Behind The Green Door - DVD

Oooh-so-young Marilyn Chambers (19) plays an innocent girl who is kidnapped. Brought to a weird sex club, she is prepared then ravished in front of a crowd which gradually becomes an orgy. The concept itself draws you and hooks you in.

Depicting ritualistic and fantasy sex, the three key scenes are famously taboo-breaking. A group of lesbians fondling and going down on one girl was beyond imagining in the 70's.

Black stud Johnny Keyes in a white, genital revealing, cut-away leotard is a startling sight for any generation. In '72, the concept of interracial sex was totally risque. During their scene, Johnny and Marilyn experience a cosmic connection, forgetting their surroundings and the rolling cameras. Overwhelmed, Marilyn passes out when she climaxes. Thirdly, the extended psychedelic cum shot scene is scrumptious, artistic and surreal.

Marilyn was then the Ivory Soap Girl for Proctor and Gamble. When she appeared in this now legendary porn film, her pure image was somewhat sullied and they recalled all products with her image. All the hype sold a lot of porn, quite a lot of soap and boosted Marilyn to stardom. She became an instant celebrity, was invited on to talk shows, and behaved like a Hollywood star. Serious critics reviewed the film, while it raced up the list of the most popular movies as if nothing untoward were happening at all!

Before Marilyn, all porn stars were assumed to be strippers and hookers; Marilyn was the first wholesome looking porn Queen. She was well paid for her pains and received a cut of the film's profits that made her rich as well as famous.

Made by the Mitchell brothers, filmed in their San Francisco strip club The O'Farrell Theatre, this is the first ever, porn feature film. Made with a budget of 60,000 dollars, it grossed over 25 million!!

It is a very edgy story, very erotic with, at the time, unimaginable sex scenes. It was well received at Cannes and flaunted enough artistic content to deem acceptable to a wider audience. At a time when people knew only Penthouse and The Joy of Sex, going to a cinema to watch this must have been very daring. Today, its wow factor has lost nothing. An absolute must-have for the discerning connoisseur's collection.

Kidnapping, group lesbian, cum inside/over face/hair/in mouth, interracial, orgy scene, fabulous slo-mo, psychedelic cumshot scene, full bushes, 4 men-1 woman scene.

NTSC. 4:3 format. Dolby Digital Stereo. No regional coding. DVD-ROM compatible.

Notes. On February 21st 1991 Artie Mitchell, a drug-crazed alchoholic, died after being shot three times by his brother Jim. Jim was found guilty of manslaughter, then released after 3 years for good behaviour.

Marilyn sadly died from natural causes on April 12 2009, 10 days before her 57th birthday.