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99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

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Date: 28 Apr 2015 12:46:00
99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

99 Women (1969) [Director's Cut]
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:29:29 | 8,10 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Action, Drama, Sexploitation

Director: Jesus Franco
Stars: Maria Schell, Luciana Paluzzi, Mercedes McCambridge

New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape and lesbianism. When the Minister of Justice replaces Diaz by Leonie Caroll, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. However, Marie is disappointed with the new warden and decides to escape with two other inmates. But their runaway scheme fails and the three women are chased not only by the guards, but also by male prisoners that have not seen women for many years.

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99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

For his epic shocker of caged women gone wild, legendary director Jess Franco (Eugenie, Sadomania) brought together a once-in-a-lifetime cast of International beauties including Maria Schell (The Odessa File), Luciana Paluzzi (Thunderball), Rosalba Neri (Lady Frankenstein) and Maria Rohm (Venus In Furs). Oscar winner Mercedes McCambridge (Johnny Guitar) and Herbert Lom (The Dead Zone, Mark Of The Devil) co-star as the sadistic wardens of an island prison where abused yet luscious young lovelies surrender to their own depraved desires. Behind bars…without men…experience the unchained passion of 99 Women!

Long censored around the world, 99 Women has been restored from the producer's own vault materials and now features all-new Extras including deleted scenes and an eye-popping interview with Jess Franco himself!
99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

In cult director Jess Franco’s initial stab at a “women in prison” epic, three sentenced females arrive by boat to the island where they will imprisoned – “The Castle of Death.” The main girl is a pretty blond named Marie (Maria Rohm), but since these prisoners are only called by their numbers, she becomes branded “98.” Marie makes the mistake of informing the butchy warden (Oscar winner Mercedes McCambridge) of an ill patient in the next cell. After the expected punishment, she finds herself at the wandering hands of a feisty lesbian (Rosalba Neri), as well as the shady Governor (Herbert Lom) who apparently reaps the benefits of having sex with the prettier inmates that the warden delivers to him. Later, a sympathetic investigator (Maria Schell) arrives on the scene to witness firsthand how badly these girls have been abused and mistreated, but it may be too late…

99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

A multi-country production made during Franco’s fruitful tenure with producer Harry Alan Towers, 99 WOMEN is an ok scenic drama with a few sensational scenes that are considered tame by today’s standards. Franco would go on to make much nastier, sexually explicit “women in prison” exploiters (BARBED WIRED DOLLS, ILSA THE WICKED WARDEN, SADOMANIA, etc.), but 99 WOMAN was one of the first of the genre to cater to the grindhouse crowds, and no doubt inspired the onslaught of similar jailbird celluloid that came out of the U.S. and Europe over the next decade. The film includes catfights, soft lesbian make-out scenes (shot in extreme close-ups), prisoner flashbacks as to why they’re in the slammer (Maria Rohm’s is especially laughable), an attempted escape in the jungle followed by an off-camera gang rape, and an uneventful riot. Lom plays his sleazy part cool and low-key, while McCambridge overacts with every twitch and inflection. The Euro cult actresses are nicely on display here, with Neri and Rohm doing a fair share of undressing, but prominently-billed Luciana Paluzzi (THUNDERBALL, THE GREEN SLIME) has nothing more than a cameo and is killed off within the first few minutes. The score by Bruno Nicolai really sets a stark mood, and the pop theme song is performed by Barbara McNair, star of Franco’s VENUS IN FURS.

99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

There are many different versions of 99 WOMEN with various running times (the U.K. cut reportedly runs only 70 minutes!), but Blue Underground’s excellent DVD release represents the most common version, which is considered the “unrated director’s cut” (the company has also released a separate X-rated French version, which features sex inserts not directed by Franco). Letterboxed at 1.66:1 with anamorphic enhancement, the transfer looks very pleasing to the eyes, with bright colors and sharp detail. There are only slight hints of grain and print damage. The mono English track is very clear, with some minor background hiss in spots.
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99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Inmates in a prison for women rebel against their sadistic captors…
"You have no names, only numbers! You have no future, only the past! You have no hopes, only regret! You have no friends… only me!" So speaketh the sadistic Thelma Diaz (Mercedes McCambridge), superintendent of the gloomy Castello de la Muerte — a prison for women located on a small island off the coast of Panama. The first of many WIP ("women in prison") flicks helmed by controversial Spanish maverick Jess Franco, 99 Women is a model for restraint and class when compared to such campy later outings as Sadomania or Women in Cellblock 9. Produced and co-written by British exploitation maven Harry Alan Towers, the film offers up superior production values and casting compared to those later films. It is also, in its own way, sincere in its attempts to do something substantial and dramatic with its sensationalistic premise.

99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Franco, often reviled for the rough-edged approach he brings to many of his pictures, again shows that he is more than capable of delivering a coherent, slickly produced product. Like most of his films for Towers, 99 Women benefits from having adequate resources to realize the project's potential. The screenplay is relatively simple and straightforward — none of the dreamlike delicacy of Venus in Furs (1969) is in evidence — but within its somewhat crude framework, Franco is able to imbue the film with a sense of drama and emotion. He especially revels in the sequences that depict the past crimes of the inmates portrayed by Maria Rohm and Rosalba Neri; the former poetically depicts the vile act of gang rape, while the latter enables the director to stage one of his many memorable cabaret acts. Even the now de rigeur act of forced lesbian lovemaking is handled in a way that is both artful and oddly moving. If later Franco WIP flicks are content to be nothing more than fast-moving trash, then 99 Women is more akin to finding the poetry amid the wreckage of a notoriously crass and sexploitative genre.

99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

The film also benefits from a first rate cast. This being a WIP film, it's safe to assume that there will be plenty of attractive actresses on display. While Franco isn't given the scope to show all the 99 women alluded to in the title and dialogue, he does well with the ones who are actually shown. The standouts, without question, are the gorgeous Maria Rohm and the impossibly sexy Rosalba Neri. Rohm (Venus in Furs, aka Mrs. Harry Alan Towers) plays the naive innocent thrust into a world she cannot comprehend, and she is completely convincing — a true testimony to her ability as an actress when one considers her far more 'knowing' roles for Franco in Justine (1968) and Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (1970). Neri (Lady Frankenstein) virtually steals the film as a far more aggressive and sexually overt prisoner; whether showing off her legs or showing a surprising moment of tenderness as she reveals the reason for her imprisonment, she's a mesmerizing presence. Maria Schell (The Bloody Judge) gives a nice, low-key performance as the concerned observer from the Ministry of Justice, but she's outshone by the over-the-top theatrics of McCambridge (The Exorcist) playing the sadistic head of the prison. She gets most of the film's best lines, though a few go to the ever-reliable Herbert Lom (Mark of the Devil) as the equally sadistic head of the men's prison. Lom, an actor of tremendous strength and dignity, gives the film a touch of class by his very presence, even if he is ultimately playing a very sleazy character.

99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Technical credits are solid. Manuel Merino, one of Franco's favorite DPs, gives the film a nice glossy look that nevertheless conveys a gritty, sunbaked feel. Bruno Nicolai (All the Colors of the Dark) contributes an excellent score. Parts of his soundtrack would later be re-orchestrated and used to great effect in Franco's Venus In Furs, Eugenie de Sade (1970) and She Killed in Ecstasy (1970). Curiously, part of the film is scored with music composed by an uncredited Paul Sawtell, previously heard in The Fly (1958) and The Last Man on Earth (1964). The insanely catchy title theme ("Day I was born… trouble began…") is performed with bluesy gusto by Barbara McNair, who subsequently appeared in Venus in Furs.

Definitely one of Franco's most entertaining works, 99 Women is also a key film in its none-too-reputable subgenre.
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99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Jess' Women: Interview With Director Jess Franco
- Deleted & Alternate Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Poster and Still Gallery
- Jess Franco Bio
99 Women (1969) [Unrated Director's Cut] [Re-UP]


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