Score

Overview

Two couples play a rollicking game of musical beds in this adult-oriented comedy drama. Elvira (Clare Wilbur) and Jack (Gerald Grant) are a happily married couple living on a comfortable European estate who have embraced bisexual swinging as a way of keeping their relationship interesting. The two have a standing contest in which they've established a point system for keeping track of each other's extramarital conquests; both are looking to pull into the lead when they meet an attractive young couple, Betsy (Lynn Lowry) and Eddie (Calvin Culver), with several different plans of seduction on their minds. Jack discretely pursues Eddie, while Elvira makes a play for both Betsy and a visiting repairman (Carl Parker). Directed by '60s softcore sophisticate Radley Metzger, Score was based on a successful off-Broadway play that originally featured Sylvester Stallone as the repairman. Score originally featured several brief hardcore scenes, but most existing prints are from an edited version Metzger is said to prefer.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/19/2014
UPC:	0881190009598
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	NR
Source:	Cult Epics
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	16,568

Special Features

Never Before Released Uncensored, Uncut Version - Includes 7 Minutes of additional Adult scenes; ; On the Set of Score; A 20 Minute Behind-The-Scenes Featurette containing rare footage of Claire Wilber, Lynn Lowry, Cal Culver, Gerald Grant and Radley Metzger; ; Keeping Score with Lynn Lowry - A 20 Minute New Interview; ; Audio Commentary Track by Radley Metzger and Film Historian Michael Bowen; ; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Claire Wilbur	Elvira Jackson
Calvin Culver	Eddie
Gerald Grant	Jack
Lynn Lowry	Betsy
Carl Parker	Mike
Robert Comfort	Composer
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Jerry Douglas

Radley Metzger	Director,Producer
Jerry Douglas	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Swinging bisexuality never sounded as witty or looked as sensuous as in Radley Metzger's erotic masterpiece Score. The bubbling tale of seduction bounces along thanks to an inspired script filled with wordplay that's unequaled in any erotic film of its kind. Carried over from the original play is Claire Wilbur as the delightful, quick-tongued seductress Elvira. She and Gerald Grant are deliciously perfect as the world's friendliest couple, while Lynn Lowry and Calvin Culver have the duty of going from prudes to preciously converted under the duo's incessant and gleeful manipulations. Throughout the steamy tale, Metzger paints a highly stylized picture that comes complete with acid-tinged color schemes and expert camerawork, injecting each scene with artful inspiration that, coupled with expert sound design, makes Score simply irresistible from beginning till end. Though the softcore version is preferred by most (including Metzger himself), it does feature some jerky editing that takes away from the fluidity of the original hardcore orgy-riffic ending.

All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler