Sweet Substitute (film)

Sweet Substitute
Directed by	Larry Kent
Written by	Larry Kent
Produced by	Larry Kent
Starring	Bob Howay Angela Gann Carol Pastinsky Lanny Beckman
Cinematography	Richard M. Bellamy
Edited by	Shelah Reljic
Music by	Jack Dale
Production company	Larry Kent Productions
Distributed by	Joseph Brenner Associates
Release date	November 1964 (1964-11)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Sweet Substitute, retitled Caressed in the United States, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1964. ^[1]

The film centres on Tom (Bob Howay), a high school student whose efforts to secure an academic scholarship to university are complicated by his sexual compulsions. ^[2] He is caught in a love triangle between Elaine (Angela Gann), a prim and proper girl who is saving herself for marriage, and Kathy (Carol Pastinsky), a more sexually available girl whom Tom impregnates. ^[3]

It was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Picture at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965, but did not win.^{[ citation needed ]}

It was part of a retrospective screening of Kent's films, alongside The Bitter Ash , When Tomorrow Dies and High , which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver and the Canadian Film Institute in Ottawa. ^[4]

References

1. "UBC graduate plans his third movie". Brandon Sun , August 6, 1965.
2. "Caressed: gutsy view of teen lust". The Globe and Mail , June 24, 1967.
3. "Centre Changing Image". Ottawa Journal , January 18, 1968.
4. Matthew Hays, "Catch up on your Kent". The Globe and Mail , February 1, 2003.

External links

• Sweet Substitute at IMDb