Constance Money
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| - | '''The Opening of Misty Beethoven''' is an [[United States|American]] [[hardcore pornography]] film released in 1975. Produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in [[Italy]] and [[New York City]] with a musical score, it owes much to its fastidious director [[Radley Metzger]] (directing this film as '''Henry Paris'''). | + | '''Constance Money''' was a performer in hardcore [[pornographic]] films during the 1970s and 80s. She played the role of Misty Beethoven in the 1975 adult classic ''[[The Opening of Misty Beethoven]].'' |
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| - | ==Premise== | + | |
| - | In a pornographic take-off of [[Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]], the film is about a [[Sexology|sexologist]] who tries transforming a prostitute into a goddess of passion. While he tries to prepare her to seduce a [[homosexual]] artist, it is he for whom she develops feelings. | + | |
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| - | In this film, Henry Higgins is replaced by Dr. Seymour Love, the sexologist, played by [[Jamie Gillis]]. Eliza Doolittle becomes Dolores 'Misty' Beethoven, who is played by [[Constance Money]], and Colonel Pickering becomes Geraldine Rich, played by [[Jacqueline Beudant]]. During the film, Beethoven achieves 'elevation' better than Love and Rich had hoped but then cuts them off, as in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play. However, this film then follows the common divergence from Shaw's plot when she returns to Love at the end. | + | |
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| - | ==Critique== | + | |
| - | In an era in which pornography was just beginning to be widely released, most movies of that time were expected to have at least minimal plots. ''Misty's'' plot was more elaborate than most; it was based directly on the [[Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]] legend and, more recently, [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play of the same name, as well as the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Hollywood]] success ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''. The film is also satirical, with many added comic touches and dialog designed for laughs. | + | |
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| - | The Opening of Misty Beethoven has the distinction of being the first widely-released porn movie to feature female-on-male [[Pegging (sexual practice)|pegging]]. | + | |
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| - | ==Awards== | + | |
| - | Awards of the Adult Film Association of America: | + | |
| - | * Best Actor (Jamie Gillis) | + | |
| - | * Best Director (Henry Paris, aka Radley Metzger) | + | |
| - | * Best Film | + | |
| - | [[AVN Award]]: | + | |
| - | * 2002: Best Classic Release on DVD | + | |
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| - | In 2004, ''Misty Beethoven: The Musical'', a [[musical film|musical]] remake, was released. It featured [[Sunset Thomas]], [[Randy Spears]], [[Julie Meadows]], [[Asia Carrera]], [[Chloe (porn star)|Chloe]], [[Dave Cummings]], [[Mike Horner]], [[Evan Stone]], and [[Tyce Bune]]. It was directed by [[Veronica Hart]]. | + | |
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Constance Money was a performer in hardcore pornographic films during the 1970s and 80s. She played the role of Misty Beethoven in the 1975 adult classic The Opening of Misty Beethoven.
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