''Sugar Cookies'' (also known as ''Love Me My Way'') is a 1973
erotic softcore crime
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drama film
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directed by Theodore Gershuny.
[ ]
It was co-written by future president of
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent films, primarily of the horror comedy genre. Many of them pl ...
Lloyd Kaufman
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their featur ...
and produced by future director
Oliver Stone.
Plot
When an attractive young model (
Lynn Lowry
Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer.
She is perhaps best known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult films '' I Drink Your Blood'' (1970), George A. Romero's '' Th ...
) is tricked into committing suicide on camera by her pornographer boyfriend, her
lesbian partner (
Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, published author and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a " cult star" because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared ...
) has a vengeful plan: with the help of an exact lookalike of her lover, she hatches a scheme to take down the sleazy drug dealer for good.
Cast
* George Shannon - Max Pavell
*
Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, published author and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a " cult star" because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared ...
- Camilla Stone
*
Lynn Lowry
Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer.
She is perhaps best known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult films '' I Drink Your Blood'' (1970), George A. Romero's '' Th ...
- Alta Leigh / Julie Kent
*
Monique van Vooren
Monique van Vooren (March 25, 1927 – January 25, 2020) was a Belgian-American actress and dancer.
Early years
Born in Brussels to George Bronz (or Bronze) and Louise van Vooren, Monique was a champion skater and a beauty queen in Belgium. She ...
- Helene
* Maureen Byrnes - Dola
* Daniel Sadur - Gus
*
Ondine - Roderick
*
Jennifer Welles
Jennifer Welles (March 15, 1937 – June 26, 2018) was an American former pornographic actress in films of the 1970s, although she began her acting career in the late 1960s in the softcore sexploitation genre
films produced in New York. Some o ...
- Max's Secretary
Production
Kaufman wrote the film in 1973 and, along with Theodore Gershuny and Ami Artzi, formed a film company called Armor Films in order to produce it. Kaufman was able to raise $100,000 himself and was set to direct, hiring friend
Oliver Stone to associate produce. Before production, Kaufman decided to hand the position of director over to the more experienced Gershuny, who, in return, rewrote Kaufman's script and cast his then-wife Mary Woronov.
See also
* ''
Tonight for Sure'', the directorial debut of
Francis Ford Coppola
* ''
The Party at Kitty and Stud's'', the debut of
Sylvester Stallone
* ''
Caligula'', with
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943) is a British actor, producer, and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Alex DeLarge in ''A Clockwork Orange.'' He was born in the Horsforth suburb of Leeds and raised i ...
,
Peter O'Toole,
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Brit ...
and
Helen Mirren
*
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best kn ...
, former pornographic film director
*
Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl (born September 28, 1953) is an American novelist and screenwriter. His works include the 1995 memoir of addiction ''Permanent Midnight''. A 1998 film adaptation followed with Ben Stiller in the lead role.
Stahl has worked extensivel ...
, former pornographic screenwriter
References
External links
*
Sugar Cookies– at the ''
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent films, primarily of the horror comedy genre. Many of them pl ...
'' movie database
1973 films
1970s erotic thriller films
1973 crime drama films
1973 LGBT-related films
American erotic thriller films
American independent films
Troma Entertainment films
1970s pornographic films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
Films produced by Lloyd Kaufman
American films about revenge
Lesbian-related films
Films with screenplays by Lloyd Kaufman
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