Taboo American Style 1 (1985) XXX

Taboo American Style 1 (1985)

Also Known As:
Nena - Das geile Biest von nebenan - Teil 1 (German release by Ribu Video)
Taboo American Style Part 1: The Ruthless Beginning

Distributor:
VCA

Director:
Henri Pachard

Minutes
67

Actresses:

Gloria Leonard
Raven [Facial]
Taija Rae

Actors

Frank Serrone
Paul Thomas
R. Bolla
Tom Byron
NonSex Performers
Henri Pachard

Scene 1. Gloria Leonard, R. Bolla
Scene 2. Taija Rae, Tom Byron
Scene 3. Raven, Taija Rae
Scene 4. Raven, Frank Serrone
Scene 5. Gloria Leonard, R. Bolla
Scene 6. Raven, Paul Thomas
Scene 7. Raven, Paul Thomas

Description:

Lauded by critics as the finest film of the year, Taboo American Style is the four-part saga of a young woman's sexual awakening, and the power she attains with it. In The Ruthless Beginning, Nina gets her first taste of passion with her best friend's boyfriend. Her newfound desires turn her middle-class family upside-down.

Taboo, American Style, Part I

The evening started off with Taboo, American Style, Part I. This was an ambitious effort from Pachard in 1985. A four part miniseries dealing the evil machinations of one Nine Sutherland, played by a very young Raven. Her dad, Harding (Paul Thomas) and Mom (Gloria Leonard) round out her family with a 16 year old (it seemed) Tom Byron playing her brother, aptly named, Tom.
The Sutherlands are a well-to-do family, we're told. Harding is a successful financial analyst, and Mom is very concerned about appearances... and about the gardener, Mr. Chernaske (R Bolla)

The film is heavy on plot and light on sex. It opens with R Bolla enjoying Gloria Leonard.. however, Gloria does not seem to be alive at all... couple this with some HORRID audio looping and dubbing, and you have the beginning of a lukewarm film.

The plot, which stretches over four (FOUR!) tapes begins innocently enough. Prudish Mom doesn't want young Tom to gout with gutter trash like Lisa Chernaske (Taija Rae). So instead, Nina invites Lisa over, and after while the parents are getting busy, leads her into Tom's room.

The Paul Thomas/Gloria Leonard coupling is lukewarm, and in the end frustrating as she rolls over and goes to sleep, leaving PT with a woody and a frown. However, sex scene of the movie goes to Taija and Tom who have a spirited romp marred only by some bad audio dubbing.

After the Tom/Taija tryst, Nina gives a terribly stilted textbook masturbation lesson to Lisa. "First, you rub the clitoris... the clitoris is the small penis like thing between your pussy lips..." Zzzzzz.

Lisa tells Nina about her mother's indiscretions with the gardener, her father. Nina calls Dad home, who walks in on Mom and Mr. Chernaske.

"There will be no divorce" Dad states to a shaken family. Nina quietly revels in her mothers downfall and Tom just looks sullen, probably happy that he's going to Brown in the fall.

Dad grows increasingly despondent until Nina walk in on him in the tub. He sits, bottle in hand, getting sauced... watching as his daughter starts kissing him with too much familiarity and eventually blows him. The scene is marred by a fake-o cum shot, but is redeemed by the "My God, what have I done?" acting of PT.

I always liked PT as an actor and feel those strengths do complement him as a director. However, as a stud, PT was always a little lacking to me, and this too, translates into his movies. All plot, no heat.

That sentiment sums up the first part of Taboo, American Style.

It's been almost 10 years since I watched it, and I didn't hit FF once. The acting is kinda silly, though it was great seeing people actually sorta playing their ages. PT's mid 30s to Gloria Leonard's mid 30s contrasted rather nicely with Taija, Raven and Tom all of whom had to be about 18.

When it was done, I looked at my wife who looked at me. "I have ONE WORD" she says. Not a great sign. "Yeah" I ask. "F-E-H, Feh." she says.

As a sex movie it didn't do it for her and as a straight movie it came down on the side of campy... it's a tough call to make, because such an effort seemed to have been made, you hate to dis it, but I would recommend it for a rent but bring along insurance.

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Format : AVI at 911 Kbps
Length : 435 MiB for 1h 6mn 42s 64ms

Video #0 : AVC at 768 Kbps
Aspect : 720 x 576 (1.250) at 25.000 fps

Audio #0 : AC-3 at 128 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 44.1 KHz