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''Preaching to the Perverted'' is a 1997 British
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film written and directed by
Stuart Urban.
The film stars
Guinevere Turner
Guinevere Jane Turner is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director. She has written such films as ''American Psycho'' and '' The Notorious Bettie Page'' and played the lead role of the dominatrix Tanya Cheex in '' Preaching to the Per ...
as Tanya Cheex, a
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dominatrix
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.
Tom Bell plays Henry Harding MP and
Christien Anholt
Christien Alexis Anholt (born 25 February 1971) is an English stage, television and film actor best known for portraying Nigel Bailey in the television series '' Relic Hunter''. His earlier notable film roles include Marcellus alongside Mel Gibs ...
plays Peter Emery. In addition, several well-known
BDSM
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performance artists appear, including Chaos Clowns, Luci the Axle Grinder, also known as "Lucifire", Miss Kimberly, The Fetish Nun, Suzi Woodroffe, and Tutu.
The film was originally developed by the
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, but they later dropped the script, believing it would never be suitable for broadcast on
UK TV. However, in April 2004, the film was shown on terrestrial TV in the United Kingdom on
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.
The film was banned in the
Republic of Ireland
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by then-film
censor Sheamus Smith on 28 October 1997;
he also banned the subsequent video release of the film. The trailer caused a mass recall of the rental
VHS release of ''
Donnie Brasco'' (which had been passed as
an 18), because the trailer had not been classified. 3,300 copies of that cassette were withdrawn and replaced, with a potential fine of €1000 to stores providing it.
In 2013, the film became the first European feature film to be restored and remastered on crowd-funding site
Kickstarter
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by its fans. The remastered Blu-ray became available in August 2013. The film also inspired the 2013
Edinburgh Fringe
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show ''Darkest Fantasy'', based on the character Tanya's wedding fantasy.
Plot
Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whiz kid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the UK
BDSM
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scene. Harding is set on putting a club called "House of Thwax" run by Mistress Tanya Cheex out of business, and is sure that Peter's secretly videotaped evidence of the club's activities will do the trick. However, the virginal Peter takes a liking to Tanya Cheex and finds himself falling for the Mistress. Amongst the locations used
Layer Marney Tower
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History
Constructe ...
in
Essex
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plays a pivotal role for a party scene.
Cast
Reviews
"Witty and kitsch". Among The Top 10 BDSM Movies. The Guardian, Anna Smith. 10 February 2015.
"Turner makes Sharon Stone look like a mother superior, fiendish cameos from Tom Bell, Ricky Tomlinson etc. ... put on your mask and enjoy the party. This ballsy British independent deserves respect". Empire Magazine, Jake Hamilton.
"A mesh of glamour and hilarity ... slick, with an excellent cast ... great dialogue". 'Dillie Tante' The Independent on Sunday.
*"The film boasts excellent costumes, good acting and is a great vision of what goes on in a good fetish club. Highly recommended!" ''Secret Magazine'', February 2003.
"Enjoyably offbeat" The Times 27 April 2004 (TV preview).
* "a kind of high-tech, fast-paced, Moulin Rouge for the fetish world...no wonder it was banned in Ireland" Curve Magazine.
* "Original setting ...sumptuous styling ... treat yourself and enjoy" i-D Magazine 1997.
*"...the club scenes all look fabulous: intelligent use of colour and light." ''Erotic Review'', December 2002.
*"Those who actively participate in the S&M lifestyle may enjoy the lighthearted look at the underground fetish scene, but anyone looking for much more than an offbeat sex comedy is going to be woefully disappointed. ''Preaching to the Perverted'' lives up to its name by not being able to appeal to anyone but perverts."'' Qwipster's Movie Reviews'', December 2003.
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Awards
*Guinevere Turner - 1999 Best Actress Prize, Festival du Jeune Comedien
*2002 Audience Choice Award, CineKink Festival
Soundtrack
The CD contains:
# Magnus & Maya – Welcome to the House of Thwax
# Shimmon & Wolfson – Evil Queen
# Magnus & Maya – Journey Into Hell
# Rejuvination – Sycophantasy
# Magnus & Maya – Postman Always Thrice
# – The Alien Spoke
# Magnus & Maya – In Zerbra Suspension
# The Aloof
The Aloof were a British electronic music group. They formed in London, England, in 1990. The group consisted of Ricky Barrow, Gary Burns, Jagz Kooner, Richard Thair, and Dean Thatcher. They were active during the 1990s, and released four studio ...
– Mind
# Way Out West – Ajare
# Magnus & Maya – Enlightenment
# Magnus & Maya – Goodmorning Mistress
# Magnus & Maya – On Wasteland (Requiem Flagellum)
# Omni Trio
Robert "Rob" Haigh, also known as Omni Trio, is a British electronic, ambient and experimental musician.
Career Early work (1979–1991)
At school, Haigh was in a band called Labyrinth playing original material that was influenced by David B ...
– Who Are You
# Percy X
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
– Aerobix
# Amethyst
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος ''amethystos'' from α- ''a-'', "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) / μεθώ (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that t ...
– Futura
# Magnus & Maya – Grindecontrol Transubmission
# Magnus & Maya – House of Thwax
See also
*Sadism and masochism in fiction
The role of sadism and masochism in fiction has attracted serious scholarly attention. Anthony Storr has commented that the volume of sadomasochist pornography shows that sadomasochistic interest is widespread in Western society; John Kucich has n ...
*Operation Spanner
Operation Spanner was a police investigation into same-sex male sadomasochism across the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. The investigation, led by the Obscene Publications Squad of the Metropolitan Police, began in 1987 and ran for three ye ...
References
External links
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Darkest Fantasy, Fringe show
Kickstarter Campaign to Restore & Remaster the film (successful)
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1997 films
1997 comedy-drama films
1997 LGBT-related films
1990s British films
1990s English-language films
1990s sex comedy films
BDSM in films
British comedy-drama films
British LGBT-related films
British sex comedy films
Censored films
Film controversies in Ireland
Films about sexual repression
Films directed by Stuart Urban
Lesbian-related films
LGBT-related comedy-drama films
LGBT-related controversies in film
LGBT-related sex comedy films
Obscenity controversies in film