Needless to say, the wongo men plot to kill the prince. From the foggy woggy banks of the limpopo river there come the sounds of female ecstasy, i shiver wet and wanton their cries caress my swo. Wolcott, featuring low budget, stereotypical portrayals of fictional tropical islanders. This immersive theater show is one the most fun things to do in chicago.
Jean hawkshaw, mary ann webb, cande gerrard, adrienne bourbeau, marie goodhart, michelle. On one tropical island live a tribe called wongo where all of the women are beautiful and all the men are ugly. The wild women of wongo has all of the above, and it conveys this strange sense that one is watching a porn film which lacks sex and nudity. So, while ive only rated the wild women of wongo a 210, ill give the film crew commentary a 45 on my mst3k rating scale. The wild women of wongo 1958 the wild women of wongo. The film opens with shots of florida shoreline, and entirely unnecessary narration from mother nature, who sounds like she spent her career doing voiceover work for postwar educational films. Two prehistoric tribes solve their social problems by swapping mates. Wolcott and starring jean hawkshaw, mary ann webb, cande gerrard, and. I finally found a video recently, and the movies awfulness has held up very well. The complete film is available here at ia in the feature film collection. At any rate, if you accept the film as it is, it is a pretty neat flick.
Wolcott and starring jean hawkshaw, mary ann webb, cande gerrard, and adrienne bourbeau. Perhaps the endless scene where our heroine, the cuteasabutton redhead jean hawkshaw, to the right here, wrestles underwater with a. In this 1958 island adventure movie two tribes on the island of wongo meet each other for the first time and must work together to defeat their foes. Thats about the sum and substance of this awful film which was shot in the everglades on location. Charged with the task of giving all movies their own commentary tracks, the film crew valiantly steps forward to tackle the best of the worst, continuing with wild women of wongo. They also discover that a tribe of evil ape men live on the island, too, and the ape men are planning a. On the tropical island of wongo, a tribe of beautiful women discover that the other side of the island is inhabited by a tribe of handsome men. Then theres mesa of lost women, queen of the amazons, she gods of shark reef, voyage to the planet of prehistoric women, hercules and the captive women, prehistoric women, colossus and the amazon queen lots of movies about wild women who werent in wongo. The ironic thing in this movie is that these things could have actually happened somewhere in the. On the tropical island of wongo, a tribe of beautiful women discover. On another island lives a tribe where all of the women are ugly and the men are beautiful. Believe it or not tennessee williams uncredited directed most of.
Review in wild women of planet wongo, two incompetent astronauts crash land on the planet wongo, solely inhabited by a race of alien women who have dastardly plans for the newly arrived men. This film must have been a great after midnight third feature in the driveins when folks could look at the guna men and wongo women if they needed a. Im just now recovered from my viewing of the wild women of wongo. But now you can see it all more clearly and with a much smaller download file. Wild women of planet wongo wongo invades chicago starting june 8 at the chopin theater, 1543 w. It features low budget, stereotypical portrayals of fictional tropical islanders. The first is a secondrate comedy that has it shining moments. The wild women of wongo is a 1958 american adventure film directed by james l. It seems the interest in this film is that james wolcott was able to find the number of women he did to do the things they do in this film. With jean hawkshaw, mary ann webb, cande gerrard, adrienne bourbeau.
Both islands worship the crocodile god and the croc demands some sacrifices every so often. Wild women of wongo tells the ages old story of how beautiful people are always insatiably drawn to one another. The wild women of wongo is their third release as the film crew hollywood after dark and killers from space being the first two and easily the most funny. Bruner, 1973 showed 5 to 12weekold infants a silent color film and gave. Part of the wild women of wongo was filmed at coral castle in homestead, florida. Wild women of planet wongo is chicagos latest theater experience a madcap 60s scifi musical comedy. As mike, kevin and bill of the lowly film crew suffer from nearfrostbite from an overactive air conditioner, bob honcho calls from a caribbean island to order the boys to provide a commentary track for the wild women of wongo 1958, a bizarre adventure film set in prehistoric times and narrated by mother nature, who informs the viewer that. Wild women of wongo is worth the purchase because, though the extras are scant, there are two movies in one. The film starts with narration from mother nature discussing an experiment with father time that went wrong. Division, following a longterm successful new york run. Wild women of wongo is the most gut bustingly funny film crew release to date. The idea of a classroom where young women, poor and minority students, and learning.
Buy this disk now so that we may see more film crew disks in the future. Men, women and apes live together as three different tribes on the tropical island of wongo. See for instance harley 2001, and particularly his essay, deconstructing the map. Throw in a crocodile god, lots of stock footage of tropical isles, a rubber reptile, and plenty of bad acting and you have the bmovie thats so terrible youll love it. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. While its not sexually explicit or even close to risky theres still a certain urge gained from the actions. Also included are 2 laugh out loud spoofs from 2 particular scenes of the movie titled make film crew dance and goodbye, wongo style. This 1958 pathecolor camp item pits the isle of wongo with beautiful cavewomen and ugly cavemen against the nearby isle of goona with beautiful cavemen.
While the movie is playing, daydream that these women are about to come and. Its often as funny as some of the best stuff the guys did on mst3k. Wild women of planet wongo immersive sci fi musical. But i still cannot say what my favorite moment is from the film.
Think rocky horror picture show meets mystery science theater 3000. They also discover that a tribe of evil ape men live. The wild women of wongo 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. New action movie 2019 full movie english best action movie 2019 full hd 1080 duration. The beautiful women of the lush, tropical island of wongo think that the only men who exist are the ape like creatures that live on the other side of the island. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. On the far eastern stretch of houston street in manhattan, the cozy back room of the parkside lounge plays host to the zany scifi musical comedy wild women of planet wongo on occasional weekends if youre interested, buy your ticket now for the final performances on march 3, 4, 17, 18. When the tribes discover that they live together on the island, apemen start planning a raid on the tribe in order to capture mates. I find it hard to resist a movie with the words wild women in the title, or anything really that indicates any kind of feral matriarchal society, especially one with snake. Perhaps the wild dance ordered by the high priestess. Lyrics to wild women of wongo by the tubes from the outside inside album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Miami filmmaker new walden, changing faces, voice of the camera bruce merwin was set to remake wild women of wongo at the locations wild women of wongo was originally filmed when the film crew, a group of mst3k alumni michael. The wild women of wongo is a film with an infantile premise that contains wooden acting, lame writing, no coherence, bad editing, backwards sexual politics, a ridiculously annoying recurring parrot, obvious stock footage, stupid costumes and lame direction.
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