Loosely inspired by George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" and its musical adaptation "My Fair Lady" (George Cukor, 1964), the plot of "The Opening of Misty Beethoven" follows Dr. Seymour Love (played by the always "bad boy" Jamie Gillis), a renowned sexologist who embarks on the ambitious project of transforming Misty (Dolores) Beethoven, a humble

The first 20 minutes or so are set in a restaurant (an actual dining room, not a set) where a famous prostitute, Barbara Broadcast (industry icon Annette Haven), is interviewed by an enthusiastic journalist (C.J. Laing). This long sequence is filled with all sorts of mischief, made all the more exciting by the surreal humor that springs from the ca