Preaching to the Perverted
Preaching to the Perverted DVD cover
Directed by	Stuart Urban
Produced by	Keith Hayley
Starring	Guinevere Turner Tom Bell Christien Anholt
Music by	Magnus Fiennes Maya Fiennes
Cinematography	Sam McCurdy
Release date(s)	1997
Running time	100m
Language	English

Preaching to the Perverted is a 1997 British comedy film written and directed by Stuart Urban.

The film stars Guinevere Turner who plays Tanya Cheex, a New York dominatrix. Henry Harding MP is played by Tom Bell and Christien Anholt plays Peter Emery. In addition, several well-known BDSM performance artists appear:

• The so called Chaos Clowns, Zos&Kia
• Luci The Axle Grinder, also known as Lucifire
• Miss Kimberly
• The Fetisnonn Suzi Woodroffe
• Tutu

Originally developed by the BBC, they later dropped the script, believing it would never be capable of showing the movie on UK TV. However, in April 2004 the movie was shown on terrestrial TV in the UK on BBC1.

The film was banned in Ireland by then film censor Sheamus Smith.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reviews 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whizzkid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the United Kingdom BDSM scene. Harding is set on putting a club called "House of Thwax" run by Mistress Tanya Cheex out of business, and is sure that Peter's secretly videotaped evidence of the club's activities will do the trick. However, the virginal Peter takes a liking to Tanya Cheex and finds himself falling for the Mistress.

[edit] Cast

• Guinevere Turner .... Tanya Cheex
• Christien Anholt .... Peter Emery
• Tom Bell .... Henry Harding MP
• Charlotte Weston .... Mrs. Maneater
• Julie Graham .... Eugenie
• Georgina Hale .... Miss Wilderspin
• Julian Wadham .... M'Learned Friend
• Ricky Tomlinson .... Fibbin' Gibbins
• Roger Lloyd Pack .... Mr. Cutts Watson
• Sue Johnston .... Esmeralda
• Don Henderson .... Commander Cope

[edit] Reviews

• "The film boasts excellent costumes, good acting and is a great vision of what goes on in a good fetish club. Highly recommended!" Secret Magazine, February 2003
• "...the club scenes all look fabulous: intelligent use of colour and light." Erotic Review, December 2002
• "Those who actively participate in the S&M lifestyle may enjoy the lighthearted look at the underground fetish scene, but anyone looking for much more than an offbeat sex comedy is going to be woefully disappointed. Preaching to the Perverted lives up to its name by not being able to appeal to anyone but perverts." Qwipster's Movie Reviews, December 2003^[1]

[edit] Awards

• 1999 Best actress price, Festival Du Jeune Comedien
• Audience Choice Award, CineKink Festival 2003

[edit] See also

• Sadism and masochism in fiction
• Operation Spanner

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Preaching to the Perverted - official Website
• Preaching to the Perverted at the Internet Movie Database