Sweet Substitute (film)
| Sweet Substitute | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Larry Kent |
| Written by | Larry Kent |
| Produced by | Larry Kent |
| Starring | Bob Howay Angela Gann Carol Pastinsky Lanny Beckman |
| Cinematography | Richard M. Bellamy |
| Edited by | Shelah Reljic |
| Music by | Jack Dale |
Production company | Larry Kent Productions |
| Distributed by | Joseph Brenner Associates |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Sweet Substitute, retitled Caressed in the United States, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1964.[1]
The film centres on Tom (Bob Howay), a high school student whose efforts to secure an academic scholarship to university are complicated by his sexual compulsions.[2] He is caught in a love triangle between Elaine (Angela Gann), a prim and proper girl who is saving herself for marriage, and Kathy (Carol Pastinsky), a more sexually available girl whom Tom impregnates.[3]
It was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Picture at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965, but did not win.
It was part of a retrospective screening of Kent's films, alongside The Bitter Ash, When Tomorrow Dies and High, which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver and the Canadian Film Institute in Ottawa.[4]
References
- ^ "UBC graduate plans his third movie". Brandon Sun, August 6, 1965.
- ^ "Caressed: gutsy view of teen lust". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 1967.
- ^ "Centre Changing Image". Ottawa Journal, January 18, 1968.
- ^ Matthew Hays, "Catch up on your Kent". The Globe and Mail, February 1, 2003.
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