Troma Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will be delivering the three-film, three-Blu-ray box set titled Sexy Box on Apr. 19.
Three sexploitation delights from the early 1980s showcasing the fledgling talents of filmmakers Michael Herz and the iconic Lloyd Kaufman before Troma Entertainment was a household name.
So what treasures do we have here? For starters, the Sexy Box has the September of 1982 release of Waitress!, which found Kaufman “doubling” as director “Samuel Wei,” with his Troma Entertainment partner, Michael Herz, as his co-director.
With limited resources, the pair were able to come up with 150 prints, which were subsequently “bicycled” around the country to various theatrical venues.
Filmed in New York City, the Tre Amici Ristorante is the center of the chaos, the comedy and the romance as would-be actress Andrea Morgan (Carol Drake), a waitress at the restaurant, is trying to the land the key role in producer George Belleman’s (played by Ed Fenton) Broadway production of Joan of Arc … she is hell-bent on it and we follow her ever-escalating attempts at landing the role.
Meanwhile, reporter Jennifer Martin (Carol Bevar) goes undercover as a waitress at the restaurant while working on a story about dating. And, the owner of the place sends his mischievous college-brat daughter, Lindsey (Renata Hickey), there to work as punishment.
It’s sex in the city before “Sex in the City” was a thing, which is ironic since Mr. Big of Sex in the City, Christopher Noth, has a bit part (a blink of an eye) as he was just starting out … talk about typecasting!!
Teamed with Waitress! are the 1983 comedy, Stuck on You!, starring Virginia Penta and Mark Mikulski as a couple who end up in divorce court run by Judge “Gabriel” (played by “Professor” Irwin Corey — How to Commit Marriage, Foreplay, Jack), who takes them on a whirlwind tour of history to teach them a lesson before revealing his true identity. The other film in the Sexy Box collection is a trip to summer camp with The First Turn-On!!
All three films feature commentary from filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, there is the “Sex Comedy Stars” featurette and two video sessions, one with Troma co-founder Michael Herz, and the second featuring Lloyd Kaufman on the early days of Troma Entertainment.
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