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What a strange movie, for so many reasons. I bought it on VHS because I'm a Star Trek fan, and I'm guessing FSM's pro-Trek stance has something to do with this release too.
What interesting casting, not only of Rock Hudson as the lecherous cheerleading coach, but of the Osmonds as the performers of the credits-sequence song. Is that little Donny Osmond sounding like little Michael Jackson on "Chilly Winds"?
And Trek regular James Doohan, and guest-star William Campbell showed up in supporting roles as well.
I'll get this one, even if only to read the behind-the-scenes stuff about Vadim & Roddenberry.
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What interesting casting, not only of Rock Hudson as the lecherous cheerleading coach, but of the Osmonds as the performers of the credits-sequence song.
Well, these are the people who gave us "Crazy Horses" (WAAAAAAAAHHH!!! WAAAAAAAAHHH!!!). That said, who would think you'd ever find the Osmonds and Lalo Schifrin on the same project?
What's even weirder is the Osmonds participating on such a film, it's hardly Mormon in it's sensibilities.
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It's hard to remember today just how big the Osmonds were in 1971. They were a global smash. Unfortunately, as I understand it they got a little over-confident about how long this state of affairs would continue. They used their fortune to build a new recording studio in Utah, where few other artists would ever need it, and then their career cooled off and they were middle class again.
I saw PRETTY MAIDS on cable in the early 80s. The only things I remember are Jimmy Doohan standing around in some outdoor scene, and a scene with Angie Dickenson and her teenage boy toy. He was taking a bath and she reached in the water to grab the bar of soap, and he said "That's not the soap." Or something like that.
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All said and done, the lack of response to this release is staggering.
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I think this might be a bit under-the-radar for most people. I never saw the film (it rarely showed up on the telly in Blighty during my formative years) and doesn't seem to even have a "cult" following (which something like Schifrin's THE MANITOU does - even if it is "MANITOU 6 - PRETTY MAIDS 3"). I could be wrong, but that's the perception I get. A pity, because very often the most obscure films have some of the most interesting music. Is that the case here?
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Strange, they release this obscure title as a standalone CD. It would have been perfect for a boxset.
Music-wise, there are much better Schifrin titles to release first as "Hell in the Pacific" and "St. Ives".
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Groovy man.
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