Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Gas Pump Girls



Best GPG transfer ever from Amazon and MGM
I am the director of this movie.From the time of its original release on VHS in 1980.it has been hard for me to enjoy it....bad transfers from from 16mm print...Even the laser disk looked like mud. I obtained a good copy a few years ago when it showed on cable ....but the dvd was 1.33 instead of the theatrical release 1.85.....This new release is a perfect transfer in 16.9 (for widescreen tv) with rich colors and and perfect sharp picture quality that enhances the film.The sound has also been enhanced and adds to the experience...If you like 70s drive in movies that are funny and kinda sexy..you finally have a copy of Gas Pump Girls that looks even better than it did on screen in this transfer Joel Bender PS its the new release DVD from Amazon and mgm ...with the three girls with their back turned bending over a car....and the mgm limited edition logo center top.Now you wont have a heart attack .It looks great.Sorry some of the other reviewers didn't get this transfer first.

Giggles and Jiggles from the 1970's.
I know in the IMDB this movie is listed with a release year of 1979 but plenty of the jokes are from the early 20th century. The story and dialogue read like the producers hired some dirty old men who had once possibly worked in a vaudeville theater, possibly as janitors, to expand a porn script into a full length feature film suitable for drive-in theaters. Seriously, many of the jokes sound like something your creepy Grandpa Joe would tell down t the VFW post when Joey Heatherton would pop in on the Merv Griffin Show.

That might explain why there are so many dirty old men in the beginning of this movie. In one scene, during a high school graduation ceremony, a bunch of girls have their gowns torn off as part of a prank, revealing their Good & Plenty's. All the guys in the audience start hooting and hollering, even the old dudes. This means that even if they weren't hooting at their topless daughters, they were still hooting at their topless daughters topless best...

Finally a DVD release of a drive-in exploitation classic!!
I first saw this film at a drive-in theatre in Georgia in 1979. The original pre-release title was to be "Super Duper Service Station". I also owned the VHS video release at one time. I never thought it would finally ever be released on DVD!! It stars Kirsten (not Kristen as it says on the front cover of the DVD's sleeve!!) Baker who was later seen as "Terri", one of the short-lived summer camp counselors in "Friday the 13th Part 2". It co-stars three old familiar faces, Huntz Hall of "The Bowery Boys", Joe E. Ross from t.v.'s "Car 54 Where Are You?" and Mike Mazurki. The film is fun and pleasant to watch. If you love the old drive-in exploitation films, then I can highly recommend "Gas Pump Girls". Three stars for the film but I am afraid only one for the quality of the DVD transfer. Could and should have been much better. A real shame.

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