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Annie Batungbakal

{{Short description|1979 Filipino film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox film

| director = Maryo J. de los Reyes

| writer = Jake Tordesillas

| based_on = Annie Batungbakal by Hotdog

| producer = {{Plainlist|

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Jose Batac Jr.

| editing = Edgardo Vinarao

| music = Hotdog

| studio = NV Productions

| distributor = NV Productions

| released = {{Film date|1979|09|14}}

| country = Philippines

| language = Filipino

}}

Annie Batungbakal is a 1979 Philippine romantic comedy film directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, from a screenplay by Jake Tordesillas. It was loosely based on the 1979 song of the same title by Hotdog Band.

Premise

Annie Batungbakal lives a humdrum existence working as a record shop saleslady. Day in and out, she reports to work and goes home but all this changes when Hilda took her to the disco one night.

Cast

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Production

Nonoy Marcelo, who directed the first animated film Tadhana, provided the animation for a seven-minute opening scene in the film, which features the hot dog version of the band.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-12 |title=Annie Batungbakal, 1979 |url=https://bantaypelikula.blog/2019/09/13/annie-batungbakal-1979/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=Bantay Pelikula |language=en}}

Reception

The film was described as "a take off from the big 1977 Hollywood disco movie hit, Saturday Night Fever"{{Cite book |last=Deocampo |first=Nick |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Film/WzaWDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Annie+Batungbakal&pg=RA1-PT391&printsec=frontcover |title=Film: American Influences on Philippine Cinema |date=2017-11-09 |publisher=Anvil Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-971-27-2896-9 |language=en}} "recount[ing], in disco beat, the sad story of a girl who hides behind the anonymity of her daytime job as a salesgirl, but who reigns at night as disco queen of Manila's Coco Banana".{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Philippines/ny1vAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Annie+Batungbakal&dq=Annie+Batungbakal&printsec=frontcover |title=The Philippines |date=1980 |publisher=College of Staten Island, City University of New York |language=en}} "Most of the Hotdogs' songs tell about Filipino lifestyles in a fun and humorous way."{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Jeremy A. |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Pop_Culture_in_Asia_and_Oceania/PQTHEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Annie+Batungbakal&pg=PA2015&printsec=frontcover |title=Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania |last2=Nadeau |first2=Kathleen |date=2016-08-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-13027-7 |language=en}} David Joel notes that it was "Nonoy Marcelo's only mainstream-format animation effort; and some of the best Hotdog music, satirical pop for now people".{{Cite book |last=David |first=Joel |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Fields_of_Vision/2dpkAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Annie+Batungbakal&dq=Annie+Batungbakal&printsec=frontcover |title=Fields of Vision: Critical Applications in Recent Philippine Cinema |date=1995 |publisher=Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-550-174-3 |language=en}}

References

Category:1979 films

Category:Philippine romantic comedy films

Category:Films directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes