Friday, December 29, 2006

Smile on Your Brother

One of the goofier "hip" counterculture films from Europe, Cometogether (1971) was the first and only directorial effort for oily action star Tony Anthony, who appeared in Blindman the same year and went on to infamy by kicking off the '80s 3-D craze with Comin' at Ya! and Treasure of the Four Crowns. In this film (produced by Ringo Starr!), he appears as a smarmy tourist who hooks up with two hot, groovy chicks (Thunderball's Luciana Paluzzi and Eurosleaze regular Rosemary Dexter) for a swinging time in Italy during the summer. If you find this one, don't miss the priceless "shock" ending that tries to ape Easy Rider but will most likely have you on the floor in hysterics. The catchy, pop-inspired score by Stelvio Cipriani (who was also kicking off his relationship with Mario Bava around the same time) is a lot of fun and comes sprinkled with covers of a few hit songs from the time, with enough versions of "Love Is Blue" (both instrumental and vocal) to put you off that tune for life. Don't miss the choice and (unintentionally?) hilarious dialogue passages, too.

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6 Comments:

Blogger Tony said...

I bought this LP in the cut-out bin when I was in college and never got around to opening the shrink wrap.

And so it shall remain, perhaps.

Thanks!

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Blogger Nostalgia Kinky said...

Excellent,
Thanks for posting this.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I used to have this one. it's one of the few apple records I don't like... what's up with late 60's early 70's soundtracks that repeat the same pop song over and over again?

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