The Entertainment Factor: New on Blu-ray: SWEET SUBSTITUTE aka CARESSED (1964)

New on Blu-ray: SWEET SUBSTITUTE aka CARESSED (1964) - A Film By Larry Kent

Product Description: Busy navigating his final year of high school, brainy aspiring teacher Tom (Waiting for Caroline’s Robert Howay) is determined to land an elusive scholarship, but his hard work is constantly interrupted by his real obsession: pursuing the opposite sex. Before long, he develops a romance with former classmate Elaine (The Boy Who Could Fly’s Angela Gann), who persistently declines his sexual advances. This inspires Tom to consider other options, including his good-natured study buddy Kathy (Carol Pastinsky). But when they take their friendship to the next level, shocking complications threaten to derail Tom’s future, inspiring his friends to take drastic action.

In the wake of The Bitter Ash and the censorship battles it inspired, director Larry Kent returned with this more playful – but no less provocative – sophomore effort. An intoxicating blend of carefree sex comedy and unsparing coming-of-age drama, SWEET SUBSTITUTE plays like a hedonistic reimagining of the same year’s Nobody Waved Good-bye aimed at the exploitation film market. A surprise success in the U.S. (under the title Caressed), it set the stage for Kent’s next leap forward with When Tomorrow Dies, the third and final entry in his celebrated Vancouver Trilogy.

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Director: Larry Kent

Starring: Robert Howay, Angela Gann, Carol Pastinsky, Lanny Beckman

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 81 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Canadian International Pictures

Home Video Release Date: September 24, 2024

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the original 16mm A/B camera negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the original 16mm magnetic final mix
New Audio Commentary featuring Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky
Archival Audio Commentary featuring film professor David Douglas
New Introduction to Sweet Substitute by Larry Kent (HD 1:04)
Sweet and Sour (HD 10:17) – New interview with Kent
Not Quite Liberated (HD 16:35) – New interview with Douglas
New Audio Interview with actor Lanny Beckman (audio only, 5:31)
The Caressed Cut (HD 5:59) – All the material added to the American release of Sweet Substitute, including the notorious striptease sequence
Fantasia artist talk (HD 1:20:49) – Conversation with Kent moderated by Douglas
Archival Audio Interview with Kent (audio only 10:37)
Booklet featuring a new Motion Picture Purgatory comic strip by Rick Trembles and an interview with graphic artist Sonja Arntzen