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Fortune and Men's Eyes = Des prisons et des hommes = Aux yeux du sort et des humains

Item number (ISN):

46814

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-10-29/1971-01-21

Item number (ISN):

46814

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES OF CANADA LIMITED

Accession:

1973-0196

Media:

Film

Original title:

Fortune and Men's Eyes

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1970-10-29/1971-01-21

Release date:

1971-06-24

Production company:

Cinemex (Canada) Ltd.

Production credit:

director, Harvey Hart; assistant director, Arthur Voronka; producer, Lester Perskey, Lewis M. Allen; coproducer, Donald Ginsberg; editing, Douglas Robertson; photography, Georges Dufaux; scenario, John Herbert (from his play); music, Galt MacDermot; art director, Earl G. Preston

Cast credit:

Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman, Larry Perkins, James Barron, Lazaro Perez, Jon Granik, Tom Harvey, Hugh Webster, Kirk McColl, Robert Goodier, Cathy Wiele

Distributor name:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Description:

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Nineteen-year-old Smitty, sentenced to six months in a Canadian jail for a minor drug offence, finds himself sharing a cell with the outrageously homosexual Queenie, the strong and silent Rocky, and the downtrodden, wretched Mona. Angrily rejecting Queenie's advances, and confident that he can take care of himself, Smitty finds himself about to be subjected to gang rape by sex-starved convicts. He is saved by Rocky, whom he looks upon as his friend until he realises that Rocky is now his old man and that he is expected to submit to nightly bouts of sodomy. Rather than risk gang rape again, he does submit; but goaded on by Queenie, he finally attacks Rocky and beats him in a fight, thus freeing himself. The humiliated Rocky, in solitary confinement after the fight, commits suicide. Queenie causes a scandal during the Christmas entertainment, attended by the warden and his wife, by stripping stark naked as a climax to his drag act. Smitty, relishing his new-found prestige, tries to bulldoze his way into becoming Mona's old man. The gentle, sensitive Mona reveals that he could remain inwardly untouched by his humiliations because they were perpetrated by people he cared nothing about. However, he loves Smitty and finally opens Smitty's eyes to the brutalisation he is undergoing. <102mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Song "Fortune and Men's Eyes" by Galt MacDermot, sung by Ronnie Dyson. Song "When Rain Touches Summer" by Galt MacDermot and William Dumaresq, sung by Leata Galloway. Song "It's Free" by Michael Greer, sung by Michael Greer.~2. For more information, see "Canadian Feature Film Index 1913-1985" page 115.~3. Harvey Hart, the creator of this film, died in 1989.~4. John Herbert, the writer, died in 2001.~5. Lester Persky, one of the producers of this film, died in 2001.~6. Lewis M. Allen, one of the producers of this film, died in 2003.~7. Cinemex (Canada) Ltd., Toronto. This company no longer exists.~8. MGM no longer holds rights to this film.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

51108

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8706-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

102:00

Made from:

CFI 9072-J

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

340760

Format:

FILM

Location number:

CFI-9072/J1
CFI-9072/J2
CFI-9072/J3
CFI-9072/J4
CFI-9072/J5
CFI-9072/J6

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8706-0006

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, MGM Canada, is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2039.

Copyright owner:

Original copyright owner: Cinemex (Canada) Ltd.~Original distribution rights owner: MGM.~Copyright may now rest with Brooke Allen.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with the permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures of Canada Limited

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