Confessions of  Driving Instructor

 (1976)

Driving Instructor is the third in the "Confessions of" series, and doesn't deviate from the formula. This time, the film chooses the upper class to poke fun at.

Anthony Booth has decided to open a driving school, and his partner will be Robin Askwith. They are next door to an aristocratic driving academy, so their work is cut out for them, especially since their competitor is a snooty rich Scotsman who has it in for them. Fortunately, the snob's daughter (Lynda Bellingham) fancies Askwith. Not that it makes much difference. The business, as usual, ends in disaster. En route, Askwith nails the rich girl, his secretary (Maxine Casson), and various customers (Suzy Mandel, Sally Faulkner and Chrissy Iddon). Robin's dotty dad has less to do than in the two previous films, but manages to join in the snob-bashing by making a mess of a pretentious restaurant.

Compared to the earlier entries in the series, this one had a higher ratio of physical-to-verbal in the humor category, and the dialogue was not so clever. At this point in the series, Askwith and Booth had both become caricatures of themselves and the entire joke was wearing thin. That is not to say it is an utterly bad film. There are plenty of beautiful naked birds doffing their kits and a comical rugby match which must be seen to be believed. But Driving Instructor is definitely a step down from the first two Confessions. 

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Lynda Bellingham shows her left breast. Maxine Casson, Suzy Mandel, Sally Faulkner and Chrissy Iddon do full frontal.

Lynda Bellingham

Suzy Mandell

Maxine Casson

Sally Faulkner

Chrissy Iddon

 

 

 

Jennifer Ehle in The Camomile Lawn. It always surprised me that she never became known in America. In her prime she was gorgeous, and the camera loved her. Plus she was stacked, unintimidated by nudity, and a competent actress.

Tara Fitzgerald in The Camomile Lawn. Has anyone ever seen Tara dressed?

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Clemence Poesy in Bienvenue chez les Rozes

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Species IV

Like Species III, Species IV: The Awakening is a direct-to-video release that premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel, and like III, IV is a poor imitation of the very good original, but also like III, IV had some nice nudity that I assume was cut from the TV presentation. I've seen/capped all four, so I feel qualified to state that this latest in the series is also the worst, story-wise.

Miranda (Helena Mattsson) is a beautiful and brilliant young college teacher who lives with her scientist uncle. When Miranda suddenly becomes ill, the truth comes out: Miranda was "made" (they never used the term cloned) by the uncle and a colleague, and they used alien DNA in the brew, causing Miranda to try to violently mate with any male that moves. At a loss to cure Miranda, who is now being hunted by police for offing a bunch of guys while trying to have alien sex, they head to Mexico to find the rogue scientist partner.

They find the guy in Mexico, happily churning out half-aliens who are running amok killing the locals, but hey, it's Mexico, so nobody cares (according to the evil scientist). Now, they're in a race to save Miranda's life.

Yeah, it's really bad, and it's a real stretch to even connect it to the original, but hell, at least the nudity's good. Species V, anyone?

Helena Mattson	Marlene Favela