- Preaching to the Perverted
Infobox Film | name = Preaching to the Perverted
caption = Preaching to the Perverted DVD cover
director =Stuart Urban
producer =Keith Hayley
writer =
starring =Guinevere Turner
Tom BellChristien Anholt
music =Magnus Fiennes Maya Fiennes
cinematography =Sam McCurdy
editing =
distributor =
released = 1997
runtime = 100m
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0119935"Preaching to the Perverted" is a 1997 British
comedy film written and directed byStuart Urban .The film stars
Guinevere Turner who plays Tanya Cheex, a New Yorkdominatrix . Henry Harding MP is played by Tom Bell andChristien Anholt plays Peter Emery.The film was banned in Ireland by then film censor
Sheamus Smith .Plot
Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whizzkid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the
United Kingdom BDSM 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.Cast
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Guinevere Turner .... Tanya Cheex
*Christien Anholt .... Peter Emery
* Tom Bell .... Henry Harding MP
*Charlotte Weston .... Mrs. Maneater
*Julie Graham .... Eugenie
*Georgina Hale .... Miss Wilderspin
*Julian Wadham .... M'Learned Friend
*Ricky Tomlinson .... Fibbin' Gibbins
*Roger Lloyd Pack .... Mr. Cutts Watson
*Sue Johnston .... Esmeralda
*Don Henderson .... Commander CopeReviews
* "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
* "...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 [ [http://www.qwipster.net/perverted.htm qwipster.net] ]Awards
* 1999 Best actress price,
Festival Du Jeune Comedien
* Audience Choice Award,CineKink Festival 2003Trivia
* The BBC dropped the script after developing it. The station believed that it would never be capable of showing the movie on UK TV.
* The movie stars several well known BDSM performance artists:
** The so called "Chaos Clowns", "Zos&Kia "
** "Luci The Axle Grinder", also known as "Lucifire "
** "Miss Kimberly"
** "The Fetisnonn" "Suzi Woodroffe "
** Tutu
* In April 2004 the movie was shown on terrestrial TV in the UK on BBC1.
* Layer Marney Tower (south of Colchester, and opened to the public) provides an outstanding set for the country party scenes.See also
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Sadism and masochism in fiction
*Operation Spanner References
External links
* [http://www.preachingtotheperv.com/ Preaching to the Perverted - official Website]
*imdb title|id=0119935|title=Preaching to the Perverted
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