Posted on 05/22/2019 1:09:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Paramount Pictures’ R-rated “Rocketman” will be the “first major studio to depict gay male sex onscreen," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is about homosexual singer Elton John’s rise to fame. It will be distributed at cinemas throughout the United States and Canada. It features Taron Egerton as Elton John and Richard Madden, who plays as one of John’s homosexual partners.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "There were multiple scenes that included men kissing, simulated oral sex and a steamy bedroom scene with both Egerton and Madden unclothed."
"Rocketman" reportedly received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, creating hopes that producers will cash in. “Bohemian Rhapsody” depicted the life of bisexual rock star Freddie Mercury and brought in $900 million after its 2018 release. It bested, for example, “Walk the Line” and its portrayal of country crooner Johnny Cash.
However, previous movies produced or distributed by the big Hollywood studios have also featured sodomitic acts.
For example, “Call Me by Your Name” was produced by Sony Pictures and depicted a man seducing a teenage boy. The film won numerous awards, including its selection by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as a top 10 film for 2017. “Moonlight” featured an all-black cast and depicted homo-sex exchanged by two adolescent boys. “Brokeback Mountain,” released by Focus Features, included adultery and homo-sex. Sony Pictures and Focus Features have been dubbed specialty labels in the movie industry, as opposed to Paramount, which is associated with big-ticket shows.
Also, back in the 1970s and ‘80s, films such as “Cruising,” which starred Oscar-winner Al Pacino, was produced by United Artists and featured homo-sex and a serial killer.
According to The Reporter, Egerton — who plays John — expressed surprise overreactions to the male kissing depicted in “Rocketman.”
"Everyone is obsessed with it," he said. "For me, kissing a man onscreen is no less appealing than kissing a woman onscreen. I'm not in any way repulsed by the male form. It's an uncomfortable thing regardless of who you're with — it makes no difference as to your sexual preference."
As for financial success for the biopic, Egerton said he is at peace with however much money it makes. “But I hope it does really, really well. If it made half of ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), it would be terrific for my career," he said, according to The Reporter.
Then I shall not attend.
Shep smith will be drooling in the front row.
Filth, garbage, trash, crap, sh*t; did I miss any adjectives? I hope Paramount loses its shirt on this subhuman sewage.
No, thanks!
If they wanted to make a movie about “Elton’s” greatness:
1: They shouldn’t have made it about homosexual sex
2: They should have made it about Bernie Taupin, not Elton.
Wow! I bet that movie breaks records at the box office . . . the lowest viewership of any movie in history. Probably only cater to less than 2% of the American population.
It will probably have a time even trying to make $10.
well then I definitely will drop it from my bucket list. Thanx
Oh joy.
BTW, what was “Brokeback Mountain” if not the first?
What a shame and a waste.
Elton John has had dozens of hits over the past 50 years; One of the greatest songwriters/singers/musicians in all of popular music.
Yet when they make a movie about him, they choose to focus on his deviant sex life instead.
How very pathetic and sad. It’s an ultimate sell-out on his part. -”never mind my music...see, watch me be QUEER!”
So it’s being distributed in Canada, while Unplanned is banned. Figgers.
The hero of the movie is Bernie.
Madden lives with a long time girlfriend.
He is GAY. So are you saying he is bisexual???
They broke up.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/inside-richard-maddens-love-life-13849919
So why is it all about him being gay now? Seems weird. Maybe she was his beard.
Wonder if Paramount will market this film to Muslim countries?
okay so madden must like women and men...I am very confused.
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/bodyguard-actor-richard-madden-bullied-over-weight-as-child/
Madden says the Scottish village he grew up in was not the best place for a fat, gay boy
Porn
Okay but he is dating all women.
might be similar to bradley cooper who is rumored to contract out with females to play his Female companion.
Maybe Madden has come out of the closet.
Not really sure what the deal is. I just know I have seen a lot of articles that he faces obstacles in getting cast for Bond because he is gay.
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