Anybody remember the film CANDY.It came out around 1968 /69.Cram packed with Big names.....the like of James Coburn, Walter Mathau, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, John Astin [ Gomez from original Addams Family tv show]and Ringo Starr,to name but a few.
I remember before it came out, I read somewhere that The Stones were supposed to be writing some songs for it. In the end The Byrds and Steppenwolf supplied the songs and Dave Grusin did the soundtrack to this film.
When the film came out it was rubbished by the critics. To this day,it wasn't even considered good enough to be put on video in the UK. I thought it was great and saw it several times in the cinema.
Anita Pallenberg also had a part in it.....God what a sexy woman she was....
Anyway I got a copy of the dvd from USA and watched it last night . It is a masterpiece. The film is hilarious, the music is great, Ewa Aulin, who stars as Candy is gorgeous........
PS I always thought that the Stones wrote Child of the moon with this film in mind............anybody know anything?

very strange film. Dont know about 'masterpiece', though..! Only ever watched it because Brando is in it and I'd watch him reciting the alphabet, in all honesty. Found it hard to watch, despite the obvious attractions of Ewa Aulin and Anita...

Anita Pallenberg is the only Stones link I can think of. Of course, Keith and Anita named their first born after Brando, so I guess this is where they first got to know him at length.

How long ago was it when you saw it Gazza!

I saw it only a few months ago. It was on some satellite channel in the UK late one evening. Certainly no more than a year ago.

Brando died in July 2004, and it was definitely after that



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Blimey, I forgot that Marlon Had died..................he was a great actor
Hey, he made a good Guru too!............

percystokes Wrote:
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> Blimey, I forgot that Marlon Had
> died

++++ BLANK FRIGGIN' STARE ++++

When cable tv first came around where I live ('78ish) it was on a lot. They used to play a lot of older, mostly unknown movies (like Rabid). I remember watching this one because I love Peter Sellers movies and thought it might like be like "What's New Pussycat". It was before I was a Stones fan so I wasn't watching out for Anita. I remember thinking it was in the vein of "Start the Revolution Without Me" or "Joseph Andrews" or "Barbarella", you know what I mean, a lot of silly sexual situations.

At the time, I didn't think it was that funny though, but I may have been too young to get a lot of the references. It would be interesting to see it now as an adult.

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

On a sort of similar note, I recently watched "Valley Of The Dolls II" featuring Strawberry Alarm Clock of "Incense and Peppermints" fame. In the band is future Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King. It's a long way from I&P to Sweet Home Alabama!!!!

Candy was a legendary psychedelic movie for me from the mid-70's when I bought the soundtrack album for 50p at a market stall and loved it. I fell in love with Ewa Aulin just from the cover picture and the Byrds track 'Child Of The Universe' is one of my favourite songs of all time.

However, when I finally saw the movie in the early 90's I was very disappointed. It was basically a silly sexploitation movie with a few hip trimmings. I am still fond of it though for some of the trippy sequences esp. the one in the desert at the end with all the weird flags.

I am intrigued by the Stones link pecrystokes as this is news to me. Where did you hear about their involvement? They were good friends of the screenwriter Terry Southern so it's quite possible that he would have asked them to come up with a song for the movie.

percystokes Wrote:
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> Anybody remember the film CANDY.It came out around
> 1968 /69.Cram packed with Big names.....the like
> of James Coburn, Walter Mathau, Richard Burton,
> Marlon Brando, John Astin [ Gomez from original
> Addams Family tv show]and Ringo Starr,to name but
> a few.
> I remember before it came out, I read somewhere
> that The Stones were supposed to be writing some
> songs for it. In the end The Byrds and Steppenwolf
> supplied the songs and Dave Grusin did the
> soundtrack to this film.
> When the film came out it was rubbished by the
> critics. To this day,it wasn't even considered
> good enough to be put on video in the UK. I
> thought it was great and saw it several times in
> the cinema.
> Anita Pallenberg also had a part in it.....God
> what a sexy woman she was....
> Anyway I got a copy of the dvd from USA and
> watched it last night . It is a masterpiece. The
> film is hilarious, the music is great, Ewa Aulin,
> who stars as Candy is gorgeous........
> PS I always thought that the Stones wrote Child of
> the moon with this film in mind............anybody
> know anything?




Never seen the film, but I recall reading an interview with Mick c.1970 when Performance was released and he spoke about doing film soundtracks





"Film people wonder why musicians don't like working with them. It's because they don't treat them well. They all think they're so groovy. They think they can just snap their fingers. Keith and I were asked to do the music for Candy. We went to see these people and they were just bullshitters and jivers. They made such a scene and only wanted to pay us &2,000 flat with no royalties or anything with all those songs we would have to write. it is hard to make film soundtracks and rock-and-roll groups can't really do it."

I love that movie!! I really enjoy those 60s movies like Barbarella, Girl on a Motorccle, and Wonderwall. Anyone know of any other good movies in this genre, it is a little before my time!

Josh

Blow Up by Antonioni is cool. Great fashion during Swinging London. Plus, the Yardbirds at the Ricky Tick Club with a young Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

To Sir With Love is also around that time with Michael Des Barres. These are a little earlier than Barbarella ('65/66 vs. '69), but they're still fun.

I've never actually seen The Magic Christian, but that might be one to try.


Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

Thanks!! I actually own the Magic Christian, good flick.

Josh

Hey Josh, here's a few to getv started with. They aren't all great or even good but fascinating if you are a fan of the genre. They cover the late 60's and early 70's. (I intend to write a book on psych/head movies one day):

Alice's Restaurant
All Neat In Black Stockings
Angel Angel Down We Go
Barbarella
Blow Up
Bob And Carol, Ted And Alice
Bronco Bullfrog
Can Hieronymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness(my fave title)
Chappaqua
Charlie Bubbles
Cisco Pike
The Committee (very rare b/w with Paul Jones & music by the Floyd)
Cool It Carol
Death Laid An Egg (Italian)
Deep End
Drive He Said
Duffy (the script Cammell wrote before Performance)
Easy Rider
Electra Glide In Blue
Five Easy Pieces
Gasss... (Country Joe & THe Fish star)
Getting Straight
Get To Know Your Rabbit
Girl On A Motorcycle
Groupie Girl
Harold & Maude
Head
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Herostratus (almost impossible to see)
Holy Mountain (even weirder than El Topo)
If
I'll Never Forget What'isname (features Marianne)
I Love You Alice B. Toklas
Joe
The Landlord
The Last Movie
Leo The Last
The Magic Christian
The Magic Garden Of Stanley Sweetheart
Mahoney's Last Stand (great soundtrack by Ronnie Lane & Ronnie Wood)
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
Medium Cool
Microscopic Liquid Subway To Oblivion (Italian - actually this is the best title)
Mr Freedom
The Model Shop (features Spirit)
More (Floyd soundtrack)
Otley
Performance (obviously)
Permissive
Petulia
Pop Down (seems to be sadly lost forever)
Praise Marx & Pass The Ammunition
Premonition
The President's Analyst
Psych Out
The Rain People
Revolution
Riot On Sunset Strip (pure exploitation but funny & footage of the Chocolate Watchband)
Sebastian
Skidoo
Smashing Time
The Strange Affair
Strawberry Statement
The Sweet Ride
Taking Off
30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia
Three Into Two Won't Go
El Topo (mind-blowingly weird)
The Touchables
The Trip
Two Lane Blacktop
2001, A Space Odyssey
The Valley Obscured By Couds (Floyd soundtrack)
Vanishing Point
You Are What You Eat
Weekend
What's Good For The Goose(Norman Wisdom gets turned on?!but has thePretty Things)
Wild In The Streets
Who Is Harry Kellerman...
Wonderwall
Work Is A Four Letter Word (Cilla takes magic mushrooms would you believe)
Yellow Submarine
You're A Big Boy Now
Zabriskie Point (features You Got The Silver)
Zachariah

Tseverin Wrote:
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> Candy was a legendary psychedelic movie for me
> from the mid-70's when I bought the soundtrack
> album for 50p at a market stall and loved it. I
> fell in love with Ewa Aulin just from the cover
> picture and the Byrds track 'Child Of The
> Universe' is one of my favourite songs of all
> time.
>
> However, when I finally saw the movie in the early
> 90's I was very disappointed. It was basically a
> silly sexploitation movie with a few hip
> trimmings. I am still fond of it though for some
> of the trippy sequences esp. the one in the desert
> at the end with all the weird flags.
>
> I am intrigued by the Stones link pecrystokes as
> this is news to me. Where did you hear about their
> involvement? They were good friends of the
> screenwriter Terry Southern so it's quite possible
> that he would have asked them to come up with a
> song for the movie.

HI Tseverin, I first heard about Stones involvement before the film came out. I think it was an article in Melody Maker . Then as Casino Boogie mentioned, Mick mentioned it in an interview that the stones were asked to do some songs for the film.
There was also rumour , as I put in my post, that Child of the moon was written with Candy in mind.....I just wondered if it was true.
When I saw the film in 1969 it really grabbed me, especially the humour. It also had a big star cast and I found it very strange that although it was rubbished by critics, that it never to this day found it's way onto video in the uk.

Hi Percystokes,
thanks for the info. No wonder they didn't bother going ahead for just 2 grand! The Child Of The Moon rumour is interesting (pretty close title to the track that did appear: Child Of The Universe) and has the right kind of vibe so maybe.

It's not that strange that it hasn't come out on video in the UK: there are loads of films, many far bigger than Candy (several on my list above) that still haven't had a release in the UK. 'Performance' hasn't even had a dvd release here yet though it is supposedly on the cards.

Tseverin Wrote:
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> Hi Percystokes,
> thanks for the info. No wonder they didn't bother
> going ahead for just 2 grand! The Child Of The
> Moon rumour is interesting (pretty close title to
> the track that did appear: Child Of The Universe)
> and has the right kind of vibe so maybe.
>
> It's not that strange that it hasn't come out on
> video in the UK: there are loads of films, many
> far bigger than Candy (several on my list above)
> that still haven't had a release in the UK.
> 'Performance' hasn't even had a dvd release here
> yet though it is supposedly on the cards.


Yeah perhaps you are right........hey nice list of movies man!

Josh2131 Wrote:
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> I love that movie!! I really enjoy those 60s
> movies like Barbarella, Girl on a Motorccle, and
> Wonderwall. Anyone know of any other good movies
> in this genre, it is a little before my time!
>
> Josh



Hey Josh, I just thought of another one that's pretty good. "The Party" with Peter Sellers. It's not rock n roll, but it's campy 60's and VERY silly.

Birdy num nums.