Candy [1968] (includes OST) dir Christian Marquand

Candy (1968)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062776/




Writing credits



Buck Henry screenplay

Mason Hoffenberg novel

Terry Southern novel



Originally downloaded from www.cinemageddon.org





Candy is a 1968 film directed by Christian Marquand. Based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, it starred Ringo Starr, Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Anita Pallenberg and Florinda Bolkan also appear in small parts.



Charles Aznavour ... Hunchback juggler

Marlon Brando ... Grindl

Richard Burton ... MacPhisto

James Coburn ... Dr. A.B. Krankheit

John Huston ... Dr. Arnold Dunlap

Walter Matthau ... Gen. R.A. Smight

Ringo Starr ... Emmanuel

Ewa Aulin ... Candy Christian

John Astin ... T.M. Christian / Jack Christian

Elsa Martinelli ... Livia

Sugar Ray Robinson ... Zero

Anita Pallenberg ... Nurse Bullock

Lea Padovani ... Silvia Fontegliulo

Florinda Bolkan ... Lolita

Marilù Tolo ... Conchita





The story bears a marked similarity to Voltaire's Candide, including its naïve protagonist (switched from male to female), its penchant for exploring human sexuality, the protagonist's far-reaching travels, and her attempt to find some basic Good in humanity among all its charlatans and hypocrites. Whereas Candide is generally taken advantage of for a variety of reasons/uses, however, Candy herself is almost always sought after for her sexual appeal. This comes closer to the portrayal of Cunégonde, the heroine of Voltaire's novel.



Golden Globes, USA

1969 Nominated Golden Globe Most Promising Newcomer - Female Ewa Aulin





Candy the novel written by Maxwell Kenton (pseudonym of Terry Southern) in collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg published by Olympia Press as pornography. It was later published in North America by Putnam under the authors' own names. In 2006, Playboy Magazine listed Candy among the "25 Sexiest Novels Ever Written", and described the story as a "young heroine's picaresque travels, a kind of sexual pinball machine that lights up academia, gardeners, the medical profession, mystics and bohemians."



Several of the items depicted in this book were included by director Gail Palmer in the 1978 adult film "The Erotic Adventures of Candy."



Candy: The Original Soundtrack Album



1. Child Of The Universe [The Byrds]

2. Birth By Descent

3. Opening Night-By Surgery

4. Spec-Rac Tac-Para-Comm

5. Border Town Blues-A Blunt Instrument

6. Magic Carpet Ride [Steppenwolf]

7. Constant Journey

8. Every Mother's Daughter

9. It's Always Because Of This-A Deformity

10. Marlon & His Sacred Birt

11. Ascension To Virtinity

12. Rock Me [Steppenwolf]