The Telephone Book (1971)

Directed by

Nelson Lyon

Genre

comedy, romance, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely woman named Alice becomes infatuated with a stranger who makes obscene phone calls to her. The film openly mocks its own sexploitation genre and frequently has characters talk directly to the audience.

satiricalplayfulcampyeroticoffbeatlow-budgetquirkyunapologetic

What happens

The Telephone Book is a 1971 American independent sexploitation comedy film written and directed by Nelson Lyon and starring Sarah Kennedy, along with Norman Rose, James Harder, and Jill Clayburgh. The film follows a solitary but lustful woman named Alice, who falls in love with a stranger who makes obscene phone calls to her. The film is satirical in nature and often breaks the fourth wall. The film was released in the United States in 1971, and received an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. It was met with mostly negative reviews, though critical reception to the film has become more positive decades after its initial release. It has been considered a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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