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Sexmission |  | Director: Juliusz Machulski
Actors: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Bozena Stryjkówna, Boguslawa Pawelec, Hanna Stankówna
Studio: Polart
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 87097
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: Polish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FACD76164D
ISBN: 159365040X
UPC: 644527453095
EAN: 9781593650407
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. Studio: Facets Multimedia Release Date: 01/25/2005
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 Loved this movie December 10, 2009
Andy Nash (Vienna, Austria)
I first saw this movie at the San Francisco Film Festival in the mid-1980s and have been looking for it ever since. The version I bought is good and the subtitles are easy to read (although they are often not on the screen long enough). We just watched the movie and it's as funny as I remembered. A very nice film on many levels.
Most of the women in this world are nice to look at August 23, 2009
Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA)
"Seksmisja" is practically a classic in Polish cinema. Although it is known to be a comedy, it is also science fiction. Made in 1984, Seksmisja is not one of your loaded with special effects films. It has relatively simple sets and effects that might resemble the original Star Trek, but this does add a unique flavor to the humor. Seeing women on rollerskates and using slides to get around in a futuristic world is amusing.
The story is about two men who are cytogenetically frozen and wake up in a strange world. It is an underground city in a post World War III world. But even more shocking is that there are no men. The two men are now captives in a world of women.
I have nothing but high praise for this movie and ranks among one of my favorite Polish films I ever watched. It so ingeniously blends an interesting story with humor that will make you laugh as well as think on some of the political commentary mixed into the story on the dangers of radical feminism. To top it off, most of the women in this world are nice to look at making it difficult to ask for anything more.
 Imagine "The Nude Bomb" + Woody Allen August 22, 2009
Martin Asiner (Jersey City, NJ)
SEXMISSION is a very funny science fiction film that incorporates numerous themes from the 1980s. This movie is in Polish with English subtitles but a non-Polish speaker can easily follow the action not so much because of the translations but because of the ability of the actors to communicate via facial expressions and body language. The plot brings to mind several earlier films and books that have the theme of a sleeper being placed in suspended animation for a very long time, and the comedy that results with the temporal fish out of water allows the director to poke fun at some otherwise serious social subtexts. Two money hungry volunteers agree to be placed in stasis for three years to test a longevity device. One is your basic goofy clown type while the other is the straight man. Think of a Polish Abbott and Costello duo. Something goes wrong and they do not awaken until fifty four years later. They discover that while they were asleep, the entire male gender has died, leaving females to reproduce asexually. SEXMISSION takes satirical barbs toward women's lib, nudity, the quest for freedom in a totalitarian regime, and communal living in an underground sealed environment. For a film with an admittedly low budget, SEXMISSION has the feel of a higher budget mostly because of the refusal of the actors to take seriously the shattering implications of their temporal dislocation. Each one sizes up the situation mostly in terms of realizing that as the only men in a world of women, they have a Hefner libidinous lifestyle guaranteed. SEXMISSION is a funny romp that nevertheless suggests that the very demons of a hated patriarchy may not be so hated after all and that the need for men and women to live together can never go out of style no matter what kind of gender-killing bomb goes off.
It's a classic, what else can i say... March 31, 2008
T. Souslin (Boston, MA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of those futuristic comedies that look great even decades later. Granted, their computers are outdated, technology, communications equipment is ancient, but that's not what this movie is about. It's a light, romantic comedy with a nice twist and as one it will live on for ages to come.
A Classic April 13, 2006
K. J. S. Kosieniak-Madejski (London, England)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just watched this film with my dad, and i think it is a classic, it reminded me of a national lampoons movie, the two main actors reminded me of chevy chase and dan akroyd in that spy movie they were in. i dont remember a dull moment, simply hilarious, we watched a version on a old tape, so i cant wait to get a copy of it on DvD.
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