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Butterfly

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A nymphet (Pia Zadora) flirts with a father figure (Stacy Keach) in Nevada, and a judge (Orson Welles) runs an incest trial.

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Dwight Brown Sepia [Pia Zadora] won a Golden Globe Award for best new talent... It makes one wonder. Could the Hollywood foreign press have glue for brains? Aug 10, 2022 Full Review Bob Thomas Associated Press Butterfly is a decrepit lust-in-the-dust melodrama with as much relevance and far less humor than Tobacco Road. Jul 18, 2019 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times A most entertainingly sleazy melodrama. Rated: 3/5 Nov 11, 2009 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ... a laughing stock in 1982, and it’s still risible now, but there’s fascination in watching these ageing big names circle a famously flighty ingénue.... Rated: 3/5 Jan 23, 2024 Full Review TV Guide Producer-director-cowriter Matt Cimber, known heretofore mainly as a soft-core filmmaker and a master of wringing out big production values from tiny means, again does a lot with a slim budget of less than $2 million. Rated: 2/4 Nov 11, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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steve d Its fairly ridiculous and completely forgettable. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member not really a period pic or a western its just a HOT MESS! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Its no wonder this movie stole the awards back in 1982. Who doesn't enjoy watching a beautiful new face in Hollywood grace the big screen in a sexy romantic role? Exactly! Everything they did here was perfectly balanced. For the harsh critic this story takes place in Nevada. The legal consent age is 16 years old. So no the girl was not underage. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this movie and thought it was very well acted by pia Isadora and Stacy Keach as well as all of the others in the movie. It reflected real life and real life in the thirties especially. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy infamous "bad movie" holds the attention due to its awfulness, and Pia Zadora playing 'dramatic' scenes with Orson Welles is nothing to sneeze at. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review bill t Pia Zadora's debut! Ahhhhh this was pretty good, in terms of tawdry potboilers go. Zadora gets all the best lines here. But I just love Orson Welles as the judge looking just boggled out of his mind while having to endure all this crap. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A nymphet (Pia Zadora) flirts with a father figure (Stacy Keach) in Nevada, and a judge (Orson Welles) runs an incest trial.
Director
Matt Cimber
Producer
Matt Cimber
Screenwriter
John F. Goff, Matt Cimber
Production Co
Par-Par Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4K
Runtime
1h 47m