| | | | The Lonely Lady
(1983) |
ong thought of as among the worst films of all time, the Lonely Lady is the story of Jerilee Randall, a young girl and talented writer.
After a brutal violation with a garden hose she meets Walter Thornton, an older man. Thornton is a popular screenwriter and seduces young Jerilee with his sophistication and charm.
The two quickly marry and Jerilee soon gets her first book published. Eventually the two end up working together on a movie. Jerilee re-writes one of Walter’s scenes for the movie which earns it an Award. Jealousy soon disintegrates their marriage and they separate.
Now alone, Jerilee sets out to start a career as a screenwriter in her own right. She finishes her screenplay but finds it difficult to find anyone to take it. She becomes involved with an actor and falls pregnant. The actor soon turns out to be a total jerk and Jerilee has an abortion.
Jerilee takes her screenplay to a sleazy nightclub owner who takes the play but makes her work in the club for money. He introduces her to all his friends who Jerilee has to sleep with to make it big. Eventually she sleeps with this husband and wife couple who get her movie made. After abortions, violations, a mental breakdown, and sleeping with everyone she possibly can Jerilee finally picks up best screenplay at ‘The Awards’.
This movie is unintentionally hilarious. It’s just terrible! From the script to the sex scenes – everything just sinks to new lows and makes you laugh out loud. It’s supposed to be a serious, sexy drama, but it’s anything but. This movie has won an array of Golden Raspberry Awards over the years including Worst Actress – Pia Zadora (1984), Worst Movie (1984), Worst New Star of the Decade 1980’s – Pia Zadora, Worst Drama of the Last 25 Years (2005). It really does deserve every one!
However, it is lots of fun. My favourite scene is where Jerilee descends into madness and ends up in a catatonic state. Thing is, she only has two emotions anyway so it hardly makes much difference.
If you love trashy movies, check it out!
|
| | | | 
Yes, it really is that bad! However, there is enjoyment to be had from this movie. Pia Zadora is one of my favourites and this really was the height of her notoriety as Hollywood's leading bad movie actress.
My ‘1’ rating is because the movie on a critical level is dreadful in every way. However, trash affection ado’s will lap this up. Pia Zadora called it a cross between "Emmanuelle" and "Rocky". No comment!
|
| | | |  | 
You can now correct/update any item of trivia by clicking the "Update" button next to it...
| |
Only 'Showgirls' has beaten The Lonely Lady for Razzie nominations. 
Look fast for a young Ray Liotta appearing bemused at the film -Thanks to Nick Springsteen
As usual Pia Zadora didn't shy away from her sexy scenes and didn't use stunt doubles for her nude scenes.
Pia discusses the movie with director John Waters in his book 'Crackpot'.
« Click
here to add some Lonely Lady trivia
Rediscover your favorites! If you like
The Lonely Lady or 80's Drama / Historic classics, then be sure to
check out this list: ..... Outsiders ..... Elephant Man ..... Rain Man ..... Drugstore Cowboy ..... Stand By Me ..... Wall Street ..... Mask ..... Amadeus ..... Full Metal Jacket ..... Witness ..... Breakfast Club ..... Glory ..... Platoon ..... Scarface ..... Six Weeks ..... Urban Cowboy .....[More]
| | | |
No Behind-The-Scenes info yet... Please send some in!
«
Click
here to add a new Behind-the-Scenes item for Lonely Lady
|  |  |  | | The Lonely Lady
Locations |
|
| | |
Filmed in LA, Rome and Twickenham Studios in London, England.
Can you help? Do you know any of the filming locations used for The Lonely Lady? [Please send them in]
|  | | | | |
The Lonely Lady truly has the worst soundtrack of all time. Imagine painful soft rock tunes with horrible lyrics linked to the events in the film. Worst of all is the title track which is painful. Pia's song is the only saving grace, an update of Shirley Ellis' 60's hit. The soundtrack won yet another Razzie for the movie. Only ever available on LP and never (thankfully) re-issued.
1. "The Lonely Lady" by Ellis Hall Jr.
2. "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" by Roger Voudouris
3. "The Fanatic" by Felony
4. "The Clapping Song" by Pia Zadora
5. "You Are Everything To Me" by Ellis Hall Jr. & Stephanie Spruill
6. "The Way You Do It" by Oren Waters
7. "Give It Up" by Jeff Harrington
4. "My Hearts's On Fire" by Roger Voudouris
5. "9-M-I" (instrumental)
The soundtrack features Pia Zadora's top 30 Billboard Hot 100 hit 'The Clapping Song'.
«
Click here to add new music trivia for Lonely Lady
Soundtrack Available:
Used Vinyl LP / Tape
| | | |
 NEW!
Use our radical Retro Assistant to show you the most accurate information for hard-to-find The Lonely Lady products anywhere on the web...
At a glance, you can now see all the Movie
releases, Soundtracks
or Movie
Posters, Scripts and Books ever available with online price comparisons, even if they're
rare, out of print or only available in another country!
Over 3 years in development and covering more than 10,000 of the
best products hand picked by our editors, we think it's the most fun and retro way to celebrate the era --and find what you
want.
It covers The Lonely Lady DVD,
VHS,
Blu-ray,
HD-DVD,
Downloads,
Soundtrack
CDs, Movie
Posters, Scripts, Books and more... Why not give
it a try...
 The
80's Movies Rewind is proudly a spam-free
non-commercial site, written by movie fans... for movie fans.
If
you enjoy this site, please help to support us and keep us
POP UP & SPAM FREE by ordering your stuff through our services.
As you probably already know, we
are not a corporation, but just 80's fans like you...
| | |
 | | Recent
Additions |
March 3, 2008: Commando USA / UK Blu-ray Coming Soon.
February 28, 2008: Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Soundtrack Update.
Previous
additions
We're always updating and improving, so please and check back with us regularly...
|
| | |
