I Need (film)

I Need (or I Need a Man) is a 1967 American drama film about a disturbed teenager.[2][3]

I Need
Directed byFerd Sebastian
Written byBeverly Sebastian as "Ann Cawthorne"
Produced byFerd Sebastsian
Beverly Sebastian
StarringCeci Weathers
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000[1]

It was the first movie from Beverly and Fred Sebastian who self financed it for $7,000 and filmed it around Houston. The Sebastians distributed the films themselves and managed to recoup their money, launching their careers.[1][4] [5]

Premise

A woman is assaulted and becomes a nymphomaniac.

Cast
  • Ceci Weathers as Ceci
  • Tom Hunter as Alex
  • Jay Froman as Murry
  • Sylvia Froman sa Mother

Production

The credited writer "Ann Cawthorne" was a psedonym for Beverly Sebastian.[6]

Ferd Sebastian later said "Like in most of our films we did all the work. But in that one I mean all, there was only the two of us and the cast which was about 4 people."[7]

Reception

Ferd Sebastian said "it is the only picture we ever made in black and white and that was too artsy... it has a little sex and it has a little of this but it's very artsy. It looks like a Fellini film or something."[8]

The Sebastians said the film was not making money in cinemas until a distributor bought the film, and created a poster using a still from the movie where a woman looks like she is having sex, then added the log line "I need a man." This was a successful technique although the Sebastians recognised it misrepresented the film.[8]

A 1993 article said the film had made several hundred thousand dollars.[9]

References
  1. "Sebastian productions are a family affair". The Bastrop Daily Enterprise. 10 October 1973. p. 6.
  2. "The Hitchhikers Explains Why Teens Run Away". The Leaf-Chronicle. 14 May 1972. p. 37.
  3. Free, Erin (6 July 2023). "Unsung Auteurs: Beverly & Ferd Sebastian". Filmink.
  4. "Very simple film set for Tallahassee premiere tomorrow". Tallahassee Democrat. 22 May 1975. p. 13.
  5. ""The Hitchhikers" - Newest film from husband and wife". The Daily Review. 4 April 1972. p. 6.
  6. "Loose talk loses lives - interview with Ferd Sebastian". Hysteria Lives.
  7. "Interview with Ferd Sebastian from 1999". Mondo Stumpo. 25 November 2007.
  8. "Ferd and Beverly Sebastian". Videscope. Fall 2018. p. 22.
  9. White, Victoria (16 April 1993). "The good the bad the redneck". Tampa Bay Times. p. 3.
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