{"product_id":"sweet-substitute-1964","title":"SWEET SUBSTITUTE (1964)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBusy navigating his final year of high school, brainy aspiring teacher Tom (Waiting for Caroline's Robert Howay) is determined to land an elusive scholarship, but his hard work is constantly interrupted by his real obsession: pursuing the opposite sex. Before long, he develops a romance with former classmate Elaine (The Boy Who Could Fly's Angela Gann), who persistently declines his sexual advances. This inspires Tom to consider other options, including his good-natured study buddy Kathy (Carol Pastinsky). But when they take their friendship to the next level, shocking complications threaten to derail Tom's future, inspiring his friends to take drastic action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the wake of The Bitter Ash and the censorship battles it inspired, director Larry Kent returned with this more playful – but no less provocative – sophomore effort. An intoxicating blend of carefree sex comedy and unsparing coming-of-age drama, Sweet Substitute plays like a hedonistic reimagining of the same year's Nobody Waved Good-bye aimed at the exploitation film market. A surprise success in the U.S. (under the title Caressed), it set the stage for Kent's next leap forward with When Tomorrow Dies, the third and final entry in his celebrated Vancouver Trilogy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features and Technical Specs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW 4K RESTORATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom the original 16mm A\/B camera negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the original 16mm magnetic final mix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentary featuring Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival audio commentary featuring film professor David Douglas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introduction to Sweet Substitute by Larry Kent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet and Sour (2024, 10 min.) – New interview with Kent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Quite Liberated (2024, 17 min.) – New interview with Douglas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio interview with actor Lanny Beckman (2024, 6 min.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Caressed Cut (2024, 6 min.) – All the material added to the American release of Sweet Substitute, including the notorious striptease sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasia artist talk (2023, 81 min.) – Conversation with Kent moderated by Douglas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival audio interview with Kent (1964, 11 min.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklet featuring a new Motion Picture Purgatory comic strip by Rick Trembles and an interview with graphic artist Sonja Arntzen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReversible cover artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish SDH subtitles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eREGION-A \"LOCKED\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES","offers":[{"title":"BLU-RAY","offer_id":46695371014363,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/6379\/4395\/files\/367506_front.jpg?v=1779029531","url":"https:\/\/baystvideo.com\/products\/sweet-substitute-1964","provider":"Bay Street Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}