Consenting Adults, Uncut Movie (1983)

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Description: From pioneer eroticist Gerard Damiano comes a startling, shocking, no-holds-barred look at the steamy seamy side of the sexual revolution. Voluptuous bosom buddies Annie Sprinkle and Veronica Vera hostess you thru a panoramic who's who of kinky deversity in Consenting Adults. Cast: Annette Heinz, Annie Sprinkle, Carol Connors, Jill Munroe, Joey Silvera, Marc Stevens, Robin Sane, Ron Hudd, Ron Jeremy, Sharon Mitchell, Sparky Vacs, Veronica Vera.
Scene Breakdowns
Scene 1. Annie Sprinkle, Miranda Stevens, Veronica Vera, Marc Stevens, Ron Hudd
Scene 2. Annie Sprinkle, Robin Sane
Scene 3. Jill Munroe, Jack Monroe
Scene 4. Veronica Vera, Joey Silvera
Scene 5. Jennifer Thomas, Don Allen
Scene 6. Annie Sprinkle, Jennifer Thomas, Victoria Sands
Scene 7. Annie Sprinkle, Michael Cycle
Scene 8. Annie Sprinkle, Veronica Vera, Michael Cycle
Scene 9. Sharon Mitchell, faceless guy
Scene 10. Sparky Vasc, Jamie St. James
Scene 11. Nellie Gold, Ron Jeremy
Scene 12. Bunny Hatton, Super Fluff, Buddy Hatton
Scene 13. Champagne, Joey Karson
Scene 14. Champagne, Joey Karson, Veronica Vera, Guys, Martin Patton
Review:
By the early '80s, both the mondo and sex hygiene film had largely ridden off into the sunset, with 1978's FACES OF DEATH beginning the transformation of the classic mondo movie into the video store puke-a-thon it would eventually become, and the marriage manual picture having already gone out of style almost a decade earlier. Leave it to the Golden Era's preeminent erotic auteur to bring back a little bit of both in 1982's CONSENTING ADULTS, a fun and lighthearted look at sexual oddities among the '80s porno elite.

ADULTS opens with a good 10 minutes of footage shot at the 1981 Miss (and Mr.) Nude America contest in LaFayette, Indiana. Profiled five years earlier in the captivating (and unfortunately rarely seen) R-rated doc MISS NUDE America, it's fascinating to view how far things have degenerated in just a few years, with the proceedings feeling more like a tawdry sex bazaar than the moderately wholesome offshoot of '60s sunbathing culture depicted in the earlier film. That said, it's hard not to appreciate the allure of well-formed bodies in the sun, and the treat is further sweetened by footage of the ever-charming Annie Sprinkle kibitzing (in the nude) with fans and admirers.

Following this surprisingly lengthy sex-free introduction, the film moves to hosts Sprinkle and Veronica Anton, who welcome the viewer in direct address and promise myriad unique erotic displays to come. The film then progresses through a grab bag of sequences, each showcasing something more or less unusual. The first scene features a late-career performance from a gaunt-looking (and blond!) Marc Stevens finds Mr. 10 1/2 as a masturbating voyeur who eventually joins in on another couple, while future sequences feature light BDSM and transvestism, transsexuals, Ron Jeremy giving Sharon Mitchell blow job tips, and, finally, a couple of sex show performers ushering their audience into some group action onstage. Tossed in between are several more soft-core vignettes, including a striptease from Annette Heinz (supposedly making her film debut) and a cringe-inducing clitoral piercing, shown in a graphic close-up (yikes!).

Despite its decidedly hodgepodge nature, Damiano keeps the film buoyant with a positive and affirming attitude. True to its title, ADULTS is a showcase for the activities consenting parties get up to in their private (and not-so-private) erotic lives, and as such, its air of positivity is strangely infectious (the catchy theme song doesn't hurt, either). While far from a milestone of celluloid erotica, the film is nevertheless breezy and unique enough to stand out, and flies by at 76 minutes where so much of its competition would drag on interminably. For that alone it deserves recommendation, and it marks a solid late-career turn for Damiano of which he should certainly have been proud.

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