Showing posts with label JOSEPH FINK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JOSEPH FINK. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Endangered List (Case File #133)



RIDE TO ECSTASY
(1974)

CAST
Carmen Macera (Alice)
Jamin Selig (Tom)
Aurora Lee (Mary Jane)
Daniel Harris (Bruce)

Produced by
Joseph T. Fink?

Directed by
Rene Martinez, Jr.?

Released by
Re-Mart International

Rating: Self-applied X


PLOT SYNOPSIS

Mary Jane, a teenage girl, goes to her Aunt and Uncles’ house for a 30-day vacation.

The picture is a comedy in which the Uncle, by chance, sees his niece one day in the nude, in the bedroom. The Uncle, after feasting upon the gorgeous body of his niece, falls in love with her and begs her not to go out on dates so often but to stay home and keep him company. The old timer makes love to the young chick.

Funny things happen when the old rooster is caught between the chick and the hen.








One of five movies released by Re-Mart International, a Tampa-based film production and distribution company co-owned by producer Joseph Fink (DEATH CURSE OF TARTU, STING OF DEATH) and director Rene Martinez, Jr. (THE GUY FROM HARLEM, THE SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR NIGGER). Their first release, ROAD OF DEATH (1973), was an R-rated biker flick directed by Martinez and starring Carol Connors and Jack Birch. YOUNG, RICH AND RIPE (1974) and RIDE TO ECSTASY were released with self-applied X ratings, but THE KID AND THE KILLERS (1974) and something called THE SANGUINARY (1974) -- which is also known as SHOCK and may or may not be the U.S. release of LA CASA SIN FRONTERAS (1972) -- were rated PG. When Fink succumbed to brain cancer shortly after these five hit theaters, Re-Mart dissolved and Martinez (who may have directed RIDE TO ECSTASY) went on to make the two worst blaxploitation movies of all time.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The Endangered List (Case File #116)



“You’ve seen her as the nurse in ‘Deep Throat’…
now see her as Nancy in…”

YOUNG, RICH AND RIPE (1974)

Starring
Carol Connors (Nancy)
Jack Birch (David)
Don Fowler (Mr. Sanders)
Al Del Bake (Uncle)
Aurora Davis (Jo Ann)
Brenda Moore (Mary)

Produced by
Joseph Fink?

Directed by
Rene Martinez, Jr.?

Running time: 72 minutes
Rating: Self-applied X

Released by
Re-Mart International Pictures

"Knowing and loving the right people
is not a guarantee to the top!"


PLOT

David, after applying many times for a job at Sanders Advertising Company and being turned down every time, becomes frustrated. In despair, David kidnaps the daughter of Sanders Advertising Company, in a desperate move to get money. David keeps the girl hidden in his house for five exciting days. The police unsuccessfully search for Miss Sanders all over the city. The couple, after being together for all that time, fall in love and marry.

David not only gets the girl but the job - an executive position with the Sanders Advertising Company.








One of five movies released by Re-Mart International, a Tampa-based film production and distribution company co-owned by producer Joseph Fink (DEATH CURSE OF TARTU, STING OF DEATH) and director Rene Martinez, Jr. (THE GUY FROM HARLEM, THE SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR NIGGER). Their first release, ROAD OF DEATH (1973), was an R-rated biker flick directed by Martinez and starring Connors and Birch. RIDE TO ECSTASY (1974) and YOUNG, RICH AND RIPE were released with self-applied X ratings, but THE KID AND THE KILLERS (1974) and something called THE SANGUINARY (1974) -- which is also known as SHOCK and may or may not be the U.S. release of LA CASA SIN FRONTERAS (1972) -- were rated PG. Fink succumbed to brain cancer shortly after these five hit theaters, Re-Mart dissolved, and Martinez (who may have directed YOUNG, RICH AND RIPE) went on to make the two worst blaxploitation movies of all time.