Together (1971 film)

Together is a 1971 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Cunningham's first film attracted Wes Craven who wanted to be in the film business. This was Craven's first credit. Cunningham and Craven would later work on The Last House on the Left.

Production

With the $100,000 profit from The Art of Marriage, Cunningham rented his first office and had a career in film now. He started collecting donations from family and friends who contributed $1,000 each in some cases. Cunningham said The Art of Marriage was good but crummy and he wanted to make a better version of the film. Cunningham shot the film "Together" which was in some way a remake of "Marriage". After Together was shot Cunningham hired a struggling man Wes Craven who needed a job and money and who was interested in being the film business. Cunningham was doing re-shoots for Together and hired Craven to synchronize the dailies from the 3 to 4 day re-shoot. After that Craven became assistant editor and him and Cunningham had to mix under conditions of no money. There was a scene in the film that consisted of Marilyn Chambers and a quote "very handsome" black man. The scene involved Chambers running a yellow flower down the man's penis. Hallmark Releasing had never seen a scene like that before and wanted to exploit it. Hallmark bought the film for $10,000.

Release

They placed ads in the papers about the film and the theater was flooded with people wanting to see it. The line was said to have gone all the way around the block. The film grossed a lot of money and it was another big film for Cunningham and the first hit that Craven worked on. Cunningham and Craven said to Hallmark that if they write them a check when Cunningham and Craven could think of another film to do. Cunningham was offered $90,000 by Hallmark to do a scary film and they would later go on to make The Last House on the Left.

External links

• Together at the Internet Movie Database