A Certain Sacrifice (1985)

Director:

Stephen Jon Lewicki

Writers:

Stephen Jon Lewicki (written by) and
Jeremy Pattnosh (written by) ...

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence. |

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Evicted | Coffee Shop | Rape Scene | Transvestism

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeremy Pattnosh	...	Dashiel
Madonna	...	Bruna (as Madonna Ciccone)
Charles Kurtz	...	Raymond Hall
Kate Magill	...	Susan Porter
Timmy Leight	...	The Landlady
Michael Dane	...	Transvestite Slave
Russell O. Lome	...	Male Slave
Angi Smit	...	Female Slave
Joseph Pattnosh	...	Father
Ann Pattnosh	...	Mother
John Joseph Pattnosh	...	Young David
Chuck Varesko	...	Narrator
Karl Ludwig Selig	...	Professor Mann
Ed Krakaur	...	Learning Center Friend
Charles Daguerre Alvaré	...	Preston Basset (as Charles Daguerre Alvare)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | UK:18 (re-release) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cine Cine Productions Inc.

Trivia:

This was shot as a student film. Madonna was unknown at the time but demanded she be paid for her work. The director required her to sign a release and paid her 100 dollars for her work. Later when Madonna became successful she tried to ban the movie. The director refused citing the release she signed - -which only arose from her insistence to be paid.

Movie Connections:

References Robin's Nest (1980)

Soundtrack:

Wave Bye Bye

BADDONNA

This 'low budget' movie is awful in every way. The sound is awful and the picture ain't all that great. I'm sure Madonna has been dreading the day when this thing gets dug up from it's grave I mean who saw it the first time round? No one maybe. This obviously wasn't meant for a commercial cinematic release, but I reckon I can make home movies better than this. The plot requires a surprisingly innocent looking Madonna playing a young dominatrix (WHAT??? MADONNA???!!!), who is raped in some toilet at a diner. She gets the attacker back by getting her friends to perform satanic sexual acts on him. Madonna stripped off, flaunted her body and did everything that she did again later on circa 1990-1992 and beyond. History repeats itself I guess. It showed that Madonna really didn't have any natural talent for acting itself and should have stayed away from it in the future.