- Caged Heat
Infobox Film
name = Caged Heat
caption = Promotional poster for "Caged Heat"
director =Jonathan Demme
producer = Samuel W. GelfmanEvelyn Purcell Roger Corman
writer = Jonathan Demme
starring =Juanita Brown Roberta Collins Erica Gavin Cheryl Rainbeaux Smith
music =John Cale
cinematography =Tak Fujimoto
editing =
distributor = New World Pictures
released = 1974
runtime = 83 minutes
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget = $180,000
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:7820
imdb_id = 0071266"Caged Heat" (alternate title: "Renegade Girls") is a 1974
exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was written and directed byJonathan Demme forRoger Corman 'sNew World Pictures . The film starsErica Gavin ,Roberta Collins ,Juanita Brown ,Rainbeaux Smith ,Desireé Cousteau andBarbara Steele . Also introduced to the big screen in this film was the well-known character actress Adele Stasilli-Fernandez.John Cale wrote and performed the film'ssoundtrack , which prominently features the guitar playing ofMike Bloomfield .Two sequels, "" (1994) and "
Caged Heat 3000 " (1995), borrow the "Caged Heat" name and women-in-prison setting, but are otherwise unrelated movies.Premise
The film centers on Gavin's character, Jacqueline Wilson, who is sentenced to a women's
prison on drug-related charges. She bonds with a group of her fellow prisoners and fights the repressive tactics of thewarden , played by Steele.Critique
"Caged Heat" is Demme's directorial debut. Although he includes the fast action,
catfight ing, and gratuitous nudity Corman required in his exploitation films, Demme also incorporates elements ofliberal politics ,feminism , andsocial consciousness . Because of this, and because of its place in Demme's filmography, some critics consider "Caged Heat" to be more interesting than run-of-the-mill women-in-prison movies.External links
*imdb title|id=0071266|title=Caged Heat
*amg movie|id=1:7820|title=Caged Heat
*rotten-tomatoes|id=caged_heat|title=Caged Heat
* Bliss, Michael, and Banks, Christina: "What Goes Around Comes Around: The Films of Jonathan Demme" (1996): ISBN 0-8093-1984-5
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