves to the South and enrolls at a university, where her adventures include sodomizing a Southern man--and stealing his girlfriend while she's at it. As a result, Myron becomes Myra (Raquel Welch), a stunningly beautiful woman with a rocket of a body. MYRA BRECKENRIDGE may be the first punk manifesto, a celebration of pop www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2962682   (314 words)

GreenCine product main - Myra Breckinridge (1970) Fussy film buff Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) goes to Europe and gets a sex-change operation from a slovenly chain-smoking doctor (John Carradine) and returns to the United States as the glamorous and willful Myra Breckinridge (Raquel Welch). Myra appears at the door of former cowboy star-turned-acting school entrepreneur Buck Loner (John Huston), who also happened to be Myron's uncle; Myra insists she's Myron's widow and demands her fair share of Loner's inheritance to her late husband. In the midst of the action, director Michael Sarne uses clips from dozens of vintage Hollywood films of the 1930s and '40s as a comic counterpoint to the story. www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=96427   (257 words)

Myra Breckinridge Friday August 12, 04:31 PM 'MYRA BRECKINRIDGE' (18) Click to enlarge photo Gore Vidal's novel Myra Breckinridge was once considered unfilmable, and while the finished result has certainly divided opinion... MYRA BRECKINRIDGE moves to Hollywood in order to collect the inheritance left by her husband Myron. Sprung from a novel by Gore Vidal, Myra tells the tender tale of a man (damply played by film critic Rex Reed) who has a sex-change operation and goes to Hollywood as a woman--played by Raquel Welch. www.elipsiselectronics.com /B00018D3YQ/Myra_Breckinridge.html   (1529 words)

Film Threat - Features For those of you not familiar with it, "Myra Breckinridge" is considered one of the most notorious films to come out of Hollywood. Myra Breckinridge" is considered one of the most notorious films to come out of Hollywood. However, Myra's true mission, or at least what she keeps babbling on about, is the subversion of the sexes. www.filmthreat.com /Features.asp?Id=1036   (685 words)

Myra Breckinridge - Cook book Howard Austen and Beverly Pepper published The Myra Breckinridge Cookbook in 1970, the same year Michael Sarne's film was released. "Myra Breckinridge is a dish, and never forget it, you motherfuckers, as the children say nowadays." To the movie-maniac Myra Breckinridge whom we all know and love, add a pinch of culinary expertise.  Voila! www.geocities.com /myrabreckinridge/cook_book   (96 words)

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / In movie about man-hating transsexual, they found a musical While researching costumes for "Mad Maids," Callahan stumbled across a website for "Myra Breckinridge" and was immediately enthralled by the movie stills. They've written a musical based on "Myra Breckinridge" called "Some of My Best Friends Are Men." It debuts Wednesday at Ryles Jazz Club. Vincent and Callahan stay true to the chaotic nature of the book and film, but they have updated the story. www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/10/17/in_movie_about_man_hating_transsexual_they_found_a_musical?mode=PF   (989 words)

Amazon.ca: DVD: Myra Breckinridge I have wanted to see Myra Breckinridge since it came out in 1970. Originally derided as one of the low points in Hollywood history, Myra Breckinridge has since developed a dedicated cult following, with the result that its reputation has risen somewhat. Myra Brekinridge isn't for everyone, but approached with the right spirit, you'll love it! www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00018D3YQ   (1161 words)

ToxicUniverse.com - Michael Sarne - 1970 - Myra Breckinridge Movies Review An embarrassing disaster when released, trailing bad publicity like a foul smell, the screen adaptation of Gore Vidal& Myra Breckinridge has attained cult classic status in spite of the fact that it has rarely been seen since 1970. I have seen Myra Breckinridge at least ten times in a cropped bootleg video version. Vidal& novel, a popular success in the late 1960&, is at its best when it sticks with its heroine, the transsexual, swashbuckling Myra, and at its worst when Vidal halts her exploits in order to broadcast his familiar thoughts on American society. www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10005533   (982 words)

DVD REVIEWS The "AMC Backstory: Myra Breckinridge" includes interviews with stars Raquel Welch and Rex Reed and with director Michael Sarne, whose career never really recovered from this mess. The impression is conveyed that the film's technical staff was stoned most of the time. Based -- loosely - - on Gore Vidal's novel, it's about transsexual Myra (Welch), formerly Myron (Reed), and her search for love and financial security. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/18/PKG3G64V7F1.DTL   (848 words)

NPR : The Onion Review: 'Myra Breckinridge' on DVD Day to Day, April 2, 2004 · Nathan Rabin of The Onion reviews the new DVD release of the 1970 film Myra Breckinridge. NPR : The Onion Review: 'Myra Breckinridge' on DVD www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1807453   (113 words)

Sophonisba Breckinridge Myra Breckinridge A recap of the story, insights into the film, facts and photos. Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge Website A visual and textual synopsis of the film and novel with pictures from the film starring Raquel Welch. Breckinridge County Schools Teacher and student resources, news, individual school links, school report cards and calendars. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sophonisba_Breckinridge.html   (209 words)

Myra Breckenridge If Myra Breckinridge is palatable at all, it is because of Raquel Welch, who was at the height of her beauty and sex appeal when this film was made and was kitted out with the most flattering wardrobe she ever wore. Myra Breckinridge is one of those stupefying cinematic experiences that makes one say, "My god, what were they thinking?" over and over like a mantra. Because she was "enhancing" the gender she was born with and attempting to roll back the clock--both approved of by the social norms of Hollywood, California, and America in general, she was free to do this as she saw fit. www.tranquility.net /~benedict/myrabreckenridge.html   (1172 words)

Myra Breckinridge Web Site Myra Breckinridge is truly a child of our age - all her realities are based on the movies she has seen, and her ideal in life is to be a star. This web page is devoted to the phenomenon of Myra Breckinridge, one of the most famous (or infamous!) characters in modern fiction/cinema. Special thanks to Raquel Welch, for her inspiring and convincing performance as Myra in the film version. members.tripod.com /~myrasite/contents.html   (284 words)

Myra Breckinridge Access Reviews and Articles for Myra Breckinridge by... Also known as : "Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge", "Myra Breckenridge" MYRA BRECKENRIDGE may be the first punk manifesto, a celebration of pop culture nihilism. www.rottentomatoes.com /m/myra_breckinridge   (532 words)

MAGAZINE Departments TV on DVD VOL 29-2: July 2004 On Fox Home Entertainment's DVD of Myra Breckinridge, two versions of the film appear; the theatrical release and a "special edition." Sarne talks over the latter, and Raquel Welch has her own commentary on the theatrical. Francis Coppola 's One From the Heart (1982) and Michael Sarne' s Myra Breckinridge (1970) probably don't have much in common except they each marked the end of their respective eras. Mike Sarne is wackily engaging, and seems to be watching a completely different film to the rest of us. www.dga.org /news/v29_2/dept_dvdrevue-704.php3   (532 words)

Amazon.ca: Customer Reviews DVD: Myra Breckinridge Neither commentary is particularly enlightening--director Michael Sarne primarily seems intent on settling old scores with Gore Vidal Rex Reed, and the studio, while Raquel Welch's arch (and largely meaningless) asides seem to suggest she's revisiting the film over a bottle of wine. The only differences between the theatrical and "special" versions are a black-and-white ending in the latter, and the odd substitution of a Oliver Hardy film clip (he's seen opening an exploding champagne bottle) for the cannon fire clip that followed Rex Reed's auto/erotic climax in the release version. This was her first color film ever, and after a long hiatus from the silver screen. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/dvd/B00018D3YQ/customer-reviews   (532 words)

Boston.com / A&E / Movies / In movie about man-hating transsexual, they found a musical Long before Mariah Carey decided that "Glitter" would be a good career move, and two years before future showgirl Elizabeth Berkley was born to dance on a pole, there existed a flaming celluloid turkey by the name of "Myra Breckinridge." That bizarre cinematic mix includes a young, mustache-less Tom Selleck (whose character is billed simply as "Stud") bedding a 77-year-old West, and Farrah Fawcett as Mary Ann Pringle, a dimwitted student who falls in love with Welch's transsexual Myra, despite the fact that Myra has raped Mary Ann's macho boyfriend, Rusty. It brought all these bizarre people together in this bizarre film. www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2004/10/17/in_movie_about_man_hating_transsexual_they_found_a_musical   (532 words)

"ANGEL BIOS" - Charlie's Angels 25th Anniversary on www.charliesangels.com Fawcett had done several films Logan's Run, Myra Breckinridge, Love Is A Funny Thing, TV guest spots Swat, Apples Way, Marcus Welby and even released a " Swimsuit" poster. From 1976-1979, Jackson was the anchor of the series being pegged as the "smart angel." In 1979, after having to turn down a role in the theatrical film Kramer vs. She continues to work in film and guest spots on TV. www.charliesangels.com /anniverary/abio.html   (1179 words)

Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum - Magnum P.I.) Selleck made his feature film debut as a studly secretary in the abysmal but campy Myra Breckinridge (1970) after signing a seven year contract with Fox studios. In 1987, Selleck appeared in the film for which he is best known, Three Men and a Baby in which he played a playboy architect who goes gaga over a baby girl who was abandoned on the doorstep of the apartment he shared with fellow yuppie bachelors, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg. Later they eased up and Selleck was able to star in television movies and feature films such as Lassiter (1984). tomselleck.tv-website.com   (788 words)

Amazon.com: Raquel Welch Collection (One Million Years B.C. / Bandolero! / Myra Breckinridge / Mother, Jugs & Speed / Fathom): DVD: Raquel Welch For fans (like myself) of Raquel Welch, THE #1 "Sex Goddess" of the swinging 60's and super 70's, this is a must have collection of 5 of her better films. One mistake of continuity I noticed in the film itself: when we first see Raquel by the sea she kneels down on a rock and we see her feet are bare. Rocky looks beautiful in this film, Harryhausen's dinosaur's are still a sight to behold and every bit as good as the CGI fx of such big time Hollywood blockbusters as "JURASSIC PARK" (and maybe even better) and the music by Mario Nascimbene is fantastic. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00018D418?v=glance   (1950 words)

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