Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair

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Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Willy Roe
Written by Joe Ireland
Produced by Willy Roe
David Sullivan (executive producer)
StarringAlan Lake
Glynn Edwards
Mary Millington
CinematographyDouglas Hill
Edited by Jim Connock
Music by David Whitaker
Production
company
Roldvale Productions
Distributed by Tigon
Release date
  • 28 June 1979 (1979-06-28)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (also known as The David Galaxy Affair, and for its UK re-release, Star Sex) is a 1979 British sexploitation comedy film directed by Willy Roe and starring Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Mary Millington, Bernie Winters, Diana Dors and Anthony Booth. [1]

Contents

The film was not part of the Confessions series of films from Columbia Pictures that began with Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), but it was hoped that it would benefit commercially from the similarity of title. [2]

Plot

A playboy astrologer has to prove an alibi to police for a robbery five years before.

Cast

Production

The film was financed by businessman David Sullivan to promote the career of Millington, who was his girlfriend at the time. [3] In the event, Millington died a few weeks after the film's release.

Diana Dors performed the film's theme song over the opening titles.

Release

The film opened at the Eros in Piccadilly Circus and at the Classic Praed Street in London on 28 June 1979. [4] [5] [6]

The film was Sullivan's first box-office flop, being released at a period when soft porn theatrical films were losing their popularity in Britain. [7]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "With its barely identifiable semblance of plot, a level of comic invention exemplified by having the hero interrupt his love-making by breaking wind, and a dramatic context that amounts to little but the endless offering and pouring of drinks, this erotic 'thriller' proves squalidly unwatchable." [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Babington, Bruce (2001). British Stars and Stardom: From Alma Taylor to Sean Connery. Manchester University Press. p. 211. ISBN   9780719058417.
  3. ↑ Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine (2012). British Comedy Cinema. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN   9780415666671.
  4. ↑ "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (advertisement)". Evening Standard . 27 June 1979. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "Entertainment Guide". Evening Standard . 28 June 1979. p. 22.
  6. ↑ Brown, Chris (7 July 1979). "London Box Office". Screen International . p. 2.
  7. ↑ Upton, Julian (2004). Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives and Lost Careers. Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 43. ISBN   9781900486385.
  8. ↑ "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 46 (540): 168. 1 January 1979. ProQuest   1305828707.

Further reading

Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (fourth edition) (Titan Publishing, London) (2011)


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