The Seven Minutes (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Seven Minutes


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Russ Meyer
producer = Russ Meyer
writer = Irving Wallace (novel)
Richard Warren Lewis
starring =
music = Stu Phillips
cinematography = Fred Mandl
editing = Dick Wormell
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
released = July 23, 1971 (U.S.)
December 11, 1971 (Japan)
runtime = 115 minutes
country = United States
awards =
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:128848
imdb_id = 0067736

"The Seven Minutes" is 1971 drama film directed and produced by Russ Meyer. The film was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irving Wallace.

Plot

After a teenager who purchased the erotic novel "The Seven Minutes" is charged for rape, aneager prosecutor who is against pornography (and preparing for an upcoming election) uses the scandal to declare the book as obscene and brings charges against the bookstore. The subsequent trial soon creates a heated debate about the issue of pornography vs. free speech. The young defense lawyer must also solve the mystery of the novel's true author.

Cast

Production notes

This was Meyer's second, and last, mainstream production for FOX. The film began production soon after the success of Meyer's highest grossing film, "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". [http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Lu-Mi/Meyer-Russ.html Russ Meyer at filmreference.com] ]

As with many of his movies, Meyers used several of the same actors in his previous productions including then-wife Edy Williams, Charles Napier, Henry Rowland, and James Inglehart.

Established actress Yvonne De Carlo makes an appearance along with veteran character actor Olan Soule. A young Tom Selleck also had a role in the film, and DJ Wolfman Jack made a cameo appearance.

Reception

"The Seven Minutes" received a lukewarm reception from both audiences and critics and was Meyer's first commercial failure. [cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| title=Russ Meyer: King of the Nudies| publisher = "Film Comment"| date =1973 | url =http://www.fmcinema.com/russmeyer/ebert.html | accessdate =2008-01-11]

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