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Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
- 8/7/2023
- by The A.V. Club Bot
- avclub.com
From every group reality show comes a new star. When Netflix premiered its shiny new “Queer Eye” redux in 2018, an internet crush was anointed in guacamole chef Antoni Porowski, but the true charmer was obviously Jonathan Van Ness. The tinsel-tongued hair flipper introduced the world to a more fluid view of gender presentation for people assumed to be men, slowly and deliberately challenging gender norms with a charming wit and open playfulness. Often working the runways of middle American households in skirts and heels, Van Ness came out as non-binary in 2019 and has since become the most high-profile femme presenting non-binary person.
As their star rose, Van Ness capitalized on their newfound notoriety to build their personal brand, penning a memoir and continuing their solo podcast “Getting Curious,” which launched in 2015 and is still going strong. (The last episode of 2021 featured an interview with queer singer Brandi Carlile.)
Netflix took note.
As their star rose, Van Ness capitalized on their newfound notoriety to build their personal brand, penning a memoir and continuing their solo podcast “Getting Curious,” which launched in 2015 and is still going strong. (The last episode of 2021 featured an interview with queer singer Brandi Carlile.)
Netflix took note.
- 1/4/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne is traveling across the pond to the U.S. to embark on an adventure in her new series The Vivienne Takes Hollywood.
The new World of Wonder six-part series will feature UK’s very first Drag Superstar The Vivienne as she makes her first music video. Along the way she will be joined by different celebrity co-pilots including Tony-award winning singer Marissa Jaret Winokur, comedian and motivational speaker Daniel Franzese, Hollywood legend Bruce Vilanch, world-renowned choreographer Mark Kanemura, local drag expert Chester Lockhart, and special guest Chad Michaels.
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The series is set to debut on April 9 on BBC3 in the UK and will air concurrently in the U.S.
The new World of Wonder six-part series will feature UK’s very first Drag Superstar The Vivienne as she makes her first music video. Along the way she will be joined by different celebrity co-pilots including Tony-award winning singer Marissa Jaret Winokur, comedian and motivational speaker Daniel Franzese, Hollywood legend Bruce Vilanch, world-renowned choreographer Mark Kanemura, local drag expert Chester Lockhart, and special guest Chad Michaels.
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The series is set to debut on April 9 on BBC3 in the UK and will air concurrently in the U.S.
- 3/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries has set a first-look pact with Apple to develop non-fiction features and series.
The deal comes as Imagine is investing heavily in the premium non-fiction arena. The company in June recruited RadicalMedia veteran Justin Wilkes to head Imagine Documentaries as president.
The deal suggests that Apple sees docu films and series as an important element of the video platform the tech giant has been working on for more than 18 months. In September, Apple acquired global rights to the feature doc “The Elephant Queen,” which will screen later this month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Imagine’s push into documentaries began a few years ago with such projects as “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — the Touring Years,” directed by Howard, and “Jay-z’s Made in America,” “Katy Perry: Part of Me,” and “Inside Deep Throat.”
Under Wilkes’ direction, Imagine at present...
The deal comes as Imagine is investing heavily in the premium non-fiction arena. The company in June recruited RadicalMedia veteran Justin Wilkes to head Imagine Documentaries as president.
The deal suggests that Apple sees docu films and series as an important element of the video platform the tech giant has been working on for more than 18 months. In September, Apple acquired global rights to the feature doc “The Elephant Queen,” which will screen later this month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Imagine’s push into documentaries began a few years ago with such projects as “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — the Touring Years,” directed by Howard, and “Jay-z’s Made in America,” “Katy Perry: Part of Me,” and “Inside Deep Throat.”
Under Wilkes’ direction, Imagine at present...
- 1/18/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Imagine Documentaries has begun production on Dads, a feature documentary that Bryce Dallas Howard is directing. The film is described as a humorous look at what it means to be a father in the modern era across the globe. It’s the first feature length documentary set under the banner of the recently formed Imagine Documentaries division led by Justin Wilkes.
Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will produce with Wilkes. Imagine Entertainment Co-Chairman Michael Rosenberg is exec producing. Howard, of course, is the daughter of actor-turned-director and Imagine principal.
Said Ron Howard: “Fatherhood has factored into so many of the stories – both comedies and dramas – I’ve directed and produced, and of course, my experience as a son and a father of four has defined me on a foundational level. But this project will go deeper and be much more revealing in its excavation of the...
Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will produce with Wilkes. Imagine Entertainment Co-Chairman Michael Rosenberg is exec producing. Howard, of course, is the daughter of actor-turned-director and Imagine principal.
Said Ron Howard: “Fatherhood has factored into so many of the stories – both comedies and dramas – I’ve directed and produced, and of course, my experience as a son and a father of four has defined me on a foundational level. But this project will go deeper and be much more revealing in its excavation of the...
- 10/23/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Imagine Entertainment’s Documentaries president Justin Wilkes announced on Wednesday that the company has brought in Emmy and Peabody-winning producer Sara Bernstein to serve as the division’s new executive vice president.
Bernstein, previously an executive at HBO, joins Wilkes in leading the development and production of premium feature docs and non-scripted series while leveraging her longstanding relationships within the filmmaking community.
“I couldn’t possibly think of a better partner than Sara,” Wilkes said in a statement. “For years, I’ve admired her work as a producer, an executive and as someone who is beloved by talent across the board. I’m so excited that we get to work side-by-side and build this new venture together.”
Also Read: Imagine Entertainment Names Karen Lunder as Evp of Production
Bernstein spent 19 years at HBO as a senior vice president at HBO Documentary Films, responsible for overseeing various award-winning documentary films and nonfiction programming for the network.
Bernstein, previously an executive at HBO, joins Wilkes in leading the development and production of premium feature docs and non-scripted series while leveraging her longstanding relationships within the filmmaking community.
“I couldn’t possibly think of a better partner than Sara,” Wilkes said in a statement. “For years, I’ve admired her work as a producer, an executive and as someone who is beloved by talent across the board. I’m so excited that we get to work side-by-side and build this new venture together.”
Also Read: Imagine Entertainment Names Karen Lunder as Evp of Production
Bernstein spent 19 years at HBO as a senior vice president at HBO Documentary Films, responsible for overseeing various award-winning documentary films and nonfiction programming for the network.
- 9/5/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Emmy and Peabody-winning producer Sara Bernstein has been set as executive vice president at Imagine Documentaries, the recently launched division of Imagine Entertainment that is headed by president Justin Wilkes. Bernstein is a 19-year HBO vet, integral in many of the payweb’s seminal documentary films. Bernstein joins Wilkes in leading the development and production of premium feature docs and non-scripted series, and she will leverage her longstanding relationships within that community.
“I couldn’t possibly think of a better partner than Sara,” Wilkes. “For years, I’ve admired her work as a producer, an executive and as someone who is beloved by talent across the board. I’m so excited that we get to work side-by-side and build this new venture together.”
At HBO, the docus that Bernstein has produced and overseen include Judd Apatow’s Emmy-nominated The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, Laura Poitras’ Oscar and Emmy winner Citizenfour,...
“I couldn’t possibly think of a better partner than Sara,” Wilkes. “For years, I’ve admired her work as a producer, an executive and as someone who is beloved by talent across the board. I’m so excited that we get to work side-by-side and build this new venture together.”
At HBO, the docus that Bernstein has produced and overseen include Judd Apatow’s Emmy-nominated The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, Laura Poitras’ Oscar and Emmy winner Citizenfour,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Imagine Documentaries and White Horse Pictures have entered into a multi-year, non-exclusive partnership. The arrangement was brokered by Imagine Entertainment Co-Chairman Michael Rosenberg, Imagine Documentaries President Justin Wilkes and White Horse Pictures Chairman Nigel Sinclair and President Nicholas Ferrall.
They will generate documentaries, which Wilkes will oversee with White Horse’s Docu head Jeanne Elfant-Festa and partner Cassidy Hartmann. Imagine’s expansion into docus was initiated by co-chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
“Brian, Ron and I have had a long and successful relationship with award-winning producer Nigel Sinclair and White Horse, from the film Rush to the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years and now on our documentary on world renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti, which is currently in production. We are excited for this opportunity and to be working together in this newly formed partnership,” said Rosenberg.
Said Sinclair: “We have had a great journey with Brian,...
They will generate documentaries, which Wilkes will oversee with White Horse’s Docu head Jeanne Elfant-Festa and partner Cassidy Hartmann. Imagine’s expansion into docus was initiated by co-chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
“Brian, Ron and I have had a long and successful relationship with award-winning producer Nigel Sinclair and White Horse, from the film Rush to the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years and now on our documentary on world renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti, which is currently in production. We are excited for this opportunity and to be working together in this newly formed partnership,” said Rosenberg.
Said Sinclair: “We have had a great journey with Brian,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have launched Imagine Documentaries, a venture to develop and produce feature documentaries and non-scripted television projects. Grazer and Howard have set to Justin Wilkes to run the division, which will be based in New York. It marks Imagine’s first dedicated Gotham outpost.
Wilkes, who has been the long-time President of Entertainment and a partner at RadicalMedia, has worked closely enough with Grazer and Howard to have developed a shorthand. Wilkes collaborated with Grazer and Howard on Jay Z’s Made in America (on which Howard made his docu debut as director) and more recently on the hit National Geographic series Mars. Wilkes co-created and exec produced that series, whose second season debuts this fall. Imagine has always shown an interest in the documentary, with earlier efforts including Katy Perry: Part of Me, Inside Deep Throat, and Beyond The Mat.
Wilkes, who has been the long-time President of Entertainment and a partner at RadicalMedia, has worked closely enough with Grazer and Howard to have developed a shorthand. Wilkes collaborated with Grazer and Howard on Jay Z’s Made in America (on which Howard made his docu debut as director) and more recently on the hit National Geographic series Mars. Wilkes co-created and exec produced that series, whose second season debuts this fall. Imagine has always shown an interest in the documentary, with earlier efforts including Katy Perry: Part of Me, Inside Deep Throat, and Beyond The Mat.
- 6/26/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
To mark the release of Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures on 1st August, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD. Directed and produced by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat, The Last Beekeeper) Mapplethorpe is an intimate look into the life of a trailblazing artist dedicated to making photography into […]
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- 7/18/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Robert Mapplethorpe decided he was an important artist long before he was even making important art. Growing up in 1950s Queens, New York, he escaped to art school in Brooklyn, searching for a way to transform himself. He was the outcast who took drugs and dressed weird, until he found his path to stardom. That ambition shines through in the new HBO documentary, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures. Directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey — the producers of RuPaul's Drag Race who have also examined oddballs and outliers in documentaries such as Party Monster,...
- 4/5/2016
- Rollingstone.com
It's one of the oldest truisms in Hollywood. Pact with talent for an overhead deal and they'll make their cash cows somewhere else. Universal carries Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's deluxe Imagine deal for years through "The Missing," "Inside Deep Throat" and "Cinderella Man" and where do they make "The Da Vinci Code" and its sequels? Sony. (Since the recession, that deal has been reduced.) In 2006, Sumner Redstone got so mad at gross player Tom Cruise for making more money on "Mission: Impossible III" than Paramount that he kicked him off the lot. Soon after, MGM, in a desperate bid to look good in front of investors, handed Cruise and then producing partner Paula Wagner the keys to the United Artists kingdom. In two years they produced two Cruise vehicles: box-office disaster "Lions for Lambs" and widely panned "Valkyrie," which returned some profits overseas. In fact, the studios have been shedding.
- 3/31/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
★★★☆☆ "You can do it as a hobby, but what are you ever going to do with art?" This was the attitude of Robert Mapplethorpe's father, Harry, who never understood the desire of his mischievous, provocative artistically-inclined son. Robert would go on to become famous for his stylish black and white photography, often challenging in their brazen explicit sexuality. "Look at the pictures" chants an outraged senator spitting flames about this "known homosexual" during a public trail that appears as a bookend to Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures. Filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat) are keen for you to do just that in this candid and absorbing documentary.
- 2/17/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Other deals signed for Crazy About Tiffany’s and The Show of Shows.
Dogwoof has announced all rights sales deals for Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), ahead of its European premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Sunday (Feb 14).
Ana Vicente, head of theatrical sales closed deals in Scandinavia, Baltics and Iceland (Non Stop Entertainment) and Italy (Wanted).
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures received its world premiere at Sundance and is the first feature-length definitive story of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Further deals are expected as Dogwoof fields offers from Germany and France.
In addition, Dogwoof has signed all rights deals for Crazy About Tiffany’s, about the iconic jewellery brand, closed for Japan (Fine Films); Taiwan (Sky Digital Entertainment); and Hong Kong (Edko).
Also, show-stopper circus documentary The Show of Shows by Benedikt Erlingsson has sold to Canada (Kinosmith); Former Yugoslavia...
Dogwoof has announced all rights sales deals for Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), ahead of its European premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Sunday (Feb 14).
Ana Vicente, head of theatrical sales closed deals in Scandinavia, Baltics and Iceland (Non Stop Entertainment) and Italy (Wanted).
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures received its world premiere at Sundance and is the first feature-length definitive story of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Further deals are expected as Dogwoof fields offers from Germany and France.
In addition, Dogwoof has signed all rights deals for Crazy About Tiffany’s, about the iconic jewellery brand, closed for Japan (Fine Films); Taiwan (Sky Digital Entertainment); and Hong Kong (Edko).
Also, show-stopper circus documentary The Show of Shows by Benedikt Erlingsson has sold to Canada (Kinosmith); Former Yugoslavia...
- 2/13/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other deals signed for Crazy About Tiffany’s and The Show of Shows.
Dogwoof has announced all rights sales deals for Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), ahead of its European premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Sunday (Feb 14).
Ana Vicente, head of theatrical sales closed deals in Scandinavia, Baltics and Iceland (Non Stop Entertainment) and Italy (Wanted).
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures received its world premiere at Sundance and is the first feature-length definitive story of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Further deals are expected as Dogwoof fields offers from Germany and France.
In addition, Dogwoof has signed all rights deals for Crazy About Tiffany’s, about the iconic jewellery brand, closed for Japan (Fine Films); Taiwan (Sky Digital Entertainment); and Hong Kong (Edko).
Also, show-stopper circus documentary The Show of Shows by Benedikt Erlingsson has sold to Canada (Kinosmith); Former Yugoslavia...
Dogwoof has announced all rights sales deals for Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (Inside Deep Throat, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), ahead of its European premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand on Sunday (Feb 14).
Ana Vicente, head of theatrical sales closed deals in Scandinavia, Baltics and Iceland (Non Stop Entertainment) and Italy (Wanted).
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures received its world premiere at Sundance and is the first feature-length definitive story of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Further deals are expected as Dogwoof fields offers from Germany and France.
In addition, Dogwoof has signed all rights deals for Crazy About Tiffany’s, about the iconic jewellery brand, closed for Japan (Fine Films); Taiwan (Sky Digital Entertainment); and Hong Kong (Edko).
Also, show-stopper circus documentary The Show of Shows by Benedikt Erlingsson has sold to Canada (Kinosmith); Former Yugoslavia...
- 2/13/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival may have wrapped, but it speaks to the depth of quality programming that there are still little gems to be discovered, and one to keep an eye out for is the documentary, "Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures." From directors Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey ("Party Monster," "Inside Deep Throat"), it's a fresh look at the boundary-pushing and sometimes-controversial work of famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, one they hope shines a new light on the artist. "The controversy surrounding his work cast such a long shadow over it. Only now, more than two decades after he died, can you really look at him through a clear lens," Bailey told The New York Times. Read More: The 18 Best Films Of The 2016 Sundance Film Festival "Like the title of the film says, it’s time to actually look at the pictures and decide for yourself whether this is an artist worthy of long-term attention,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Former Focus Features CEO James Schamus' directorial debut, "Indignation"—which premieres at Sundance later this month—is among the new additions to the Berlinale's Panorama section. Also heading from to Berlin after bowing in Park City are Ira Sachs' "Little Men," with Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle, and Andrew Neel and David Gordon Green's Sundance competition title "Goat," starring Nick Jonas. Read More: "Sundance Adds New Films by Werner Herzog, Kenneth Lonergan, Kelly Reichardt, and Others to 2016 Slate" Flying under the radar is the documentary "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures," from Fenton Bailey and Michael Barbato ("Inside Deep Throat," "Party Monster"), as well as Argentine director Daniel Burman's "The Tenth Man" and Aaron Brookner's archival portrait of his late uncle, Howard Brookner, whose own filmmaking career was cut short by AIDS in 1989. As part of the 30th anniversary...
- 1/14/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
For most horror filmmakers it's a near-impossible task to break the mould or serve audiences up with something they've never seen before.
Courteney Cox and Rose McGowan lead tributes to horror legend Wes Craven
Wes Craven, who passed away yesterday at the age of 76, was different. Over a career spanning five decades he put an immeasurable stamp on the genre on four separate occasions.
Here are four essential Craven horrors that blazed a trail and led others to follow.
1. The Last House on the Left (1972)
After giving up a career as a teacher, Craven moved to New York to break into the film industry. He worked in post-production before making "many hardcore X-rated films" (as revealed in documentary Inside Deep Throat) and shifting into low-budget horror with his 1972 debut The Last House on the Left.
Craven took inspiration from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring to craft a twisted, nasty...
Courteney Cox and Rose McGowan lead tributes to horror legend Wes Craven
Wes Craven, who passed away yesterday at the age of 76, was different. Over a career spanning five decades he put an immeasurable stamp on the genre on four separate occasions.
Here are four essential Craven horrors that blazed a trail and led others to follow.
1. The Last House on the Left (1972)
After giving up a career as a teacher, Craven moved to New York to break into the film industry. He worked in post-production before making "many hardcore X-rated films" (as revealed in documentary Inside Deep Throat) and shifting into low-budget horror with his 1972 debut The Last House on the Left.
Craven took inspiration from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring to craft a twisted, nasty...
- 8/31/2015
- Digital Spy
Lovelace
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Written by Andy Bellin
USA, 2013
In Billy Wilder’s excellent 1951 drama Ace in the Hole, which is a classic showcase of media manipulation, ambitious city-slicker reporter Chuck Tatum (played by an enthusiastic Kirk Douglas) finds himself stuck in Albuquerque, New Mexico with hopes to find that one big story that will jettison him to the big-leagues again. Tatum lucks out when he is informed about a man trapped in a cave-in and uses this opportunity to break big. When Tatum’s photographer asks why this will make a big story, Tatum responds that it’s a “human interest” subject and that if you can get readers to sympathize with the narrative then you have the reader’s attention. But, he also elaborates that a human interest story has to focus on one person; if you focus on others involved with the story,...
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Written by Andy Bellin
USA, 2013
In Billy Wilder’s excellent 1951 drama Ace in the Hole, which is a classic showcase of media manipulation, ambitious city-slicker reporter Chuck Tatum (played by an enthusiastic Kirk Douglas) finds himself stuck in Albuquerque, New Mexico with hopes to find that one big story that will jettison him to the big-leagues again. Tatum lucks out when he is informed about a man trapped in a cave-in and uses this opportunity to break big. When Tatum’s photographer asks why this will make a big story, Tatum responds that it’s a “human interest” subject and that if you can get readers to sympathize with the narrative then you have the reader’s attention. But, he also elaborates that a human interest story has to focus on one person; if you focus on others involved with the story,...
- 1/16/2015
- by Christopher Koenig
- SoundOnSight
The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, the festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The Festival has changed over the decades from a low-profile venue for small-budget, independent creators from outside the Hollywood system to a media extravaganza for Hollywood celebrity actors, paparazzi, and luxury lounges set up by companies that are not affiliated with Sundance.
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the jury members for this year’s Festival. They include Shari Berman, Scott Burns, Charles Ferguson, Nick Fraser, Mike Judge, Justin Lin, Anthony Mackie, Cliff Martinez, Julia Ormond, Dee Rees and Lynn Shelton.
Here is the official press release:
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today the 22 members of the six juries awarding prizes at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,...
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the jury members for this year’s Festival. They include Shari Berman, Scott Burns, Charles Ferguson, Nick Fraser, Mike Judge, Justin Lin, Anthony Mackie, Cliff Martinez, Julia Ormond, Dee Rees and Lynn Shelton.
Here is the official press release:
Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today the 22 members of the six juries awarding prizes at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,...
- 1/10/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Sundance announced the full makeup of their six jury panels this morning and it is chock full of celebrated filmmakers, actors, and cinematic luminaries. Also announced: actress Parker Posey will serve as the host of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Posey is in town for her starring role in Michael Walker's Price Check. The full list of jury members follows: U.S. Documentary Jury Fenton Bailey Fenton Bailey made his Sundance Film Festival debut in 1998 with the documentary Party Monster. He later co-wrote and co-directed a narrative version of Party Monster, which debuted at Sundance in 2003. Fenton has gone on to produce and/or direct seven films launched at the festival, including Inside Deep Throat and, most recently, the Emmy®-nominated documentary Becoming Chaz. In 2010 he produced the Emmy®-winning documentary The...
- 1/10/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Following up on last month’s announcements of the 26 competition films in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as well as the out-of-competition films and special premieres, the Sundance Institute announced the 22 members of the six juries responsible for awarding the prizes at the closing awards ceremony Jan. 28. Chosen for the U.S. Documentary Jury were Inside Deep Throat co-director Fenton Bailey, American Splendor director Shari Berman; Heather Croall, director for Sheffield Doc/Fest, Charles Ferguson, director of Inside Job and editor Kim Roberts. Joining the U.S. Dramatic Jury were Fast Five director Justin Lin, actor Anthony Mackie, musician and composer Cliff Martinez, Your Sister’s Sister director Lynn Shelton and cinematographer Amy Vincent.
- 1/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, and Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.
This weekend a trio of song-singing chipmunks will do box office battle with a charming super sleuth and the ultimate Hollywood rebel. But if the weather outside’s too frightful for you to venture out, enjoy these selected streaming adventures that feature beguiling gumshoes, screwball siblings and brilliant and bizarre showbiz docs — all from the comfort of your couch!
The to sequel Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes has the dapper detective (Robert Downey Jr.) and his devoted Watson (Jude Law) chasing down Holmes’ malevolent nemesis Moriarty (Jared Harris). Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams co-star.
Screen Sherlocks through the ages:
Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946) Basil Rathbone,...
This weekend a trio of song-singing chipmunks will do box office battle with a charming super sleuth and the ultimate Hollywood rebel. But if the weather outside’s too frightful for you to venture out, enjoy these selected streaming adventures that feature beguiling gumshoes, screwball siblings and brilliant and bizarre showbiz docs — all from the comfort of your couch!
The to sequel Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes has the dapper detective (Robert Downey Jr.) and his devoted Watson (Jude Law) chasing down Holmes’ malevolent nemesis Moriarty (Jared Harris). Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams co-star.
Screen Sherlocks through the ages:
Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946) Basil Rathbone,...
- 12/15/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Like Alexander the Great, Steve Prefontaine, and Snow White before her, the late Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace suddenly has several producers prepping biopics simultaneously. The reluctant porn icon made her way into pop culture history with 1972′s Deep Throat, which was used as an informant code name during that year’s Watergate scandal and resurfaced with the Dennis Hopper-narrated documentary Inside Deep Throat, released in 2005 three years after Lovelace’s untimely death.
Today, EW confirmed that Juno Temple (left) and Wes Bentley have been added to the cast of Lovelace, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic, which...
Today, EW confirmed that Juno Temple (left) and Wes Bentley have been added to the cast of Lovelace, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic, which...
- 12/7/2011
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
The cast of Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys Season 2
(all photos courtesy The Sundance Channel)
Sundance Channel's Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, which this Friday launches its second season, is a reality show about relationships where the connections are durable and have been forged over years, not developed between commercial breaks.
This is a show set in Nashville where you'd expect conservative, Bible Belt attitudes to be on display. But actual people with those views are rarely encountered in the living rooms, coffee shops and bars of our protagonists.
This is a show about a stereotype: straight women who form strong attachments to gay males. But don’t be expecting to see toxic traces of Will & Grace – or even Karen & Jack. With one or two exceptions, these women have full, emotionally-satisfying lives that make room for a best friend who happens to be gay.
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys...
(all photos courtesy The Sundance Channel)
Sundance Channel's Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, which this Friday launches its second season, is a reality show about relationships where the connections are durable and have been forged over years, not developed between commercial breaks.
This is a show set in Nashville where you'd expect conservative, Bible Belt attitudes to be on display. But actual people with those views are rarely encountered in the living rooms, coffee shops and bars of our protagonists.
This is a show about a stereotype: straight women who form strong attachments to gay males. But don’t be expecting to see toxic traces of Will & Grace – or even Karen & Jack. With one or two exceptions, these women have full, emotionally-satisfying lives that make room for a best friend who happens to be gay.
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys...
- 11/16/2011
- by Art Reker
- The Backlot
We knew this was likely to happen, and now the MPAA has spoken: Steve McQueen's Shame, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, has earned the film industry's most dubious badge of honor, the Nc-17. The rating was delivered for “some explicit sexual content," designating that no one under 17 is to be admitted under any circumstances. In years past this might have doomed the film as a commercial failure or led to recuts, but things are a bit different with Shame. By my count, only 19 movies have been given (and accepted) the Nc-17 rating since 2000. Of those, far fewer have gone into theaters. You might have been able to see A Serbian Film in a few theaters this year, or Lust, Caution in 2007, or Inside Deep Throat in 2005. But it is pretty rare that a film with this rating goes into theaters, because papers and TV outlets will usually not run materials advertising Nc-17 films.
- 10/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
It's a big week for Olivia Wilde. Cowboys & Aliens, in which she plays a mysterious figure with an...interesting past, looks like it will open huge, despite being fairly lousy. Trailers for In Time, her film with Andrew Niccol and Justin Timberlake, are dropping left [1] and right [2]. And now she's getting into porn. Oops, wait. Olivia Wilde is possibly going to be in a movie about porn. Specifically Lovelace, the Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman film about Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace. E! [3] spoke to the actress, who revealed that she's thinking about taking the role, saying ""It would be a tremendous honor. It's such a cool role. She was a fascinating woman—with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron. It's really fascinating." And, yes, it is a fascinating story as quite a few books and the movie Inside Deep Throat will also tell you.
- 7/29/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Matt Dillon Joins Linda Lovelace Biopic
Screen Daily is reporting that Matt Dillon has joined Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, in the role of Chuck Traynor. The film is a biopic that centres on Linda Lovelace, the star of one of the most successful porn films of all time, Deep Throat. She was also the subject of the interesting 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat. Lindsay Lohan was supposed to play Lovelace in Inferno but was fired and replaced by Watchmen's Malin Akerman.
Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
Screen Daily is reporting that Matt Dillon has joined Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, in the role of Chuck Traynor. The film is a biopic that centres on Linda Lovelace, the star of one of the most successful porn films of all time, Deep Throat. She was also the subject of the interesting 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat. Lindsay Lohan was supposed to play Lovelace in Inferno but was fired and replaced by Watchmen's Malin Akerman.
Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
- 5/17/2011
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Blowjobs: the new being-the-author-of-"In Cold Blood." Last time we had two dueling biographical accounts of a figure's life, we had the two Truman Capote pictures, "Capote" and "Infamous." This time, the subject is Linda Lovelace, the tragic star of the most successful pornographic film of all time, "Deep Throat," who then went on to become an outspoken anti-porn activist. Lovelace was the subject of the 2005 documentary, "Inside Deep Throat," but now a pair of biopics are in the works, with some relatively big names attracted. One, currently without a title, from "Howl" directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, has…...
- 5/16/2011
- The Playlist
Man and Boy
The Tribeca Film Festival ended on Sunday after screening a number of gay-themed films (including the documentary Gone, which I liked a lot). Several gay-themed short films were represented as well:
Man and Boy, which won the festival's best narrative short award, was "inspired" by a 2008 incident in the UK in which a man accused of sexually molesting a teenage boy and subsequently fleeing an angry mob, jumped to his death from an apartment building.
In the film, written and directed by David Leon (with co-director Marcus McSweeney), a teenage boy strongly implies to his father that something nefarious happened in the apartment of the man who has recently moved in upstairs. The outraged father takes a baseball bat to the door of that apartment with the man cowering inside. But what really happened between the man and the boy?
The Tribeca judging committee liked the film...
The Tribeca Film Festival ended on Sunday after screening a number of gay-themed films (including the documentary Gone, which I liked a lot). Several gay-themed short films were represented as well:
Man and Boy, which won the festival's best narrative short award, was "inspired" by a 2008 incident in the UK in which a man accused of sexually molesting a teenage boy and subsequently fleeing an angry mob, jumped to his death from an apartment building.
In the film, written and directed by David Leon (with co-director Marcus McSweeney), a teenage boy strongly implies to his father that something nefarious happened in the apartment of the man who has recently moved in upstairs. The outraged father takes a baseball bat to the door of that apartment with the man cowering inside. But what really happened between the man and the boy?
The Tribeca judging committee liked the film...
- 5/4/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Becoming Chaz Trailer Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato are the film equivalent of sociological documentarians. If ever there was a duo who have damn well...
- 4/30/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Becoming Chaz review at the Sundance Film Festival 2011: The personal story of Chaz Bono is riveting in 'Becoming Chaz' Chaz Bono shines as a riveting subject in documentary. (3.5 stars out of 5) If other documentary directors find their socio-political subjects from the headlines of The New York Times and The Atlantic, co- directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato pull their stories from Page Six and TMZ. Look at their standout docs, Party Monster (1999), about the murderous eighties club kid Michael Alig, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000), about the resilient televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and her husband Jim Bakker, Inside Deep Throat (2005), about the infamous and highly profitable porn movie and its impact on Hollywood, and it’s clear that Bailey and Barbato are a non-fiction team interested in unique celebrities and touchstone moments in America’s pop cultural and sexual history. The documentary...
- 2/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Filed under: Documentaries, Reviews, Sundance Film Festival, Cinematical, Festivals
The excellent documentary 'Becoming Chaz' is an engaging and educational look at one person's journey to make his outsides match his inside. The public eye has been on Chaz (née Chastity) Bono since he was a blond moppet on his parents' variety show, 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' Although Chaz officially came out as a lesbian in '95, it took him much longer to come to terms with his transgender identity. Despite his shyness and a lifetime of discomfort (to say the least) in his own body, Chaz opens up his life, his home and his history for this warm, moving and funny documentary.
Directors and executive producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' 'Party Monster,' 'Inside Deep Throat') have done an excellent job with the massive amount of information,...
The excellent documentary 'Becoming Chaz' is an engaging and educational look at one person's journey to make his outsides match his inside. The public eye has been on Chaz (née Chastity) Bono since he was a blond moppet on his parents' variety show, 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' Although Chaz officially came out as a lesbian in '95, it took him much longer to come to terms with his transgender identity. Despite his shyness and a lifetime of discomfort (to say the least) in his own body, Chaz opens up his life, his home and his history for this warm, moving and funny documentary.
Directors and executive producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' 'Party Monster,' 'Inside Deep Throat') have done an excellent job with the massive amount of information,...
- 1/28/2011
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Filed under: Documentaries, Reviews, Sundance Film Festival, Cinematical, Festivals
The excellent documentary 'Becoming Chaz' is an engaging and educational look at one person's journey to make his outsides match his inside. The public eye has been on Chaz (née Chastity) Bono since he was a blond moppet on his parents' variety show, 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' Although Chaz officially came out as a lesbian in '95, it took him much longer to come to terms with his transgender identity. Despite his shyness and a lifetime of discomfort (to say the least) in his own body, Chaz opens up his life, his home and his history for this warm, moving and funny documentary.
Directors and executive producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' 'Party Monster,' 'Inside Deep Throat') have done an excellent job with the massive amount of information,...
The excellent documentary 'Becoming Chaz' is an engaging and educational look at one person's journey to make his outsides match his inside. The public eye has been on Chaz (née Chastity) Bono since he was a blond moppet on his parents' variety show, 'The Sonny and Cher Show.' Although Chaz officially came out as a lesbian in '95, it took him much longer to come to terms with his transgender identity. Despite his shyness and a lifetime of discomfort (to say the least) in his own body, Chaz opens up his life, his home and his history for this warm, moving and funny documentary.
Directors and executive producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' 'Party Monster,' 'Inside Deep Throat') have done an excellent job with the massive amount of information,...
- 1/28/2011
- by Jenni Miller
- Cinematical
We really can't go two days lately without a James Franco casting story. This particular story is one which might bring him back together with his Howl directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. A year ago we heard the pair were developing a film [1] about porn star Linda Lovelace, based on Eric Danville‘s book The Complete Linda Lovelace. And now Mr. Franco is in talks to play what would be the most unlikeable role of his career to date: Chuck Traynor, the man who discovered and married Linda Lovelace, and reportedly forced her into prostitution and threatened her at gunpoint into performing in Deep Throat. Deadline [2] says that Kate Hudson has been offered the Linda Lovelace role, but that the film has been looking for funding since it was first announced at Sundance last year. James Franco's schedule is going to be a stumbling block, and that situation...
- 1/25/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Closewise from upper left: Rosebud and Sahil; Crstyal and Nathan;
David and Elisa; and Sarah Rose and Joel
Wait. A show about gay men and their female queer-peers? Didn't that meme sputter out around 2003 when Will & Grace started to feel old-hat? And haven't we basically already seen this dynamic in a hundred other reality shows, many of which feature female leads with their gay BFFs? What could there possibly be left to say?
Truthfully, not that much. But it's a credit to Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, which premieres December 7th at 10 Pm on the Sundance Channel, that it's a smart, watchable show anyway.
The key to its success is that, unlike Will & Grace, it isn't really "about" gay guys and their female pals. Sure, the show establishes its gimmick early on, with one of the woman saying, "He's the man who won't ever leave me," and another saying,...
David and Elisa; and Sarah Rose and Joel
Wait. A show about gay men and their female queer-peers? Didn't that meme sputter out around 2003 when Will & Grace started to feel old-hat? And haven't we basically already seen this dynamic in a hundred other reality shows, many of which feature female leads with their gay BFFs? What could there possibly be left to say?
Truthfully, not that much. But it's a credit to Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, which premieres December 7th at 10 Pm on the Sundance Channel, that it's a smart, watchable show anyway.
The key to its success is that, unlike Will & Grace, it isn't really "about" gay guys and their female pals. Sure, the show establishes its gimmick early on, with one of the woman saying, "He's the man who won't ever leave me," and another saying,...
- 12/2/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Review: "All Boys" Documentary Tells the Shocking, Sad Story Behind Prague's Gay Adult Film Industry
At the beginning of the new documentary All Boys, a voice-over expresses a sentiment common in the gay and bisexual male community: "I have no problem with porn. It depends on how it's made. Are the actors volunteers who enjoy what they're doing?"
In the movie, we get a pretty clear answer to that question, at least when it comes to those movies filmed in Prague.
The area became a bustling gay adult movie center in the 1990s when a producer named George Duroy discovered that, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain, there were a lot of extremely attractive, economically disadvantaged young men who were willing to do almost anything for money. He founded Bel Ami
Since then, a huge, albeit informal industry has sprung up in the city (and, we're told, in surrounding European countries). But seemingly unencumbered by regulation (or ethics), the industry...
In the movie, we get a pretty clear answer to that question, at least when it comes to those movies filmed in Prague.
The area became a bustling gay adult movie center in the 1990s when a producer named George Duroy discovered that, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain, there were a lot of extremely attractive, economically disadvantaged young men who were willing to do almost anything for money. He founded Bel Ami
Since then, a huge, albeit informal industry has sprung up in the city (and, we're told, in surrounding European countries). But seemingly unencumbered by regulation (or ethics), the industry...
- 10/29/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Linda Lovelace is probably one of the world’s most famous porn stars and helped bring porn into the mainstream with Deep Throat in 1972. She ultimately turned her back on pornography though and fought against the industry. The story of Deep Throat and Lovelace were previously brought to the screen in the documentary Inside Deep Throat in 2005. Now the almost inevitable biopic is incoming. Entitled Inferno and starring Lindsay Lohan as Lovelace, the film is set to be directed by Matthew Wilder. Below you can see a selection of photos from the shoot for the Inferno posters (also below) which came from Tyler Shield’s website via The Playlist. Lohan can also be seen later this year in Machete and I’m reliably informed by a quick internet search that she has just got out of jail and on her way to rehab. Supposedly the film is still set to go ahead though.
- 8/3/2010
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It's been an overarching goal of the film industry to somehow artistically validate porn. There's Boogie Nights and The People Vs. Larry Flynt. There's even Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno. A few years ago, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer financed a documentary about Linda Lovelace titled Inside Deep Throat. Now two indie directors are looking to bring Linda's real life story to the big screen. According to Variety, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, directors of the upcoming Howl, have signed on to direct Lovelace, a biopic about the woman who was porn actress Linda Lovelace and would eventually become anti-porn activist, Linda Marchiano. The film will reportedly be told through three interviews with the woman throughout her life. "It's a story with great dramatic and psychological dimensions," said Epstein. With the recent critical success of The Notorious Bettie Page, it's easy to assume that if...
- 1/21/2010
- cinemablend.com
Actress Anna Faris has pulled out of producer Brian Grazer's Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno - because the heavy role is too dramatic for her.
The House Bunny star was lined up to play the infamous porn star in a new movie to be be directed by first-timer Matthew Wilder - but now director and producer are on the hunt for a new leading lady.
Faris tells top film news website Moviehole.net, "I'm going to stick to comedies."
Lovelace, real name Linda Boreman, shot to fame after starring in 1972 hardcore porn film Deep Throat, which became a cult underground hit. Ironically Boreman later became a spokeswoman for America's anti-pornography movement.
The actress died from internal injuries following a car crash in Colorado in 2002.
Rocker/actress Courtney Love was reportedly attached to one Lovelace biopic, called Inside Deep Throat, in 2005, but that production stalled.
The House Bunny star was lined up to play the infamous porn star in a new movie to be be directed by first-timer Matthew Wilder - but now director and producer are on the hunt for a new leading lady.
Faris tells top film news website Moviehole.net, "I'm going to stick to comedies."
Lovelace, real name Linda Boreman, shot to fame after starring in 1972 hardcore porn film Deep Throat, which became a cult underground hit. Ironically Boreman later became a spokeswoman for America's anti-pornography movement.
The actress died from internal injuries following a car crash in Colorado in 2002.
Rocker/actress Courtney Love was reportedly attached to one Lovelace biopic, called Inside Deep Throat, in 2005, but that production stalled.
- 9/18/2008
- WENN
MADRID -- The 53rd annual San Sebastian International Film Festival announced Friday that it has brought together 12 favorites of the past festival season for its Zabaltegi-Festival Top sidebar. The section includes Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers and Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know. Other films included are: Woody Allen's Match Point, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's Inside Deep Throat, Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now and Carlos Reygadas' Batalla en el Cielo. Abel Ferrara's Mary will open the event.
- 8/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Controversial rocker Courtney Love will star as Deep Throat actress Linda Lovelace in a forthcoming biopic of the legendary 1970s porn star. Love, who previously played the wife of pornography mogul Larry Flynt in The People Vs Larry Flynt, has agreed to appear in Lovelace to be written by Merritt Johnson. The late porn actress, real name Linda Boreman, maintained she was never paid for 1972 movie Deep Throat, which was banned in 23 American states, but still went on to earn approximately $600 million. Lovelace became a leading feminist and anti-porn campaigner before dying in April 2002, aged 53, after sustaining injuries in a car crash.
- 3/30/2005
- WENN
PARK CITY -- Deep Throat is still the most successful indie film ever made, a $25,000 porn flick released in 1972 that may have grossed -- no one was really counting -- $600 million. So what better place to premiere Inside Deep Throat, a film by Sundance veterans Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), than here at the king of indie fests?
The docu turns out to be an often provocative and perceptive look at the history of the porn business in America, the cultural wars the movie fed into and the lives of some who worked on the film.
Since forces on the right are currently galvanized for a renewed attack on civil liberties and freedom of expression, Inside Deep Throat is making a timely appearance. The film, which Universal will release nationally Feb. 11, looks like another documentary boxoffice winner.
When asked about the landmark film he made more than 30 years ago, director Gerard Damiano (a.k.a. Jerry Gerard) admits, "No, I don't think it's a very good movie." Which has to be the most irrelevant fact one can state about Deep Throat.
A poorly shot, absurd sex comedy constructed around its star's remarkable ability at fellatio, the movie opened in Times Square at the height of the war being waged by the counterculture and sexual liberation movements against a belligerent establishment. While Erica Jong's comment that suddenly sex was out of the closet may be overstating things, the movie certainly marked the first time grandmothers stood in line to watch porn and talk show hosts and The New York Times could make references to a sex act, then considered illicit in some states, which few had any trouble understanding.
The movie traces several themes emanating from this cultural phenomenon. First there are the damaged lives of the film's stars, Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems, an assistant camera drafted into the male starring role while on location in Florida. Then there is the growth of porn, which many filmmakers and artists saw as having artistic as well as commercial potential if it could cross over into the mainstream. That never happened.
The film also navigates through the legal and political battles this film and others faced including a presidential commission's investigation into pornography and society, which was roundly ignored by the government when the commission reached the "wrong" conclusions.
For the most part, Bailey and Barbato succeed in weaving together these various themes, thanks to smart editing by William Grayburn and Jeremy Simmons. Linda Lovelace, who disowned the film in a memoir that claimed she shot it under duress, later seemed to embrace her former image in a sexy magazine layout. She died in an auto accident in 2002 dead broke, according to her sister.
Reems suffered federal prosecution. While he prevailed, this sent his life into a downward spiral of alcoholism. Thankfully, he has recovered and lives here in Park City, where he has a real estate license.
For interviews, the filmmakers astutely cast a wide net, bringing before their cameras people not always connected to the film yet with insight into the issues it raised. These talking heads include Norman Mailer, Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Alan Dershowitz, Camille Paglia, Gore Vidal and Reems' zealous prosecutor, Larry Parrish. A narration delivered by Dennis Hopper is unobtrusive, appearing only when necessary.
The salient point here is that Deep Throat can be seen as one of the first battles of the culture wars that still divide this nation. The choice of interviewees tilt the viewpoint heavily in favor of freedom of expression, yet both sides conclude that damage has been done and the wars are far from over.
There seems to be no middle ground on this issue, just as there never was any intersection between mainstream and porn. Movies such as Last Tango in Paris and, more recently, 9 Songs hint at the possibilities. But when an actor such as Reems can be hauled into court for accepting a movie role, little wonder those possibilities remain unexplored.
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Universal Pictures
An Imagine Entertainment in association with HBO Documentary Films presentation of a Brian Grazer Production in association with World of Wonder
Credits:
Writers/directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Producer: Brian Grazer, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Co-producer: Mona Card
Executive producer: Kim Roth
Directors of photography: David Kempner, Teodoro Maniaci
Editors: William Grayburn, Jeremy Simmons
Music: David Steinberg
MPAA rating: NC-17
Running time -- 88 minutes...
The docu turns out to be an often provocative and perceptive look at the history of the porn business in America, the cultural wars the movie fed into and the lives of some who worked on the film.
Since forces on the right are currently galvanized for a renewed attack on civil liberties and freedom of expression, Inside Deep Throat is making a timely appearance. The film, which Universal will release nationally Feb. 11, looks like another documentary boxoffice winner.
When asked about the landmark film he made more than 30 years ago, director Gerard Damiano (a.k.a. Jerry Gerard) admits, "No, I don't think it's a very good movie." Which has to be the most irrelevant fact one can state about Deep Throat.
A poorly shot, absurd sex comedy constructed around its star's remarkable ability at fellatio, the movie opened in Times Square at the height of the war being waged by the counterculture and sexual liberation movements against a belligerent establishment. While Erica Jong's comment that suddenly sex was out of the closet may be overstating things, the movie certainly marked the first time grandmothers stood in line to watch porn and talk show hosts and The New York Times could make references to a sex act, then considered illicit in some states, which few had any trouble understanding.
The movie traces several themes emanating from this cultural phenomenon. First there are the damaged lives of the film's stars, Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems, an assistant camera drafted into the male starring role while on location in Florida. Then there is the growth of porn, which many filmmakers and artists saw as having artistic as well as commercial potential if it could cross over into the mainstream. That never happened.
The film also navigates through the legal and political battles this film and others faced including a presidential commission's investigation into pornography and society, which was roundly ignored by the government when the commission reached the "wrong" conclusions.
For the most part, Bailey and Barbato succeed in weaving together these various themes, thanks to smart editing by William Grayburn and Jeremy Simmons. Linda Lovelace, who disowned the film in a memoir that claimed she shot it under duress, later seemed to embrace her former image in a sexy magazine layout. She died in an auto accident in 2002 dead broke, according to her sister.
Reems suffered federal prosecution. While he prevailed, this sent his life into a downward spiral of alcoholism. Thankfully, he has recovered and lives here in Park City, where he has a real estate license.
For interviews, the filmmakers astutely cast a wide net, bringing before their cameras people not always connected to the film yet with insight into the issues it raised. These talking heads include Norman Mailer, Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Alan Dershowitz, Camille Paglia, Gore Vidal and Reems' zealous prosecutor, Larry Parrish. A narration delivered by Dennis Hopper is unobtrusive, appearing only when necessary.
The salient point here is that Deep Throat can be seen as one of the first battles of the culture wars that still divide this nation. The choice of interviewees tilt the viewpoint heavily in favor of freedom of expression, yet both sides conclude that damage has been done and the wars are far from over.
There seems to be no middle ground on this issue, just as there never was any intersection between mainstream and porn. Movies such as Last Tango in Paris and, more recently, 9 Songs hint at the possibilities. But when an actor such as Reems can be hauled into court for accepting a movie role, little wonder those possibilities remain unexplored.
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Universal Pictures
An Imagine Entertainment in association with HBO Documentary Films presentation of a Brian Grazer Production in association with World of Wonder
Credits:
Writers/directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Producer: Brian Grazer, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Co-producer: Mona Card
Executive producer: Kim Roth
Directors of photography: David Kempner, Teodoro Maniaci
Editors: William Grayburn, Jeremy Simmons
Music: David Steinberg
MPAA rating: NC-17
Running time -- 88 minutes...
BERLIN -- Two very different approaches to sex and cinema were on display here Sunday as the documentary Inside Deep Throat blew into town and French director Catherine Breillat delivered a lecture on directing intimate scenes. Directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, Inside drew a full house for its first press screening as part of the Panorama sidebar. The movie astutely reassesses the impact of Gerard Damiano's seminal 1972 erotic picture Deep Throat, both on society's attitudes to on-screen sex and on those who took part in the movie, notably its star, Linda Lovelace. Made for $25,000, the film went on to gross more than $600 million.
- 2/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony's Hitch arrived in first place at the weekend boxoffice with a better-than-expected estimate of $45.3 million, according to Sunday's studio figures. The romantic comedy starring Will Smith was expected to debut in the $30 million range. Playing in 3,575 locations, the PG-13-rated affair averaged $12, 671 per theater. The weekend's only other new wide release, Buena Vista's animated Pooh's Heffalump Movie opened at No. 5 with an estimated $6 million. In second place was the horror entry Boogeyman from Sony's Screen Gems unit with an estimated $10.8 million, down 43% from its first place finish a week ago. 20th Century Fox's Are We There Yet? held steady in third place with an estimated $8.5 million. Warner Bros.' Million Dollar Baby moved up one spot to fourth with an estimated $7.6 million. Among limited release debuts, Magnolia's actioner Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior collected an estimated $1.3 million from 387 locations. Miramax's Bride and Prejudice debuted to an estimated $388,000 from 32 locations for a $12,125 average. Universal's NC-17-rated documentary Inside Deep Throat came away with an estimated $91,000 from 12 locations. Final figures will be released Monday.
- 2/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY -- Deep Throat is still the most successful indie film ever made, a $25,000 porn flick released in 1972 that may have grossed -- no one was really counting -- $600 million. So what better place to premiere Inside Deep Throat, a film by Sundance veterans Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), than here at the king of indie fests?
The docu turns out to be an often provocative and perceptive look at the history of the porn business in America, the cultural wars the movie fed into and the lives of some who worked on the film.
Since forces on the right are currently galvanized for a renewed attack on civil liberties and freedom of expression, Inside Deep Throat is making a timely appearance. The film, which Universal will release nationally Feb. 11, looks like another documentary boxoffice winner.
When asked about the landmark film he made more than 30 years ago, director Gerard Damiano (a.k.a. Jerry Gerard) admits, "No, I don't think it's a very good movie." Which has to be the most irrelevant fact one can state about Deep Throat.
A poorly shot, absurd sex comedy constructed around its star's remarkable ability at fellatio, the movie opened in Times Square at the height of the war being waged by the counterculture and sexual liberation movements against a belligerent establishment. While Erica Jong's comment that suddenly sex was out of the closet may be overstating things, the movie certainly marked the first time grandmothers stood in line to watch porn and talk show hosts and The New York Times could make references to a sex act, then considered illicit in some states, which few had any trouble understanding.
The movie traces several themes emanating from this cultural phenomenon. First there are the damaged lives of the film's stars, Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems, an assistant camera drafted into the male starring role while on location in Florida. Then there is the growth of porn, which many filmmakers and artists saw as having artistic as well as commercial potential if it could cross over into the mainstream. That never happened.
The film also navigates through the legal and political battles this film and others faced including a presidential commission's investigation into pornography and society, which was roundly ignored by the government when the commission reached the "wrong" conclusions.
For the most part, Bailey and Barbato succeed in weaving together these various themes, thanks to smart editing by William Grayburn and Jeremy Simmons. Linda Lovelace, who disowned the film in a memoir that claimed she shot it under duress, later seemed to embrace her former image in a sexy magazine layout. She died in an auto accident in 2002 dead broke, according to her sister.
Reems suffered federal prosecution. While he prevailed, this sent his life into a downward spiral of alcoholism. Thankfully, he has recovered and lives here in Park City, where he has a real estate license.
For interviews, the filmmakers astutely cast a wide net, bringing before their cameras people not always connected to the film yet with insight into the issues it raised. These talking heads include Norman Mailer, Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Alan Dershowitz, Camille Paglia, Gore Vidal and Reems' zealous prosecutor, Larry Parrish. A narration delivered by Dennis Hopper is unobtrusive, appearing only when necessary.
The salient point here is that Deep Throat can be seen as one of the first battles of the culture wars that still divide this nation. The choice of interviewees tilt the viewpoint heavily in favor of freedom of expression, yet both sides conclude that damage has been done and the wars are far from over.
There seems to be no middle ground on this issue, just as there never was any intersection between mainstream and porn. Movies such as Last Tango in Paris and, more recently, 9 Songs hint at the possibilities. But when an actor such as Reems can be hauled into court for accepting a movie role, little wonder those possibilities remain unexplored.
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Universal Pictures
An Imagine Entertainment in association with HBO Documentary Films presentation of a Brian Grazer Production in association with World of Wonder
Credits:
Writers/directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Producer: Brian Grazer, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Co-producer: Mona Card
Executive producer: Kim Roth
Directors of photography: David Kempner, Teodoro Maniaci
Editors: William Grayburn, Jeremy Simmons
Music: David Steinberg
MPAA rating: NC-17
Running time -- 88 minutes...
The docu turns out to be an often provocative and perceptive look at the history of the porn business in America, the cultural wars the movie fed into and the lives of some who worked on the film.
Since forces on the right are currently galvanized for a renewed attack on civil liberties and freedom of expression, Inside Deep Throat is making a timely appearance. The film, which Universal will release nationally Feb. 11, looks like another documentary boxoffice winner.
When asked about the landmark film he made more than 30 years ago, director Gerard Damiano (a.k.a. Jerry Gerard) admits, "No, I don't think it's a very good movie." Which has to be the most irrelevant fact one can state about Deep Throat.
A poorly shot, absurd sex comedy constructed around its star's remarkable ability at fellatio, the movie opened in Times Square at the height of the war being waged by the counterculture and sexual liberation movements against a belligerent establishment. While Erica Jong's comment that suddenly sex was out of the closet may be overstating things, the movie certainly marked the first time grandmothers stood in line to watch porn and talk show hosts and The New York Times could make references to a sex act, then considered illicit in some states, which few had any trouble understanding.
The movie traces several themes emanating from this cultural phenomenon. First there are the damaged lives of the film's stars, Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems, an assistant camera drafted into the male starring role while on location in Florida. Then there is the growth of porn, which many filmmakers and artists saw as having artistic as well as commercial potential if it could cross over into the mainstream. That never happened.
The film also navigates through the legal and political battles this film and others faced including a presidential commission's investigation into pornography and society, which was roundly ignored by the government when the commission reached the "wrong" conclusions.
For the most part, Bailey and Barbato succeed in weaving together these various themes, thanks to smart editing by William Grayburn and Jeremy Simmons. Linda Lovelace, who disowned the film in a memoir that claimed she shot it under duress, later seemed to embrace her former image in a sexy magazine layout. She died in an auto accident in 2002 dead broke, according to her sister.
Reems suffered federal prosecution. While he prevailed, this sent his life into a downward spiral of alcoholism. Thankfully, he has recovered and lives here in Park City, where he has a real estate license.
For interviews, the filmmakers astutely cast a wide net, bringing before their cameras people not always connected to the film yet with insight into the issues it raised. These talking heads include Norman Mailer, Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Alan Dershowitz, Camille Paglia, Gore Vidal and Reems' zealous prosecutor, Larry Parrish. A narration delivered by Dennis Hopper is unobtrusive, appearing only when necessary.
The salient point here is that Deep Throat can be seen as one of the first battles of the culture wars that still divide this nation. The choice of interviewees tilt the viewpoint heavily in favor of freedom of expression, yet both sides conclude that damage has been done and the wars are far from over.
There seems to be no middle ground on this issue, just as there never was any intersection between mainstream and porn. Movies such as Last Tango in Paris and, more recently, 9 Songs hint at the possibilities. But when an actor such as Reems can be hauled into court for accepting a movie role, little wonder those possibilities remain unexplored.
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Universal Pictures
An Imagine Entertainment in association with HBO Documentary Films presentation of a Brian Grazer Production in association with World of Wonder
Credits:
Writers/directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Producer: Brian Grazer, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Co-producer: Mona Card
Executive producer: Kim Roth
Directors of photography: David Kempner, Teodoro Maniaci
Editors: William Grayburn, Jeremy Simmons
Music: David Steinberg
MPAA rating: NC-17
Running time -- 88 minutes...
- 1/24/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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