| Is There Sex After Death? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan Abel Jeanne Abel |
| Written by | Alan Abel Jeanne Abel Buck Henry |
| Produced by | Alan Abel Jeanne Abel Michael Rothschild |
| Starring | Buck Henry Robert Downey, Sr. Marshall Efron Holly Woodlawn Jim Moran Earle Doud Larry Wolf |
| Cinematography | Arthur Albert Gerald Cotts |
| Edited by | Jeanne Abel |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Is There Sex After Death? is a 1971 mockumentary and mondo film.
Plot
Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation searches out luminary figures in the world of sex. According to the movie, the answer to the title question is: "No, only affection".
Cast
- Alan Abel as Dr. Rogers
- Buck Henry as Dr. Louise Manos
- Marshall Efron as Vince Domino
- Holly Woodlawn as herself
- Robert Downey Sr. as himself
- Jim Moran as Dr. Elevenike
- James Randi as Seance Medium
- Earle Doud as Merkin
- Larry Wolf as Sexbowl Announcer/Seance Spirit
- Mink Stole as Dominatrix
- James Dixon as Richard Nixon
Controversy
On March 12, 1980, the ON TV pay channel aired the film on WXON (channel 20, now WMYD) in Detroit. It was scheduled to air again ten days later, but it did not. WXON station manager Aben Johnson, who was alerted to the film's content (including sex and nudity) by a station employee during its original airing, decided against showing it again, substituting Saturday Night Fever instead. ON TV's policy at the time forbade showing any films with an X rating, for adults only; Is There Sex After Death? was apparently not given a rating by the Motion Picture Association of America at all until 1975, when it was granted an 'R' certificate, making the movie seemingly within ON's standards. Still, WXON never showed the film again on its ON TV affiliate, which closed in 1983.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Stoehr, Chris (March 26, 1980). "The movie was too sexy for Channel 20". Detroit Free Press. p. 8D. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.