Fanny Hill (1983)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Gerry O'Hara

Writers:

Stephen Chesley (writer)
John Cleland (novel)

Release Date:

15 July 1983 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Forced Sexual Contact | Female Rear Nudity | Fingering | Erotica

Cast

Lisa Foster	...	Fanny Hill (as Lisa Raines)
Oliver Reed	...	Mr. Edward Widdlecome
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Mr. Barville (as Wilfred Hyde White)
Shelley Winters	...	Mrs. Cole
Alfred Marks	...	Lecher
Paddie O'Neil	...	Mrs. Brown (as Paddy O'Neil)
Barry Stokes	...	Charles (as Jonathan York)
Maria Harper	...	Phoebe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorraine Doyle	...	Martha
Fanny Carby	...	Old Wench (uncredited)
Tracy Dixon	...	Emily (uncredited)
Harry Fowler	...	Beggar (uncredited)
Howard Goorney	...	Mr. Croft (uncredited)
Janet Henfrey	...	Lady in Intellegence Office (uncredited)
Philip Herbert	...	Tubby client (uncredited)
Neil Phelps	...	Mr. H. (uncredited)
Angie Quick	...	Sarah (uncredited)
Gordon Rollings	...	Beggar (uncredited)
Vicki Scott	...	Polly (uncredited)
Susie Silvey	...	Jane (uncredited)
Liz Smith	...	Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerry O'Hara

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephen Chesley		writer
John Cleland		novel "Fanny Hill or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure"

Produced by
Harry Benn	....	producer
Harry Alan Towers	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Hoffert

Cinematography by
Tony Spratling

Film Editing by
Peter Boyle

Casting by
Sue Whatmough

Art Direction by
Geoffrey Tozer

Set Decoration by
Denise Exshaw

Makeup Department
Ross Carver	....	hair stylist
Ross Carver	....	hairdresser
Hajera Coovadia	....	makeup artist

Production Management
John Oldknow	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Hopkins	....	assistant director

Art Department
Bob Cross	....	construction manager
Dennis Griffin	....	buyer
Ernie Lillie	....	property master

Sound Department
Laurie Clarkson	....	sound recordist
Michael Crouch	....	dubbing editor
Peter Elliott	....	dialogue editor
Peter Maxwell	....	adr mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Douglas Dawson	....	still photographer
Maurice Gillett	....	gaffer
Martin Kenzie	....	second assistant camera
Herbert Smith	....	camera operator
Tony Woodcock	....	focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Smith	....	wardrobe master
Joyce Stoneman	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Brian Mann	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Marlene Butland	....	production assistant
Juliet Clarke	....	continuity
Kim Kinnie	....	choreographer
Gerry Wheatley	....	production accountant
Derek Whitehurst	....	location manager

Production Companies

• F.H. Filmproduction Limited
• Playboy Productions

Distributors

• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Berman's and Nathan's  costumes
• Lee Electrics  lighting

Also Known As:

Sex, Lies and Renaissance (UK)

Runtime:

Germany:98 min | USA:80 min (R-rated version) | France:92 min

Country:

West Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Company:

F.H. Filmproduction Limited

Trivia:

Last performance of Wilfrid Hyde-White.

Movie Connections:

Version of Fanny Hill (1964)

Soundtrack:

'Lascia ch'io pianga' from RINALDO

Great Movie

Wow, what a good and entertaining movie! A great movie. The first thing that comes to most people's mind is the erotic nature of the movie, with lots of sex and nudity. They would not be wrong, with lots of sexual implications, male and female nudity, and sometimes quite explicit, but this is not a hardcore movie. And in Lisa (Raines) Foster, an extremely beautiful actress. But let's look at the whole movie.

First, the story, from John Cleland's once banned (and still is in some countries) book has a good story, and probably had some truth in his days. A young girl coming to misfortune after the death of her parents, eventually finding happiness.

Second, the film itself was well shot, well lit, good scenery, with a good accuracy of the period, follows quite well the spirit of the novel. Well done.

Third, actors and actresses. Well known stars such as Oliver Reed, Shelley Winter, Wilfred Hyde-White) contributed interesting characters, I guess to give gravitas to the movie to the relative unknown star, Lisa (Raines) Foster and to encourage cinema goers. I have not seen anything she has done apart from this role, and I thought she was excellent, and I am not referring to the nudity, which is not shocking, although she is extremely beautiful with a very pretty and well defined face, great eyes. It seems to me that she could act, she was serious, she was funny, involved, emotional. She clearly carried the movie, and did not need the stars (although they were amusing) It is a pity that she has not acted in more roles after this. I see in her IMDb entry that she has left acting and now into directing, well done. Does anyone know her email? I would certainly like to wish her luck.

I believe that this movie has been a good contribution to the erotic genre. Over twenty years old and it still captures my imagination and attention. I have bought the DVD and so should you.