Percy

Okay, I admit it...I LOVE A SEX FARCE.This is as odd as it gets.It has several supporting actors that really hit the big time [Denholm Elliot, Elke Sommer, etc.]a while later..I have been LQQKING for this movie for years...[I heard a British DVD had been previously issued with the reels out of sequence, but have never personally seen one for confirmation.] There is a moment of continuity-curiosity that is in the hospital, then the man goes into a fantasy sequence...that might JAR the viewer, but shortly afterward the premise is easily understood.This Simple 'B' movie is about a guy that gets wounded by a falling chandelier, and received the Male organ via transplant of a Lothario.Elke Somer plays a bawdy dancer dressed as a nurse to take it for a test Drive.The story follows the relationship status of the transplantee after the surgery, and the success level of the doctor [Denholm Elliot,] as well as the wives and lovers of BOTH men, as the new owner of PERCY deals with intimacy and an ex-wife that publicly outs-HIM as the recipient... It has hilarious events, and edits or euphemisms for Penis throughout...in-fact that was part of the MPAA/studio agreement, that penis NEVER be spoken.The KINKS' Ray Davies and other members made the soundtrack music, and the ALBUM has oft been collected by their fans without any true clue to the film's actual plot. As a Stand-alone, the various songs on the soundtrack really leaves you felling the KINKS are VERY ANTI-TRANSPLANT. [of course they DO play a weird musical version of LOLA.]

Anyone who is familiar with the " Carry On " film series will see some of that humour in this film. It was defintely ahead of it's time with it's unusual storyline and the humour was considered a little vulgar back in the early 1970's! But compared to the stuff they make today this is quite tame! Hywel Bennett is simple one of Britains best actors! He is a very natural actor who is very believable in every part he plays! There are also a number of well known faces in this movie! All in all this film is a lot better than the reviews would have you believe!

I have had the soundtrack for years so I looked through Amazon to see if it was actually available and there it was. I heard it was also available on Netflix , but it wasn't expensive on Amazon. You can also view the trailer on Youtube (but look under "Percy" Elke Sommers, otherwise you will find "Percy Sledge" or "Percy Faith" and other artists in that genre). So I purchased it. I don't know how I missed it then (in'71) but it was high school time for me and I was in a dark haze in those times . I have to say that I really enjoyed it and found it amusing for the time it was filmed. It brought back my times in London. On a blu-ray player the quality was great and the stereo sound enhanced it. I even had a friend watch it with me who is the opposite of me film-wise, who he is a James Bond, Bourne fanatic, so you can see we have very different tastes in cinema. We both thought it was very well done, dated all the same but that was fine. In fact I am listening to the soundtrack as I am writing this review. I actually think my mum and dad would enjoy it if they were still alive. My mum has watched John Waters films also and found them enjoyable too (the more recent ones though, I don't think "Female Trouble" or "Pink Flamingos" would have been appropriate out of respect for her).Find it while it is still available any way you can, watch it, and then make up your own mind and don't be influenced by what others might report.

Typical 60's British humor. I actually bought it to see the Yardbirds and to understand why Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin had received the nickname "Percy". I have a good idea now. Very fitting indeed. LOL. I must say I loved seeing the fashions of the time.

you should mention that dvd is on mpeg2 while technology plays at the moment mpeg4!so..................you should let us know

I was a little unsure about this when I bought it but it turned out to be a great story and the DVD quality was fine.

A great light-hearted entertaining movie. Enough comedy to keep the viewer interested without being over the top. A movie for anybody.

I saw this british comedy while I was in Brisbane, Australia. The subject matter was very funny. I don't think that the movie ever was released in the states. The movie is about the first penis transplant and the British public's fascination to find out who the donor was. Funny and great popcorn entertainment. Leave it to the British.

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A really enjoyable video for people of my age who keep looking back to the good old days of the 60's and 70's. Not as amusing as a Carry On film but well worth having in one's CD / video library. Since I bought the CD, not even a month ago, I viewed it 3 times: a testimony to its' entertainment value.

I speak english but I am a hard listener, mostly if the sound quality is not good.The video should have subtitles even if they were in English.

Very disappointing as I remembered this as a great provocative funny movie from many years ago that was long out of print. When it appeared on Amazon at a fairly hefty price still thought worthwhile to get ,Watched it immediately on receipt. It is sooo old hat,,boring ,disjointed ...From a bygone era that should stay bygone.