Bikini Chain Gang

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| writer = Fred Olen Ray

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| director = Fred Olen Ray

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| theme_music_composer = Anthony Francis

| country = United States

| language = English

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| producer = Kimberly A. Ray

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| cinematography = T. Max Montgomery

| runtime = 80 minutes

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Bikini Chain Gang is a 2004 American made for cable women in prison erotic film written and directed by Fred Olen Ray (under the pseudonym name Nicholas Juan Medina).{{Citation |title=Bikini Chain Gang (2005) {{!}} MUBI |url=https://mubi.com/pt/pt/films/bikini-chain-gang |access-date=2024-01-05 |language=pt}}

Plot

Jessie is accused of theft and, although she is innocent, she is sent for 5 years in prison. There, all female inmates are dressed in bikinis and subject to constant sexual harassment by the guards.

Production

The film was produced by American Independent Productions and distributed by Image Entertainment and New City Releasing.{{cite web |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=27 October 2014 |title=After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers |url=http://www.craveonline.com/site/780405-midnight-fred-olen-ray-strip-clubs-chainsaw-hookers |access-date=1 January 2017 |website=Crave Online}}

Release

It was broadcast several times in of 2004 at fixed times and on demand on the premium channels Cinemax and Showtime.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

= Home video =

It was released as double feature with Bikini Airways in 2005.{{Citation |title=Bikini Chain Gang / Bikini Airways DVD (Double Feature) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Bikini-Chain-Gang-and-Bikini-Airways-DVD/276741/ |access-date=2024-01-05}}

Reception

The film is considered part of a cult softcore bikini informal film series, all directed by Ray.{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN9kAAAAMAAJ&q=bikini+airways |title=Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts |date=2006 |publisher=Ohio State University Press |isbn=978-0-8142-1022-2 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bETnE2hkrX0C&q=bikini+airways |title=The Spectator |date=2004 |publisher=F.C. Westley |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nanarland |title=Insects – la chronique de Nanarland |url=https://www.nanarland.com/chroniques/nanars-monstrueux/animalier/insects.html |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.nanarland.com |language=fr}} According to Marc Blake in his book about comedy, the comedic dimension of the film is not intentional.{{Cite book |last=Blake |first=Marc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28ezCgAAQBAJ&dq=bikini+chain+gang&pg=PT141 |title=Writing the Comedy Movie |date=2015-12-17 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62892-593-7 |language=en}}

It was rated 8 out of 10 by the B-movie blog Tarstarkas.net.{{cite web |url=http://tarstarkas.net/2011/12/bikini-chain-gang/ |title=Bikini Chain Gang |work=Tarstarkas.net |date=15 December 2011 |accessdate=September 13, 2014}}

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