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Take It Out in Trade
Directed byEd Wood
Written byEd Wood
Produced byEdward Ashdown
Richard Gonzalez
StarringEd Wood
Duke Moore
Nona Carver
Michael Donovan O'Donnell
Linda Colpin
CinematographyHal Guthu
Edited byEd Wood
Distributed byAshdown-Gonzalez Productions
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
80 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Take It Out in Trade is a 1970 softcore pornographic comedy, written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The plot centers on a couple who hire a private investigator (Michael Donovan O'Donnell) to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute," full of various soft-core couplings. The film has never been made available on home video, but is extant.

Cast

Apart from The Amazing Criswell (who appeared in Orgy of the Dead), Duke Moore is the only one of Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s stable of actors from his 1950s films to appear in one of his sexploitation films. Nona Carver was a girlfriend of Wood regular Kenne Duncan. Wood himself appeared in the film as a transvestite named "Alecia", footage of which can also be seen in Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes.

Unavailability

Take It Out in Trade has never been released on any home video format. It was commonly believed to be a lost film, but a full 80 minute print was publicly exhibited at Anthology Film Archives in New York City in September 2014.[1] In addition, in Nightmare of Ecstasy, his biography of Edward D. Wood, Jr., Rudolph Grey claims to have discovered a rare copy during his research. He reports that the film has "psychedelic touches," with red being dominant in the film's visual scheme. The website of Something Weird Video also claims that it is not a lost film.[2] In the 1990s, three reels of silent outtake footage was discovered in the projection booth of a Santa Monica movie theatre containing bloopers, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, and alternative takes. The footage was released on VHS in 1995 by Something Weird Video as Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes. This remains the only footage of Take It Out in Trade that has been released on home video.

On 25 September 2017, a 2K transfer of the film was presented as a "Secret Screening" at the 2017 Fantastic Fest. The screening ignited controversy as it took place during the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal involving festival personnel.[3]

Home release

On 31 July 2018, it was announced that Take It Out in Trade will be released on Blu-ray via The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA). It will contain the new 2K transfer, as well as special features, including commentary by filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, Ed Wood's biographer Rudolph Grey, and AGFA's Joseph A. Ziemba, 70 minutes of outtakes, liner notes by Rudolph Grey, bonus film: The Love Feast (also in new 2K transfer), and, reversible cover art. The set will be available from 13 November 2018.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=09&year=2014#showing-43174
  2. ^ Something Weird website
  3. ^ Rife, Katie (September 25, 2017). "An Unseen Ed Wood Movie Ignites a Firestorm of Controversy at Fantastic Fest". The A.V. Club.
  4. ^ "AGFA: 2K Restoration of Ed Wood's Take it Out in Trade Coming to Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

Further reading

  • The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1996), documentary film directed by Brett Thompson
  • Rudolph Grey, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992) ISBN 978-0-922915-24-8
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