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** It was produced by Bob Booker and George Foster, who'd written and produced a whole bunch of popular sketch comedy albums in TheSixties, like ''When You're in Love The Whole World is Jewish'' (the source of Frank Gallop's enduring novelty hit "The Ballad of Irving"). Booker had previously been one of the masterminds behind ''First Family'', the hugely popular comedy album spoofing UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
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** It was produced by Bob Booker and George Foster, who'd written and produced a whole bunch of popular sketch comedy albums in TheSixties, like ''When You're in Love The Whole World is Jewish'' (the source of Frank Gallop's enduring novelty hit "The Ballad of Irving"). Booker had previously been one of the masterminds behind ''First ''The First Family'', the hugely popular comedy album spoofing UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
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** It was greenlighted around the same time that Music/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' was being made, with both films being freewheeling rock musicals. ''The Phynx'' was filmed shortly after ''Head'' bombed in its initial run, which may well have influenced the filmmakers to go in a more conventional direction with their movie.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, also had a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, also had a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
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** It was greenlighted around the same time that Music/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' was being made, with both films being cheeky, freewheeling rock musicals. ''The Phynx'' was filmed shortly after ''Head'' bombed in its initial run, which may well have influenced the filmmakers to go in a more conventional direction with their movie.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, and also had a flamboyant NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, and also had a flamboyant NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
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* DuelingWorks:
** It was greenlighted around the same time that Music/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' was being made, with both films being freewheeling rock musicals. ''The Phynx'' was filmed shortly after ''Head'' bombed in its initial run, which may well have influenced the filmmakers to go in a more conventional direction with their movie.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, also had a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
** It was greenlighted around the same time that Music/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' was being made, with both films being freewheeling rock musicals. ''The Phynx'' was filmed shortly after ''Head'' bombed in its initial run, which may well have influenced the filmmakers to go in a more conventional direction with their movie.
** It came out the same year as ''Film/BeyondTheValleyOfTheDolls'', which also mixed {{Satire}} and {{Fanservice}}, also had a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/PhilSpector as a character.
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** One cast member of this film was a SingerSongwriter with an album under his belt--Mike Kellin (Bogey), believe it or not, who took time out from his very busy character acting career to record ''And the Testimony's Still Coming In!'', a collection of dryly comic FolkMusic, in 1967.
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* CreatorBacklash: Denny Sarokin (aka Dennis Larden) is well-aware of the film's reputation as one of the worst movies ever made, and fully agrees.
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** Denny Sarokin (aka Dennis Larden) is well-aware of the film's reputation as one of the worst movies ever made, and fullyagrees.agrees.
** The fact that Music/LeiberAndStoller do not say a single word about this project in their joint memoir ''Hound Dog'' suggests that it was a fiasco of LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain proportions for them.
** Denny Sarokin (aka Dennis Larden) is well-aware of the film's reputation as one of the worst movies ever made, and fully
** The fact that Music/LeiberAndStoller do not say a single word about this project in their joint memoir ''Hound Dog'' suggests that it was a fiasco of LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain proportions for them.
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* BreakawayPopHit: A version of the film's final song, "(How 'Bout a Little Hand for) The Boys in the Band", credited to a group called The Boys in the Band (which seems to use the backing track of the film version with different vocals), was a moderate hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #48, which is incredible given how much of a flop the film was.
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* BreakawayPopHit: A version CoverVersion of the film's final song, "(How 'Bout a Little Hand for) The Boys in the Band", credited to a group called The Boys in the Band (which seems to use the backing track (and possibly based on a remix of the film version with different vocals), version), was a moderate hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #48, #48 (and also cracked the Top 40 on the competing ''Record World'' chart, reaching #38), which is incredible given how much of a flop the this film was.
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* TheDanza: The members of The Phynx are technically playing fictionalized versions of themselves, using either their real names or a StageName (Dennis Larden being one for Dennis Sarokin, and Ray Garcia is credited as Ray Chippeway).
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It sat on the shelf for almost a year before its "world premiere", then was hastily shelved again that one screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It sat on the shelf for almost a year before its "world premiere", then was hastily shelved again after that one screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
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* StillbornFranchise: Warner had big multimedia plans for The Phynx in 1970, including releasing a soundtrack album for the film, and sending the band out on a concert tour (with Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Southern California reported as possible venues). Instead, none of those things happened after the film was quietly buried after its two known screenings.
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* PosthumousCredit: [[Film/DeadEnd1937 Bowery Boys mainstay Leo Gorcey]] died just weeks after his appearance in the climactic scene with the celebrities at the castle. He's very visibly not in great shape (and given that he died of liver failure, almost certainly drunk as well).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It was hastily shelved after one public screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It was hastily shelved after one public screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
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* PosthumousCredit: [[Film/DeadEnd1937 Bowery Boys mainstay Leo Gorcey]] died just weeks after his appearance in filming the climactic scene with the celebrities at the castle. He's very visibly not in great shape (and given that he died of liver failure, almost certainly drunk as well).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It sat on the shelf for almost a year before its "world premiere", then was hastily shelvedafter again that one public screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It sat on the shelf for almost a year before its "world premiere", then was hastily shelved
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* BoxOfficeBomb: The film's budget is unknown, but it clearly must've cost a handful, with the celebrity cameos and special effects. But it never even got a full release: there are only two documented screenings for the film in 1970--one in Hollywood for the cast, and a "world premiere" in Indianapolis on May 6, presumably meant to see whether the movie had any potential legs in Middle America.
* BreakawayPopHit: A version of the film's final song, "(How 'Bout a Little Hand for) The Boys in the Band", credited to a group called The Boys in the Band (which seems to use the backing track of the film version with different vocals), was a moderate hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #48, which is incredible given how much of a flop the film was.
* ColbertBump: A 2016 late night Creator/TurnerClassicMovies airing marked the first time a lot of people even learned of this film's existence.
* CreatorBacklash: Denny Sarokin (aka Dennis Larden) is well-aware of the film's reputation as one of the worst movies ever made, and fully agrees.
* FollowTheLeader: It's distantly a knockoff of ''Film/{{Help}}'', but more directly inspired by Music/TheMonkees. You even get the sense that this film is more along the lines of the kind of romp Creator/ColumbiaPictures was expecting ''Film/{{Head}}'' to be like, rather than the MindScrew it ended up being.
* HeAlsoDid:
** The film was co-written by Stan Cornyn, who spent several decades as a highly-respected Creator/WarnerBrosRecords executive, best-known for his innovative creative services work, included some award winning album liner notes. This marked his only foray into filmmaking.
** It was produced by Bob Booker and George Foster, who'd written and produced a whole bunch of popular sketch comedy albums in TheSixties, like ''When You're in Love The Whole World is Jewish'' (the source of Frank Gallop's enduring novelty hit "The Ballad of Irving"). Booker had previously been one of the masterminds behind ''First Family'', the hugely popular comedy album spoofing UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
** Dennis Larden had been a member of the OneHitWonder band Every Mother's Son ("Come On Down To My Boat" was a Top 10 hit in 1967), and kept busy in the music business after this film, working with the likes of Music/RickyNelson and Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung (though he eventually reverted back his real name, Denny Sarokin). In a HilariousInHindsight case, he even briefly backed Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz at some post-[[Music/TheMonkees Monkees]] concerts.
** Lonny Stevens also had some musical cred, having worked as a staff songwriter for Creator/{{Motown}}. He later switched to acting full-time, and has also worked as an acting coach.
* PosthumousCredit: [[Film/DeadEnd1937 Bowery Boys mainstay Leo Gorcey]] died just weeks after his appearance in the climactic scene with the celebrities at the castle. He's very visibly not in great shape (and given that he died of liver failure, almost certainly drunk as well).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It was hastily shelved after one public screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
* ShootTheMoney: The Rome scenes were shot on location, and reportedly location work was also done in England and Spain.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The shooting script aimed very high in its ambitions for celebrities to make cameos in the film, listing Creator/KirkDouglas, Music/FrankSinatra and Music/BobDylan among the stars being held captive in Albania.
** Creator/GretaGarbo was courted for a cameo at one point.
* BreakawayPopHit: A version of the film's final song, "(How 'Bout a Little Hand for) The Boys in the Band", credited to a group called The Boys in the Band (which seems to use the backing track of the film version with different vocals), was a moderate hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #48, which is incredible given how much of a flop the film was.
* ColbertBump: A 2016 late night Creator/TurnerClassicMovies airing marked the first time a lot of people even learned of this film's existence.
* CreatorBacklash: Denny Sarokin (aka Dennis Larden) is well-aware of the film's reputation as one of the worst movies ever made, and fully agrees.
* FollowTheLeader: It's distantly a knockoff of ''Film/{{Help}}'', but more directly inspired by Music/TheMonkees. You even get the sense that this film is more along the lines of the kind of romp Creator/ColumbiaPictures was expecting ''Film/{{Head}}'' to be like, rather than the MindScrew it ended up being.
* HeAlsoDid:
** The film was co-written by Stan Cornyn, who spent several decades as a highly-respected Creator/WarnerBrosRecords executive, best-known for his innovative creative services work, included some award winning album liner notes. This marked his only foray into filmmaking.
** It was produced by Bob Booker and George Foster, who'd written and produced a whole bunch of popular sketch comedy albums in TheSixties, like ''When You're in Love The Whole World is Jewish'' (the source of Frank Gallop's enduring novelty hit "The Ballad of Irving"). Booker had previously been one of the masterminds behind ''First Family'', the hugely popular comedy album spoofing UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
** Dennis Larden had been a member of the OneHitWonder band Every Mother's Son ("Come On Down To My Boat" was a Top 10 hit in 1967), and kept busy in the music business after this film, working with the likes of Music/RickyNelson and Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung (though he eventually reverted back his real name, Denny Sarokin). In a HilariousInHindsight case, he even briefly backed Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz at some post-[[Music/TheMonkees Monkees]] concerts.
** Lonny Stevens also had some musical cred, having worked as a staff songwriter for Creator/{{Motown}}. He later switched to acting full-time, and has also worked as an acting coach.
* PosthumousCredit: [[Film/DeadEnd1937 Bowery Boys mainstay Leo Gorcey]] died just weeks after his appearance in the climactic scene with the celebrities at the castle. He's very visibly not in great shape (and given that he died of liver failure, almost certainly drunk as well).
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: It was hastily shelved after one public screening, but reports conflict on whether it was because of negative audience reaction, or a new regime at Creator/WarnerBros deliberately burying a film greenlighted by the old executives (or perhaps even both).
* ShootTheMoney: The Rome scenes were shot on location, and reportedly location work was also done in England and Spain.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The shooting script aimed very high in its ambitions for celebrities to make cameos in the film, listing Creator/KirkDouglas, Music/FrankSinatra and Music/BobDylan among the stars being held captive in Albania.
** Creator/GretaGarbo was courted for a cameo at one point.
