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''Sugar Cookies'' (also known as ''Love Me My Way'') is a 1973 American
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directed by Theodore Gershuny. It was co-written by future president of
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and produced by future director
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.


Plot

When an attractive young model (
Lynn Lowry Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She is known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult films '' I Drink Your Blood'' (1970), George A. Romero's '' The Crazies'' ...
) is tricked into committing suicide on camera by her pornographer boyfriend, her
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partner (
Mary Woronov Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, writer, and Figurative art, figurative painter. She is primarily known as a cult film star because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has ...
) has a vengeful plan: with the help of an exact lookalike of her lover, she hatches a scheme to take down the sleazy drug dealer for good.


Cast

* George Shannon - Max Pavell *
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- Camilla Stone *
Lynn Lowry Linda Kay "Lynn" Lowry (born October 15, 1947) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She is known for her work in horror films, having appeared in the cult films '' I Drink Your Blood'' (1970), George A. Romero's '' The Crazies'' ...
- Alta Leigh / Julie Kent *
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- Helene * Maureen Byrnes - Dola * Daniel Sadur - Gus *
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- Roderick *
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- Max's Secretary


Production

Kaufman wrote the film in 1973 and, along with Theodore Gershuny and Ami Artzi, formed a film company called Armor Films in order to produce it. Kaufman was able to raise $100,000 himself and was set to direct, hiring friend
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to associate produce. Before production, Kaufman decided to hand the position of director over to the more experienced Gershuny, who, in return, rewrote Kaufman's script and cast his then-wife Mary Woronov.


See also

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'', the directorial debut of
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* '' The Party at Kitty and Stud's'', the debut of
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'', with
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,
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,
John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Britis ...
and
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, former pornographic film director *
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, former pornographic screenwriter


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