Phil Gries hired by Gerard Damiano director of "Deep Throat," eight years earlier, to DP "The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue" (1981). Shot at Adventure Studios in Queens, New York. Phil Gries (Elroy Brandy) supplied most of the crew and lensed 99% of this motion picture. Filmed in 35mm (Arriflex BL 1) with a budget of over $250,000 during a period of two weeks in the summer of 1980. Released in 1981, premiering at the Avon 7 movie theater, having a very successful run there for months (50th Street & Broadway). Known for its elaborate sets, imaginative script and creative cinematography. Cited as one of the most outstanding 100 adult films ever made during the Golden Age of Adult Film Production (1969-1984).
The current version of The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue has the Annie Sprinkle / Mal O'Ree scene partially censored while the Tiffany Clark / Bill McKean scene is totally missing (again due to censorship). Orgy footage from the film's end replaces the missing Clark scene.
The movie's instrumental theme song "The Big One" ,was used just over a year later, as the theme song, for the daytime program "The People's Court", which (in the version with Judge Wapner) played over 12 years.
To fit the post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi theme of the movie, a scene was shot at the "United States Space Park" in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, NY, an exhibit of real and mocked-up rocket parts that were originally part of the 1964 World's Fair but were deteriorating and graffiti-covered by the movie's production in 1979. Most of the rocket parts have since been removed, but two of the genuine rockets, an Atlas and a Titan II, complete with their Mercury and Gemini capsules, were restored and put back on display in 2004 as part of the New York Hall of Science.
5247 & 5254 Kodak 35mm stock used.
Total of 49,800 feet of film shot.
Primary cinematography filmed at Adventure Studios (Corona, New York)
in 1980 by DP Phil Gries (aka Elroy Brandy) - Twelve days -
July 24, 25, 26, 27, Aug. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.
One day filming by DP James McCalmont,
September 6, 1980 (inserts - MOS footage).