Ms. 45
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| Directed by | Abel Ferrara |
| Written by | Nicholas St. John |
| Starring | Zoë Tamerlis Lund |
| Music by | Joe Delia |
| Cinematography | James Lemmo |
| Editing by | Christopher Andrews |
| Distributed by | Image Entertainment |
| Release date(s) |  April 24, 1981 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Ms. 45 is a 1981 American action-drama film directed by directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Zoë Tamerlis Lund. Inspired by films such as Death Wish, the film's story is about Thana, a mute woman who becomes a vigilante after she is raped twice one night when coming home from work. Critically maligned on its theatrical release, the exploitive low-budget film is considered a cult classic. [1]
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[edit] Plot
Walking home from work one night, Thana, a mute seamstress in New York City's Garment District, is raped in an alley. She survives and makes her way back to her apartment, where encounters a burglar, who also rapes her. She bludgeons this second assailant to death with an iron. She then keeps his .45 automatic pistol, dismembers the burglar's body, puts the pieces into plastic garbage bags and disposes of them in various locations throughout the city.
Noticed by a man while she is disposing of one of the body parts, she fatally shoots him. Taking her impulse for vengeance further, Thana then transforms her appearance and sets out to kill any man who annoys her. At one point, she dons nun's habit and red lipstick while in a shoot-out at Halloween party.
[edit] Cast
- Zoë Tamerlis Lund as Thana
- Albert Sinkys as Albert
- Darlene Stuto as Laurie
- Helen McGara as Carol
- Nike Zachmanoglou as Pamela
- Abel Ferrara as First Rapist
- Peter Yellen as The Burglar
- Editta Sherman as Mrs. Nasone
- Vincent Gruppi as Heckler on Corner
- S. Edward Singer as The Photographer
[edit] DVD release
Ms. 45 was released on DVD on April 25, 2005 by Image Entertainment, but was reedited for DVD release. The reedit removes less than a minute total. The cuts include changes to the first rape featuring Ferrara's cameo, which is split by an insert shot from a later scene. The second rape is more drastically cut, omitting a line "This oughta make you talk, huh?" The climatic Halloween party shoot-out was also recut to remove an on screen murder, which now occurs off screen. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Pettersson, Ron (2002-08). The Zoë Lund Cinematheque. Senses of Cinema. Archived from the original on 2006-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
- ^ Bracke, Peter M.. the cut list - Complete archive. DVDFile.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
[edit] External links
- Ms. 45 at the Internet Movie Database
- Ms. 45 at All Movie Guide
- Ms. 45 at Rotten Tomatoes
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