Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend explained

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
Director:Ronnie Cramer
Producer:David Manning
Starring:Andren Scott
Monica McFarland
Sarah Young
Sheila Traister
Music:Alarming Trends
Distributor:Scorched Earth Productions
Runtime:89 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend is a 1991 black comedy film about a lonely security guard who spends his life savings on call girls in less than two weeks. It was directed by artist/filmmaker Ronnie Cramer[1] and is based on a story by T. G. Baker. Shot in Denver, Colorado, Omaha, Nebraska and at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, Even Hitler is celebrated in cult film circles for its extremely dark sense of humor and its copious amount of female nudity.[2]

Plot

Marcus Templeton is a thirty-year-old, unmarried security guard who describes himself as "a lonely, desperate man." He works at night and spends his days looking at pornography and takes to peeping into windows in the hopes of seeing naked women. Marcus is slightly overweight and spends a fair amount of screen time obsessing about his physical health, finally resorting to wearing a corset and using questionable weight-loss products such as Reduce-O-Creme, which promises to "melt, melt, melt your fat away" upon application.

After several disastrous attempts at dating women, Marcus resorts to seeing prostitutes. He begins to secretly record his encounters with the call girls, first with a small tape recorder and then with a hidden video camera. He quickly spends his entire life savings and contracts sexually transmitted diseases, all the while losing his grip on reality (his father "appears" on the television screen and berates Marcus).

When a disagreeable prostitute discovers she is being surreptitiously videotaped, she pulls a handgun out of her purse, shoots Marcus and steals his video equipment. As Marcus lies bleeding to death he grabs the nearby bottle of Reduce-O-Creme and applies it to his belly in a final, futile gesture.

Cast

Sequel

A sequel, The Hitler Tapes was released in 1994 despite actor Andren Scott's death before the film could be completely shot.[3]

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lindenmuth, Kevin J. . Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Independent Filmmakers . McFarland . 1998 . 978-0786405176 .
  2. Book: Weldon, Michael J. . The Psychotronic Video Guide . St. Martin’s Griffin . 189 . 1996 . 0-312-13149-6.
  3. Web site: Briggs . Joe Bob . Movie With a Twist -- The Star Died . SF Gate . 11 March 2024.
  4. Web site: 'Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In' for 3/27/92 . Briggs . Joe Bob . joebobbriggs.com. 2009-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015053447/http://www.joebobbriggs.com/drivein/1992/evenhitlerhadagirlfriend.htm . 2008-10-15 . dead .
  5. News: Movie With a Twist - The Star Died . San Francisco Chronicle . 1995-03-04 . 2010-09-22.