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Overview

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6.0/10   438 votes
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Director:
John Byrum
Writer:
John Byrum (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 February 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A degenerate film with integrity! more
Plot:
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confides himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
"Inserts" has been generally misunderstood more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Directed by
John Byrum 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Byrum  writer

Produced by
Davina Belling .... producer
Harry Benn .... associate producer
Clive Parsons .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Denys N. Coop 
 
Film Editing by
Michael Bradsell 
 
Casting by
Miriam Brickman 
 
Art Direction by
John Clark 
 
Set Decoration by
Josie MacAvin 
 
Costume Design by
Shirley Russell 
 
Makeup Department
Robin Grantham .... makeup artist
Patricia McDermott .... hair stylist (as Pat McDermott)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Higgins .... second assistant director
Barry Langley .... assistant director
 
Art Department
John Allenby .... property master
Terry Apsey .... construction manager
Reg Wheeler .... property man
 
Sound Department
Derek Ball .... sound mixer
Ian Fuller .... dubbing editor
Ken Nightingall .... boom operator
Bill Rowe .... dubbing mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Hall .... grip
John Harris .... camera operator
Laurie Shane .... gaffer
David Wynn-Jones .... focus puller
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Pointing .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Colin Berwick .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Jessica Harper .... music consultant
Trevor York .... musician: piano
 
Transportation Department
Charles Cox .... transportation
 
Other crew
Zelda Barron .... continuity
Bobby Blues .... production accountant (as Robert Blues)
Richard Dreyfuss .... production associate
Edna Tromans .... unit publicist
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality.
Runtime:
117 min | USA:99 min (cut version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Canada:R | New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:18 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Australia:R | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | USA:NC-17 (re-rating) (1996) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Norway:18

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Anachronisms: Sitting at piano, Boy Wonder plays song Moonglow, written in 1934. The movie takes place at least three or four years earlier (characters repeatedly talk about a then-unknown actor named Clark Gable, already a big star by time song was written). more
Quotes:
Boy Wonder: OK, Miss Cake, let us see exactly how far down into it we can get.
Cathy Cake: Uh, into what?
Boy Wonder: Into the valley of indecency.
Cathy Cake: Well, that's a pretty crummy way of looking at it.
Boy Wonder: The trick, Miss Cake, is not to look at it at all, but simply limp to the edge of patience and let yourself fall.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Playboy: The Story of X (1998) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Moonglow more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
"Inserts" has been generally misunderstood, 24 December 2004
10/10
Author: braitman from San Francisco

"Inserts" has long been one of my favorite films, a comic-tragic meditation on art, sex, self-delusion, acting, and the magic of Hollywood. Its complex themes are woven through the "shocking" theme of pornography in the silent era. This film has always gotten a raw deal from critics. One way that would be helping in approaching this film is to think of it as a filmed drama. I actually think it would work much better on the stage. In fact, for years I've been trying to locate the script. (Anyone got any ideas on that?) If you've only seen it once, and didn't like it, see it again and think of some of what I've said. You'll find it bold, rich, provocative, and unique.

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