What Became of Jack and Jill?

1972
PG
1h 33min

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5,6/10

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Horror

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to en... Tout lireIn order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.

Réalisation
- Bill Bain
Scénario
- Roger Marshall
- Laurence Moody
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

5,6/10

229

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Bill Bain
Scénario
- Roger Marshall
- Laurence Moody
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Financed by Amicus pictures in 1970 as "Romeo and Juliet '71" in an attempt to capture the ever-growing grindhouse/exploitation market. The experiment worked too well, as the final product proved to be too nihilistic for Amicus executives, who were still used to the more benign, supernatural films they had produced in the 1960s. Amicus shelved the film for two years until it was picked up for distribution by 20th Century Fox, who successfully marketed the film on the American grindhouse circuit.

Citations
Johnnie Tallent: Well here's how they figure it, Gran. The Middle-aged are like customers in a swank restaurant sitting over a slap-up meal, see? Everything's rosy so why worry about tomorrow? But the young, well they're like hungry people standing in a queue outside, noses pressed up against the glass, waiting for a table.
Gran Alice Tallent: And the old? What do they say about the old?
Johnnie Tallent: Ah, the old. Well, they've finished their scoff, Gran. But they just sit on and on and on; just don't know when to get up and go.

Connexions
Referenced in The Killing of America (1981)

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3/10

Why did Amicus bother

I do not think that this film was released in the UK.It certainly has not made it out on DVD.It is a rather strange film.It takes an awful long time to get to its climax and when it does all you can think its"so what".In fact when the couple go into see the solicitor about the reading of the will you think ,rightly,from that moment on that everything is about to go downhill.It is difficult to know why the makers thought this film was worth making.It is not a horror film,it is not sexploitation it is not a mystery thriller,it is just a mess.One can only feel pity for dear old Mona Washbourne that she felt that she had to appear in this.Although only 69 when the film was made she looks absolutely dreadful.