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Shock Treatment (1981)

Directed by Jim Sharman

Musical | Crime | Comedy

Overview

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?

Rated PG | Length 94 minutes

Actors

Jessica Harper | Cliff DeYoung | Richard O'Brien | Patricia Quinn | Charles Gray | Ruby Wax | Nell Campbell | Rik Mayall | Barry Humphries | Darlene Johnson | Manning Redwood | Wendy Raebeck | Jeremy Newson | Betsy Brantley | Pierre Bedenes | Rufus Collins | Christopher Malcolm | Ray Charleson | Eugene Lipinski | Barry Dennen | Imogen Claire | Gary Shail | Donald Waugh | David John | Claire Toeman | Gary Martin | Sinitta | Robyn Mandell | Sal Piro | Gaye Brown | Ishaq Bux | Annabel Leventon | Lindsay Ingram | Yasmin Pettigrew | Rayner Bourton | Steve Debrow | Robert Longden | Linus O'Brien | Quinn Hawkins

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
07/29/2012TVDVDLibrary6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Ordered this from the library after Anna mentioned it on twitter. She said she liked it more than Rocky Horror. Not sure I agree but this does have its moments. Visually great with decent numbers but a little flat.

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