The Maids with Glenda Jackson: DVD Cover

    The Maids Director: Christopher Miles Cast: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/01/2003
    • Original Release: 1975
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 59,632

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    Features

    Theatrical trailer; "Jean Genet and The Maids," an essay by Michael Feingold, chief theatre critic of The Village Voice; The American Film Theatre Cinebill for The Maids; Stills gallery; Interview with Edie Landau, executive-in-charge of the American Film Theatre; "Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera" AFT promotion reel ; American Film Theatre trailer gallery (including a complete list of the AFT films); American Film Theatre Scrapbook; Enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    2. Under Arrest [4:41]
    3. "Look at Yourself in My Shoes" [6:38]
    4. "The Revolution of the Maids" [7:28]
    5. "What a Serving Wench Is Made Of" [8:34]
    6. "We Are Saints, Solange!" [9:28]
    7. Madame Returns [8:11]
    8. "Of What Use Are Gowns to Me?" [7:54]
    9. "Madame Must Have Her Tea!" [8:45]
    10. "Naturally, Maids Are Guilty..." [9:37]
    11. The Final Ceremony [6:39]
    12. "Call Me Mademoiselle" [9:00]
    13. "We Are Beautiful!" [6:50]

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    Directed by Christopher Miles, The Maids is a 1974 film version of the play by French absurdist writer Jean Genet. Solange (Glenda Jackson) and Claire (Susannah York) are two sisters who work as servants for a strict Madame (Vivian Merchant). When Madame and Monsieur (Mark Burns) leave the house, the two women enact dramatic role playing games. To get out their sexual frustrations against their boss and each other, they alternate the parts of master and servant. They both love and hate the Madame passionately enough to plot her murder. During a particularly intense game of play, Claire accidentally drinks the poison that was meant for the Madame. The Maids is part of producer Ely Landau's American Film Theatre Series, which ran in select theaters from 1973-1975. In 2003, all 14 films in the series were given a wide release on home video from Kino International. Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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