Fanny Hill (also known as Sex, Lies and Renaissance) is a 1983 British sex comedy film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Shelley Winters. It is adapted from the 1748 novel of the same name by John Cleland.[1]
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| Directed by | Gerry O'Hara |
| Written by | Stephen Chesley |
| Based on | Fanny Hill 1749 novel by John Cleland |
| Produced by | Harry Benn |
| Starring | Lisa Foster Oliver Reed Shelley Winters Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Cinematography | Tony Spratling |
| Edited by | Peter Boyle |
| Music by | Paul Hoffert |
Production companies | Brent Walker Film Productions Theatre Division F.H. Filmproduction Limited Playboy Productions (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Brent Walker Film Distributing |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
Poor country lass Fanny Hill sets off for London where she embarks on a series of sexual encounters in pursuit of wealth and happiness, "with many erotic asides."[2]
Cast edit
- Lisa Foster - Fanny Hill (as Lisa Raines)
- Oliver Reed - Edward Widdlecome
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Mr. Barville
- Shelley Winters - Mrs Cole
- Alfred Marks - Lecher
- Paddie O'Neil - Mrs Brown
- Barry Stokes - Charles (as Jonathan York)
- Maria Harper - Phoebe
- Vicki Scott - Polly (uncredited)
- Lorraine Doyle - Martha (uncredited)
- Angie Quick - Sarah (uncredited)
- Susie Silvey - Jane (uncredited)
- Harry Fowler - Beggar (uncredited)
- Gordon Rollings - Beggar (uncredited)
- Liz Smith - Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
- Howard Goorney - Mr. Croft (uncredited)
- Janet Henfrey - Lady in Intelligence Office (uncredited)
Production edit
O'Hara said Towers wrote a script but O'Hara did not use it. "I had a pretty good cast though," said O'Hara.[3]
Critical reception edit
- Time Out wrote, "a relatively large budget and some respectable names in the cast list, but this is still limp softcore flummery sold on the half-remembered notoriety of its purported 18th century source...Lawyer Reed and madam Winters, meanwhile, seem as though they have their teeth gritted in the hope that it will all be over soon."[4]
- Sky Movies wrote, "they should have made the script funnier, got Kenneth Williams and Joan Sims - and retitled it Carry On Fanny..."[5]
References edit
- ^ "Fanny Hill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "Fanny Hill (1983)". IMDB. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston (3 December 2010). "Working Within the System: An Interview with Gerry O'Hara". Screening the Past.
- ^ "Fanny Hill". Time Out London.
- ^ "Fanny Hill".
External links edit
- Fanny Hill at IMDb
- Fanny Hill at AllMovie
- Fanny Hill at the TCM Movie Database
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