Girl in Gold Boots
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| Girl in Gold Boots | |
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 Girl in Gold Boots |
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| Directed by | Ted V. Mikels |
| Produced by | Ted V. Mikels |
| Written by | Art Names Leighton J. Peatman John T. Wilson |
| Starring | Jody Daniels Leslie McRae Tom Pace Chris Howard |
| Music by | Nicholas Carras Chris Howard |
| Cinematography | Robert Maxwell |
| Editing by | Leo H. Shreve |
| Distributed by | Geneni Film Distributors |
| Release date(s) | 1969 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | English |
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Girl in Gold Boots is a 1969 crime/drama film about the seedy underworld of Go-Go dancing, directed by Ted V. Mikels, who also directed The Astro-Zombies.
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[edit] Summary
Michele, a young woman who works at a dead-end job, is convinced by an obviously untrustworthy man named Buz to go with him to Los Angeles, where he claims to have connections that can land her a job as a Go-Go dancer. The two head to L.A., along with a hitchhiker named Critter. Once in Los Angeles, Michele gets a job and learns how connected her employers are to the drug trade.
[edit] Music
Nearly half of the songs in this music-laden movie, including the title song, were written by singer-songwriter and sound engineer Chris Howard, who appears as himself and is backed by a band called "The Third World" in the credits (not to be confused with the famous reggae band Third World). One scene features bongo player Preston Epps, who had achieved some fame a decade earlier with his 1959 pop hit with "Bongo Rock". In fact, Epps is listed in the opening credits as "that Bongo Rock man". Another notable band member at the club in L.A. is Donald "Duck" Dunn of "The Blues Brothers" on bass guitar.
[edit] Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode
Girl in Gold Boots was featured as a Season 10 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Apparent skips in the print used by MST3K led to some amusing continuity problems, including a scene in a diner in which Buz suddenly appears in his seat next to Michele and Critter, as if he teleports in during their conversation. [1] One DVD release (from MMI Image Entertainment, using a print from Geneni Film Distributing Company) shows the scene without the "teleport" skip, but has its own continuity breaks, suggesting two different prints from the original film were used. [2]
[edit] DVD release
In 2001, Image Entertainment released the Region 1 DVD of Girl in Gold Boots.[3] This version is now out-of-print. In 2007, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Girl in Gold Boots" (disc 1), The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 4 (2003), Rhino Entertainment, ISBN 1-56605-900-3.
- ^ Girl in Gold Boots DVD; Geneni Film Distributing Company, Inc. (film); MMI Image Entertainment, Inc. (DVD); UPC 014381083422.
- ^ Girl in Gold Boots dvd info, Amazon.com
- ^ Girl in Gold Boots DVD info, Oldies.com
