Tina Hedstrom Movies
- 1972
- R
Diana Sands stars in the provocative romantic drama Georgia, Georgia. While performing in Sweden, black singer Georgia (Diana Sands) falls in love with white photographer Michael Winters (Dirk Benedict). The issue of miscegenation weighs heavily upon the proceedings, though it is Georgia's black travelling companion Alberta (Minnie Gentry), rather than Michael's white friends, who is most upset by the interracial relationship. Alberta despises all whites with a vengeance, and it is her hatred that formulates the film's explosive climax. Scripted by Maya Angelou, Georgia, Georgia can't help but seem dated when shown today; its principal virtues are Diana Sands' performance and Andreas Ballas' cinematography. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmed on locations ranging from Denmark to the Universal backlot, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz is based on a novel by Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford, a veteran of European-filmed James Bond rip-offs of the 1960s, is cast as Andre Devereaux, a French secret agent assigned to snoop around Cuba in the months prior to the 1962 missile crisis. Someone is supplying Castro -- and, by extension, Moscow -- with NATO secrets; it is up to Devereaux to liquidate the "mole." Aiding Devereaux is CIA agent Nordstrom (John Forsythe) and aristocratic anti-Castro Cuban Juanita (Karin Dor), who happens to be the girlfriend of pro-Castroite Rico Parra (John Vernon). The director seems to be in awe of the fact-based storyline, and as a result, the film is more cut-and-dried than most Hitchcock efforts. Three different endings were filmed for Topaz; the Laserdisc version carries all three, as does the print available to the American Movie Classics cable service. According to the MPAA, the film was originally rated M but later changed to PG; however, a number of home-video issues of Topaz officially list it as "Not Rated." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, (more)
- 1968
John Clelland's ribald 18th-century novel Fanny Hill got plenty of attention during the let-it-all-hang-out '60s. Nudie filmmaker Russ Meyer beat everyone to the punch with his notorious soft-core version of Fanny Hill, filmed in Germany in 1965. Around the same time, director Mac Ahlberg was preparing his own FH in Sweden. To avoid confusion, Ahlberg's effort was released in the U.S. as The Swedish Fanny Hill, even though most of the story takes place in Merrie Olde England. Diana Kjaer plays the buxom Ms. Hill, a "woman of pleasure" whose memoirs are long, loud and lusty. Considered hot stuff in the 1960s, Fanny Hill seems almost austere when seen today. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diana Kjaer, Keve Hjelm, (more)
- 1967
In this grim drama, a man and woman go out for a drive on a dark winter's night and accidently run over a pedestrian. The two then squeal off into the darkness; as they drive, they try to come by an alibi for the death. The conversation begins to wander from topic to topic ranging from her sexual dysfunction, to the incautious victim. His increasing neurosis begins driving her crazy, so she leaves him at the first opportunity. He soon locates her and begs her to stay. They find a newspaper and read about the accident. Knowing that nothing will ever be the same, they resignedly drive home and as they get there, a police car pulls up beside them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sven-Bertil Taube, Helena Brodin, (more)
- 1965
Edit (Tina Hedstrom) is a late-blooming teenage girl who asks her mother Helen (Gunn Wallgren) to get her an outfit designed for a model. After she gets the gown, she is disturbed when she has her first period, nearly three years after it was first anticipated. Gunna Bjornstrand plays Helmer, Helen's sweetheart in this offbeat coming-of-age drama. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gunn Wållgren, Gunnar Björnstrand, (more)
