Joy of Sex

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This special limited edition J-card MediaBook holofoil slipcase (designed by Brianna Miller) is limited to 3,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome's Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

High school senior Leslie Hindenberg (Michelle Meyrink, Real Genius) is convinced she’s dying following a medical exam, believing she has only six weeks left to live. Determined to not die a virgin, Leslie sets out on a mission to lose her virginity before her presumed untimely demise. The problem is, her father (Christopher Lloyd, Back to the Future) is a physical education teacher at her school, serving as an obstacle for would-be suitors. That is, until she meets Alan Holt (Cameron Dye, Valley Girl), a similarly virginity afflicted teen on the same mission. 

Inspired by Alex Comfort’s non-fiction global bestseller, JOY OF SEX is a raucous 80s sex comedy directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius) and adapted for the screen by Kathleen Rowell (The Outsiders) with Joyce and John Salter (billed on screen as J.J. Salter). Featuring a talented, eclectic, supporting cast that includes Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Colleen Camp (Clue), Lisa Langlois (Class of 1984) and Heidi Holicker (Valley Girl), JOY OF SEX is an often overlooked coming-of-age comedy from one of the freshest American filmmakers of the 80s. Cinématographe is proud to present Martha Coolidge’s ribald, feminist, tale of virginity loss in a brand new 4K restoration from its original camera negative, supervised by the filmmaker, for the first time on home video since VHS!

directed by: Martha Coolidge
starring: Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson, Christopher Lloyd, Lisa Langlois, Heidi Holicker
1984 / 93 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with film historian Elizabeth Purchell and film critic Katie Rife
• Realities of Filmmaking - a new video interview with director Martha Coolidge
•  It Was All Cut - a new video interview with screenwriters Kathleen Rowell, Joyce Salter and John Salter
• Passionate About It - a new video interview with actress Colleen Camp
• Coolidge - a new video essay profile of Martha Coolidge by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Grace Under Fire - a new video interview with actress Lisa Langlois
• New text essays by film critics Marya E. Gates, Kristen Lopez and Stephanie Monohan
• English SDH subtitles