# Pretty Peaches

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{{short description|1978 film by Alex de Renzy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Pretty Peaches
| image          = File:Pretty Peaches Poster.jpg

| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Alex de Renzy](/source/Alex_de_Renzy)
| producer       = 
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [Desireé Cousteau](/source/Desire%C3%A9_Cousteau)
* [John Leslie](/source/John_Leslie_(pornographic_actor))
* [Paul Thomas](/source/Paul_Thomas_(pornographic_actor))
* [Juliet Anderson](/source/Juliet_Anderson)
}}
| music          = 
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| editing        = 
| studio         = Blu-Pix
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1978|11|23|USA}}
| runtime        = 91 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Pretty Peaches''''' is a 1978 American [pornographic comedy film](/source/pornographic_film) directed by [Alex de Renzy](/source/Alex_de_Renzy) and released during the [Golden Age of Porn](/source/Golden_Age_of_Porn). The film stars [Desireé Cousteau](/source/Desire%C3%A9_Cousteau) as Peaches, described as "a daffy carefree female who cheerfully plunges through life without any worries." In the film, she has a car accident after attending the wedding of her father ([John Leslie](/source/John_Leslie_(pornographic_actor))) and is rendered unconscious. She is found by two men who take advantage of her, before offering to help her when it becomes apparent that she has [amnesia](/source/amnesia).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamelinkk.com/display_product.jhtml?lid=listEntry&lpos=1-2&ref=gla1282&id=269124&navAction=jump |title=''Pretty Peaches'' plot summary |website=www.gamelinkk.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123201222/http://www.gamelinkk.com/display_product.jhtml?lid=listEntry&lpos=1-2&ref=gla1282&id=269124&navAction=jump |archive-date=2013-01-23}}</ref>

''Pretty Peaches'' was likely influenced by [Terry Southern](/source/Terry_Southern) and [Mason Hoffenberg](/source/Mason_Hoffenberg)'s ''[Candy](/source/Candy_(Southern_and_Hoffenberg_novel))'', itself often perceived as a homage to [Voltaire](/source/Voltaire)'s ''[Candide](/source/Candide)''.<ref name="All-American Deep-Dish Comedy">{{cite web|title=All-American Deep-Dish Comedy: PRETTY PEACHES (1978)|url=http://explodingkinetoscope.blogspot.com/2006/09/all-american-deep-dish-comedy-pretty.html|date=1 September 2006|website=The Exploding Kinetoscope|accessdate=27 September 2013}}</ref>

While the film features [sexual violence](/source/sexual_violence), including [lesbian rape](/source/lesbian_rape) and a forced [enema](/source/enema) in a public rest-room{{spaced ndash}} a sequence that was excised from most video releases{{spaced ndash}} the film's tongue-in-cheek attitude keeps it up-beat. The Astronics/Telecine, Ltd. VHS release of the film is un-cut with the forced enema scene intact.<ref name="All-American Deep-Dish Comedy"/> Cousteau received the [Adult Film Association of America](/source/Adult_Film_Association_of_America) Best Actress award in 1978 for her performance in the movie.<ref name="hs1179">{{cite magazine|title=Silver Spoonfuls: A Star Is Porn |magazine=High Society |date= November 1979 |pages=8–9}}</ref><ref name="afw0180">{{cite magazine|first=Jules |last=Griffon |title=The Third Annual Erotica Awards |magazine=Adam Film World |volume=7 |number=8 |date=January 1980 |pages=24–27}}</ref>

The success of the film spawned two sequels, both directed by de Renzy: ''Pretty Peaches 2'' (1988) and ''Pretty Peaches and the Quest'' (1991) with Siobhan Hunter and [Keisha](/source/Heather_Hunter) in the title role of the 1988 and 1991 films, respectively.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0078112|Pretty Peaches}}
*[http://vimeo.com/32756972 ''Pretty Peaches'' movie trailer]

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Category:1978 films
Category:1978 comedy films
Category:1970s pornographic films
Category:1970s sex comedy films
Category:1978 English-language films
Category:Films shot in San Francisco
Category:Films about rape in the United States
Category:American pornographic films
Category:American sex comedy films
Category:1978 American films
Category:Films shot in Oakland, California
Category:Films shot in Nevada

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