Friday, January 28, 2005

In related news, a 60-year-old Somerset couple is expecting twins

A devout Baptist couple spoke today of their disgust after they claimed they bought a classic musical DVD featuring Doris Day from their local supermarket, only to discover it was an Italian porn film. Alan and Anne Leigh-Browne, from Wellington, Somerset, had been expecting to enjoy watching the Pajama Game, a romantic comedy featuring the Fifties' icon. Instead the shocked pensioners said they were confronted by raunchy sex film – Tettone che Passione, which roughly translates as Breasts of Passion.

Retired doctor Alan, 67, said he picked up the film ... for £2.99 from the bargain bin of a Safeway supermarket in nearby Taunton last Monday. On Thursday the couple, who are regular attenders of their local Baptist church, settled down with a cup of tea to watch the 1957 film.... Mr Leigh-Browne explained: "...Some topless young women appeared and started talking in Italian – we were horrified, it’s not what you expect from a Doris Day film. ... It was a pretty raunchy, explicit film, it certainly pulled no punches. My wife and I were very shocked but we watched it until the end because we couldn’t believe what we were seeing. ... The film became progressively more graphic, there was no plot to it, it was just sex."

Alan and his wife Anne, 60, a retired teacher, said they complained to Safeway the following day. A spokeswoman for Morrisons, who now run Safeway, said they would be willing to investigate the incident. She said: "Regrettably the customers involved would neither leave their contact details nor return the DVD to their nearest store or head office after being urged to do so on several occasions. We are anxious to undertake a thorough investigation into this isolated incident, however until we receive the product and proof of purchase this cannot take place."
--Scotsman.com



OK, let's parse this:

"...Some topless young women appeared and started talking in Italian – we were horrified, it’s not what you expect from a Doris Day film."

True, I would never expect to hear anyone speaking in Italian in a Doris Day film. Still... horrifying? It's a beautiful language!

"My wife and I were very shocked but we watched it until the end because we couldn’t believe what we were seeing."

Uh huh.

"Regrettably the customers involved would neither leave their contact details nor return the DVD to their nearest store or head office after being urged to do so on several occasions."

Fortunately, they did have time to contact the media.


Link from Movie City News



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