Ellie (film)

Ellie
Directed by	Peter Wittman
Produced by	Francine Roudine
Written by	Glenn Allen Smith
Starring	Sheila Kennedy Shelley Winters Edward Albert Pat Paulsen George Gobel
Music by	Bob Pickering Charley Pride
Cinematography	George Tirl
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release dates	1984 (1984)
Running time	88 minutes
Language	English

Ellie is a 1984 comedy film directed by Peter Wittman and distributed by Troma Entertainment. Set in the deep south, the film follows the titular barefoot Ellie (Sheila Kennedy); after witnessing her father's murder at the hands of her stepmother and her three lecherous stepbrothers, Ellie vows to avenge her father's death using the only weapon she has: her voluptuous body. The film also features appearances from such noteworthy actors as Shelley Winters, George Gobel, Edward Albert and Pat Paulsen.

External links

Ellie at the Internet Movie Database

Electra

Family	Agamemnon (father) Clytemnestra (mother) Aegisthus (stepfather) Orestes (brother) Iphigenia (sister) Chrysothemis (sister)

Films	Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) Electra (1962) Sandra (1965) The Forgotten Pistolero (1969) Electra, My Love (1974) The Travelling Players (1975) Ellie (1984) Electra (2010)

Operas	Idoménée (1712, Campra) Idomeneo (1780, Mozart) Oresteia (1895, Taneyev) Elektra (1909, Strauss/von Hofmannsthal) discography Leben des Orest (1930, Krenek) Mourning Becomes Electra (1967, Levy/Butler)

Literature	Oresteia (458 BC, Aeschylus) Electra (c. 413 BC, Euripides) Orestes (c. 408 BC, Euripides) Electra (c. 405 BC, Sophocles) Electra (1937, Giraudoux) The Flies (1943, Sartre) Elektra (1971, Wijesinha) Mourning Becomes Electra (1931, O'Neill) Elektra (1981, Marvel)

Art	Orestes and Electra

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