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Respectable – The Mary Millington Story DVD
In the 1970s there was a pretty English girl-next-door whose rise to the top was meteoric, controversial and scandalous. Her name was Mary Millington Britain’s only genuine sex superstar. She became the star of ‘Come Play with Me’, which ran continuously at one London cinema for four years, and is still the longest-running movie in British cinema history. But Mary’s sexual bravado hid a darker side. She fought crippling insecurity and struggled to find her voice in a tumultuous decade of social change. Persecuted by the authorities and threatened with a spell in prison, Mary found herself addicted to drugs. Tortured by self-doubt, she died at the height of her fame in August 1979. She was just 33. For the very first time, Simon Sheridan s enthralling documentary ‘Respectable: The Mary Millington Story’ reveals the truth behind a British icon and speaks to those who knew her best, including her family, former lovers and co-stars. Actor Dexter Fletcher narrates a story stranger than any fiction of lost innocence, fame, fortune and tragedy. This is the shocking, untold, true story of 1970s rebellion, painted against a backdrop of disco, politics and porn, where a beautiful blonde girl was sacrificed for her beliefs.
Special features include: * Audio commentary by writer/director/producer Simon Sheridan * ‘Respectable’ teaser trailer * Original 1977 ‘Come Play with Me’ trailer * ‘Party Pieces’ – short 1974 Mary Millington film * ‘Confessions from the David Sullivan Affair’ featurette * ‘Keep It Up, Sue Longhurst’ featurette * ‘Sex Talk with Ed Tudor-Pole’ featurette
