Posted on 07/21/2006 8:47:28 AM PDT by Akeirook
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=396762&in_page_id=1773
War of the Worlds star Dakota, 12, has signed up to appear in Hounddog.
The screenplay calls for Fanning's character to be raped in one explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in several other horrifying moments.
A source close to the film said: "The two taboos in Hollywood are child abuse and the killing of animals.
"In this movie, both things happen." Fanning's mother, Joy, and her Hollywood agent, Cindy Osbrink, see the movie, written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, as a possible Oscar vehicle for the pint-size star.
I do beleive it's more for the pleasure of the director than the viewing public. Maybe he has some hidden desire to watch little girl be abused and naked.
It's a woman.
The kid or the animal?
A pic like that makes it that much tougher to explain(argue) the point to your little girl why she can't have that outfit.
Remember Victor Salva? He was convicted years ago of having a boy he was directing in one of his films perform oral sex on him in front of a video camera.
Since his release from prison, Salva has written and directed three films (Powder and the Jeepers Creepers films--produced by Francis Ford Coppola).
And of course, everyone knows what Roman Polanski did.
So I have to wonder what kind of sick pervert Kampmeier is.
Foster was a much more mature 12 year old, though.
Screen capture from "Taxi Driver":
Actually, according to reports on the film I read at imdb.com, prinicpal photography is supposed to wrap today, with the relevant scenes already been shot.
I liked Jodie Foster in Contact. I don't believe I've seen Brooke Shields in anything lately. I think she had a TV show, but I can't recall.
I have several friends who are parents of "working kids." The kids seem to be growing up fine.
"Where are this child's parents?"
At the bank.
Here's the previous work-product of the director of "Hounddog":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368411/
Looks like this director has a thing about under-age-of-consent sex.
Hmmm...Robin Wright Penn (wife of Sean) is in both films.
That's why parents have to put their foot down early. Otherwise, it's katie bar the door
As Layoffs Sweep Movie Studios, Hollywood Fears for Its Future
You mean like Hollywood or Blockbuster? They would not carry the film due to its subject matter. You should try independent stores.
Child abuse is not a taboo. Sexually exploiting 12 year olds is.
I found it and watched some of it because of things I had heard about the film and audience reaction. I may indeed watch the rest of it one day, complete with the coprophagia scene, it's just that I am no hurry to at the moment.
Hollyweird has done this before---
Scorsese's Taxi Driver - Jodie Foster
Brooke Shields in Louis Malles PRETTY BABY.
Jenna Malone plays a victim of child sexual abuse in the disturbing Ba**ard out of Carolina
Then there was the awful thing that Jeremy Irons did in the remake of Lolita---twisted interpretation of the original novel. Directed by Adrian Lyne
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