I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Having said that I felt Holly Sampson was rather miscast as Emmanuelle. Traditionally this character is portrayed as a "love" goddess and somehow Holly Sampson fresh out of pron rang none of those bells for me. This was just a B movie however and so I happily forgave it it's acting/casting sins. There is no publisher chosen for this project yet. Due to the subject matter and the speciality, niche interest of this proposed book, the goal is to amass a collection of abstracts first for the purposes of having a solid proposal and preliminary table of contents, and then procure a publisher. A proper timetable for first draft submissions will be drawn up after a publisher is obtained. A great number of films, particularly in the sexploitation genre and sometimes retroactively, included the name 'Emmanuelle' or its variants in their titles (at least in some of their releases) for exploitative reasons, although none of them had been legally or artistically related to the original series or its title character.

Emmanuelle appeared as the pen name of Marayat Rollet-Andriane, a French-Thai actress (1932-2005). Her 1957 book The Joys of a Woman detailed the sexual exploits of Emmanuelle, the "bored housewife" of a French diplomat. Rollet-Andriane's book caused a sensation in France and was banned. Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the main character in the novel Emmanuelle, created by Emmanuelle Arsan, which was written in 1959 and published in 1967.

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Mondo Realism, the Sensual Body, and Genre Hybridity in Joe D’Amato’s Emanuelle Films” by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare

Other related texts, such as the Emmanuelle Arsan novels, the Emmanuelle erotic comics by Guido Crepax, and the like, are also of interest. Genre studies (porn-chic, softcore, exploitation, grindhouse, travelog, cannibal film, women in prison, etc.) The character of Emmanuelle is also featured in a video game of the same name, released by Coktel Vision in 1989. Unlike many films that tried to avoid an X-rating, the first Emmanuelle film embraced it, and became a success with a viewing audience estimated at 300 million. [2] It remains one of France's most successful films, and played in the Arc de Triomphe theatre for over eleven years. [3] In France and the US the film was uncut, but British censors balked at masturbation and explicit sex. Heavy cuts were made to the film including the complete removal of the opium den rape and the infamous 'cigarette' sequence in the club. I saw this on cable the other day. (Singing): E-mman-u-elle...Queen of the galaxy. Oops. Wrong Emmanuelle. I wanted Krista Allen but instead I got, hmmmmmm, I'm not sure who I got. I don't know what her name was but the girl playing Emmanuelle may very well be the worst actress of all time. That's a bold statement. You really have to stink up the screen to win that distinction. This Emmanuelle delivers the stink.

Emmanuelle, Black Emanuelle, and Emmanuelle Derivatives: Essays on the Emmanuelle Legacy

Abstracts (no word limit), preliminary bibliographies, and CVs should be submitted to Nicholas Diak at [email protected]. There was definitely much mirth and frivolity when Emmanuelle misplaces her mind-reading/control powers and they end up in Howard's hands. With Tom Cruise aspirations, his new gift is a dream come true.. except with side effects. One of my favorite scenes is a dream sequence featuring Howard and Alexis Thorpe well cast as Tiffany, the (dream) girl next door. This is shot in the manner of Tom and Rebecca De Mornay's Risky Business love scene, and totally benefits from a lesser degree of sophistication. Orientalism, Star Power and Cinethetic Racism in Seventies Italian Exploitation Cinema” by Calum Waddell