Cover Me Babe

Oct 1, 1970

1h 29m

★ 4.2

Life. Love. Illusion. At 24 Frames per Second.

Overview

Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Tony Hill

Robert Forster

Melisse

Sondra Locke

Sybil

Susanne Benton

Will Ames

Robert Fields

Jerry

Ken Kercheval

Cameraman

Sam Waterston

Steve Winston

Michael Margotta

Ronnie Shields

Floyd Mutrux

Prostitute

Maggie Thrett

Paul Rogers

Jeff Corey

Michael Atterbury

Regis Toomey

Mother of Drowned Boy

Mitzi Hoag

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.

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