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Episode 17: Gorton Hall's ZOOMERANG! (1974)

Episode 17: Gorton Hall's ZOOMERANG! (1974)

FromCruising the Movies


Episode 17: Gorton Hall's ZOOMERANG! (1974)

FromCruising the Movies

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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on the podcast we're wrapping up a month of grand romance with Gorton Hall’s 1974 epic, ZOOMERANG! The first film to be shot in the exciting screen process known as Ultravision, ZOOMERANG! tells the story of Gary and Jack, a middle-class gay couple living in domestic bliss. All that changes when Jack's old 'basically straight' tennis partner throws a wrench in the relationship by visiting on his way through town. Will the couple still be together by the time he leaves? Steeped in sumptuously photographed fantasies and flashbacks by producer/cinematgrapher Barry Knight, ZOOMERANG! is one of the glossiest male films of its era.  And yet, all is not what it seems on the surface of this lighthearted film. Over the course of the second half of the episode, we'll dive into the raids and obscenity cases it spawned, and how they led to the downfall of Jaguar Productions, the largest gay film studio on the West Coast.
Released:
Feb 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (48)

Ask Any Buddy is a podcast companion to Elizabeth Purchell's mashup film of the same name. In each episode, we'll explore one of the 126 gay adult films used in its creation, from seminal titles by the genre's auteurs to oddities and obscurities that deserve a second look.