An arrogant criminal offers to seduce a woman for his dim, sexually inexperienced partner. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. Synopsis the boldest story of a planned seduction ever to scald the screen. Leslie stevens 1960 film noir private property is an incredibly tense psychosexual thriller that is years ahead of its time. Financial analysis of private property 1960 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. All this may make private property sound like a roughhewn, indifferently shot quickie, but in fact the filmmaking has enormous panache.
Its initial distributor went out of business, and by 1994 it had not been in. Private property is a film that many of us thought wed never get to see, one of the hundreds of great films from history that have been seemingly lost due to a variety of unfortunate reasons. In seattle, private property opened and played for one week in july of 1960, supported by the cofeature school for love with brigitte bardot, at one of the downtown movie palaces where the ads specified no one under 21. In such moments, private property hones in its toxic trifecta with a clarity that. Private property is a terrific example of the spell that a confident film can weave by placing a handful of troubled characters in a confined location, and in the end it does feel like as much of. Is this voyeurism or is it satire taking off on the playboy era. Private property, movie, 1960 internet movie cars database. Leslie stevens 1960 film private property follows two southern california drifters, played by warren oates and corey allen rebel without a cause, who wander into a seemingly. Private propertys vicious form of prurience may make some queasy, and is hardly the type of movie that could get made today without great backlash, but theres definitely more going on here than mere timecapsule curiosity. Jan 20, 2017 private property 1960 psychological california smog noir p rivate property was long thought lost. Private property 1960, filmed in 1959 stevens contribution to the noir nether regions that began to sprout like unwelcome weeds in the late 50s when films were still constrained from even a rudimentary display of sexual explicitness has long been considered a lost film.
Its recent discovery, languishing in plain sight at a well. Watching in 2016, thanks to an undertaking by the ucla film. By 1960 standards, this film was a real shocker, even without any actual nudity in it. Stevens was probably best known as the creator of the influential science fiction tv series the outer limits, but before that project got off the ground in 1963 he was a writer and director of a couple of feature films that didnt exactly set the world on fire. Private property 1960 is a crime, drama movie starring warren oates and corey allen. Originally released in 1960, it has the look of a juvenile delinquent movie and the setup of a roughie, but its far more delicate and patient than its exploitation template, hinging on an hourlong, slowmotion seduction, by a pair of skeezy characters eyeballing a lonely, rich housewife. Private property official theatrical trailer youtube. A genuine lost film, leslie stevens 1960 thriller about a neglected southern california housewife focuses. Thanks to the restoration efforts of the ucla and cinelicious pics, a lost independent film from 1960 can now be appreciated by new audiences. It is a lurid psychological noir thriller, based on a sleazy pulp fiction type premise. The poster tagline for leslie stevens 1960 directorial debut private property says it all, proclaiming the film to be the boldest story of a planned seduction ever to scald the screen. Private property 1960 film, an american film starring kate manx, warren oates and corey allen. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our. This sexcrime thriller from 1960, written and directed by leslie.
The boldest story of a planned seduction ever to scald the screen. Private property 1960 posters the movie database tmdb. Private property, sometimes shown as private property. Although private property does a magnificent job of building tension throughout its first hour, the end game is disappointingly conventional. Seamy and sexy in equal measure this underseen 1960s noir is a precursor to the 1990s erotic thriller. A hoodlum corey allen plots to seduce a lonely housewife. Two homicidal southern california drifters played to creepy perfection by warren oates and corey allen wander off the beach and into the seeminglyperfect. A new 4k digital restoration of leslie stevenss private property opens july 1 at the film society of lincoln center. The film was considered disturbing at the time of its release and was condemned by the catholic legion of decency. Written and directed by leslie stevens best known for his contributions to the tv series the outer limits, private property. Leslie stevens celebrity profile check out the latest leslie stevens photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In fact, when it opened, it bore a no one under 21 restriction on admissions.
Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by nongovernmental legal entities private property may also refer to. Condemned by the catholic legion of decency in 1960, private property is less dated than you might think. Private property 1960 psychological california smog noir p rivate property was long thought lost. A pair of drifters the devious duke corey allen and slowwitted boots warren oates follows a beautiful young woman kate manx from a gas station to her hollywood hills home. Private property begins as two homicidal southern california drifters played to creepy, peeping tom perfection by warren oates and corey allen wander off the beach and into the seeminglyperfect beverly hills home of an unhappy housewife leslie stevens reallife spouse, kate manx. Lost film about home invaders a thrilling find the. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. A socal rear window made at the cusp of the sexual revolution is a peculiar but. Private property nue propriete 2007 rotten tomatoes. Warren oatess voyeuristic debut more than a 60s curio. Warren oatess voyeuristic debut more than a 60s curio 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Due to the nature of the films rediscovery, aligning it to its more.
The afi note for the film on turner classic movies website states mournfully. Jun 21, 2016 directed on a shoestring budget by leslie stevens three years before creating the outer limits, private property was denied mpaa approval under the production code upon its release, and even. Private property, movie, 1960 pictures provided by. Private property 1960 cast and crew a hoodlum corey allen plots to seduce a lonely housewife kate manx and turn her over to his virginal friend warren oates. Jun 08, 2016 leslie stevens 1960 film private property follows two southern california drifters, played by warren oates and corey allen rebel without a cause, who wander into a seemingly. Directed on a shoestring budget by leslie stevens three years before creating the outer limits, private property was denied mpaa approval under the production code upon its release, and even. As far as the film is concerned, shes fit only to be manipulated, abused and rescued. Vous pouvez regarder title box office streaming gratuit, ce film est tres divertissant.
The stark verging on artsy opening from writerdirector leslie stevens, corey allen and warren oates as drifters duke and boots, guerrillastyle shooting on the pacific coast highway, the gas station man is uncredited, in the semicult drama private property, 1960. Corey allen, left, and warren oates in private property. It was filmed by experienced veteran ted mccord in the typical clinically clean black and whitestyle of the era. Cinelicious pics have managed to save private property, a previously lost independent film from 1960, from the clutches of a bygone period. Once lost, private property is a genuine rediscovery. Private property overcomes its slow pace with tight direction from joachim lafosse and an intriguing performance from isabelle huppert.
A hoodlum corey allen plots to seduce a lonely housewife kate manx and turn her over to his virginal friend warren oates. More art film than conventional thriller, private property has been given a fine transfer by cinelicious pics. Private property was the first film for producer stanley colbert and writerdirector leslie stevens. Stevenss lost 1960 independent picture private property wed be better off. Private property 1960 corey allen, warren oates, kate manx, robert ward, jerome cowan. The partners had previously written the stage play the marriagegoround, which stevens produced and directed for twentieth centuryfox later in 1960. Long thought lost, and restored for 2016 theatrical release by cinelicious, its an. Rare shocker private property 1960 coming to bluray.
Some scenes hold up better than others, and theres always a question about the film s intentions. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Private property was written and directed by leslie stevens, whose best known credits are probably the script to the lefthanded gun, various episodes of the outer limits and the sorts of live theater broadcasts that flourished in the 1950s. Private property 1960 movie clip how far to the sunset. Private propertys small reputation comes from it featuring the first leading role in a feature film for legendary character actor warren oates although he had a small role in the rise and fall of legs. Jul 01, 2016 this 1960 picture, long considered lost. With kate manx, corey allen, warren oates, jerome cowan.
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