Dakota Fanning to be raped onscreen

[Hammock Parties]

This is disturbing. I hope people boycott this movie because there's no need for crap like this.


Dakota, 12, to star in 'disturbing paedophile film'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1773

Child actress Dakota Fanning will appear in a controversial new movie featuring paedophile scenes.

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.

But despite Fanning's status as a bankable actress - whose movies, including last year's War of the Worlds have earned more than half a billion dollars since 2001 - the alarming material seems to have scared off potential investors, according to the New York Daily News.

The film charts the life of a girl who is abused and finds solace in the music of Elvis Presley.

Fanning's carefully choreographed rape scene has already been filmed. But then the production - which also stars Robin Wright Penn, David Morse and Piper Laurie - was stopped because of a lack of money.

But emergency investors were found and the movie is set to be finished by the end of the week.

"It's not just the rape scene - the whole story is challenging Dakota as an actress," Fanning's agent, Osbrink, said.

"And I've never been so proud of her in my life. In every scene she gets better and better."

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by FAX

I just saw a series of interviews with people exiting the film at Sundance. It was a mix of "No comment" and "Disturbing" with a smattering of "Very emotional" mixed in.

It sounds like a cross between a chick flick and a slasher movie, to me. I don't think I'll see this one.

FAX

And those glowing endorsements were from people who were twisted enough to sit through it in the first place. Sounds like a real cinematic masterpiece.

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by Guru

Tom Cruise is funding it also.

Tom Cruise, the chosen one. Don't you know?

January 23, 2007

According to a Scientology leader, everybody will bow down and answer to Tom Cruise in years to come.

Yeah, okay.

The actor, who is a devout follower, has been hailed by leaders of the faith as the "chosen one" who will spread the word of the religion and is being considered the "Christ" of Scientlogy.

High-ranking Scientologist David Miscavige is convinced in years to come 44-year-old Cruise will be worshipped like Jesus all over the world as he becomes a prophet for the religion.

A source close to the actor is quoted by Britain's The Sun newspaper as saying, "Tom has been told he is Scientology's Christ-like figure. Just like Christ, he has been criticized for his views. But future generations will realize he was right, just like Jesus."

Cruise, who is one of the top ranking Scientologists, joined the Church of Scientology in the mid-80s and his wife Katie Holmes has also converted the faith.

The religion's founder, science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that extra terrestrial beings were sent to planet Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu, who then blew up the aliens with hydrogen bombs in a volcano.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by frazod

And those glowing endorsements were from people who were twisted enough to sit through it in the first place. Sounds like a real cinematic masterpiece.

Yup.

I also had the mixed-fortune to witness an interview with some guy on Fox .... it was some ex-child actor no one's ever heard of ... who made the statement that the act of merely handing the script to any other 12 year old girl would be a crime in most states.

Interesting point.

FAX

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

The religion's founder, science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that extra terrestrial beings were sent to planet Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu, who then blew up the aliens with hydrogen bombs in a volcano.

I guess Xenu won't be winning any employer of the year awards...

[FAX]

Now I know why those little grey bastards are so testy. I wonder what ever happened to Xenu, though.

Got a hair transplant and changed his name to Kim Jong-il?

FAX

[ChiefaRoo]

Originally Posted by FAX

Now I know why those little grey bastards are so testy. I wonder what ever happened to Xenu, though.

Got a hair transplant and changed his name to Kim Jong-il?

FAX

I have a chiropractor friend of mine who is a scientologist. She's a bright woman. I wonder if she really believes this crap. I mean gee whiz Tom Cruise became famous for dancing in his underwear after coming from an abusive household where his dad beat his arse all the time growing up. I like the guys acting but he seems to have gone off the deep end.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by SPchief

And once again, Hootie shows that he is all class.

hahahahahahaha...

You guys are hilarious.

[Priest4Prez]

Hootie=Tom Cruise

[boogblaster]

Hootie mad, him and Huard were to act in a gay-porn movie..Huard backed-out stating, Hootie was too personnaly involved ....

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by go bo

this kid is like 12 going on 90...

and she's a seasoned actress, i don't really think she is being exploited...

she can tell the difference between acting and real life, imo...

if she can make a bazillion dollars for playing a controversial role, more power to her...

I wish I had a dollar for every time I have seen this said about a young actor or actress....I sure as heck wouldn't have to work for a living.

mmaddog
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[jcroft]

Forgive me for stating the INCREDIBLY ****ING OBVIOUS, but not a single one of you have seen this movie. Not a single one of you know what actually happens in it. You're all ASSUMING there is nudity (from what I've read of the screening, there isn't). You're ASSUMING there wasn't an of-age body double used in the rape scene (there is some speculation there is). You're ASSUMING you know the nature of this scene (it's been called "violent" several times -- how do you know?).

As mcan has pointed out repeatedly, 12 year old have been seen both nude and raped in film before. There is precedent for this. Now, that might not make it okay in your eyes, but it certainly puts to rest any suggestions the director will be "locked up for child porn."

Bottom line: if you, or your child, doesn't understand the difference between reality and fiction, then YOU OR YOUR CHILD have a problem. The director of this movie is not the problem. YOU ARE. Teach your kids the difference between right and wrong, and art (movies, music, video games, etc.) won't be an effective trigger.

And please, for God's sake -- wait until you actually SEE a film before spouting off about all the evils it may or may not even contains. Damn.

[Saulbadguy]

I kind of wonder why seeing a movie that has gruesome murders in it and serial killers is less morally reprehensible than a movie that has child rape in it.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I kind of wonder why seeing a movie that has gruesome murders in it and serial killers is less morally reprehensible than a movie that has child rape in it.

Because it's ART!

Is Roman Polanski directing?

[ChiefaRoo]

Here's some more info on this movie.

"Hounddog," the simply awful movie in which 12-year-old Dakota Fanning’s character is raped, has no buyers.

"No one wants it after the terrible reviews," one distributor told me, just as we were sitting down to see another disaster, J.P. Schaefer’s "Chapter 27."

Indeed, the people associated with The Weinstein Company, IFC Films and First Look were among those who instantly agreed that they had no interest in "Hounddog."

At this rate, this exercise in bad taste may wind up being a DVD collector’s item. Same thing for "Chapter 27," from which many fled before it ended in the two audiences that have seen it.

Meanwhile, the producers of "Hounddog" trotted out Fanning yesterday to defend the film in places like USA Today and at another press conference.

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Indeed, 12-year-old Cody Hanford, who plays Fanning’s boyfriend in the provocative and poorly written outing, may actually become more of the focus than even the star.

In the film, his character lures Fanning’s into a barn and then watches as she’s raped. Hanford and Fanning also have numerous kissing scenes, some in which they’re half-dressed.

Yesterday, Variety’s Todd McCarthy was one of several reviewers who echoed my complaints about the hoary plot, terrible dialogue and clichés marking every scene.

With the above-mentioned distributors out, it’s unlikely now that any major buyer will take "Hounddog." And that’s just as well, considering that its release is sure to spark more outrage, protests and calls for investigations.

The strange part is that, in the long run, the movie itself is only offensive because it’s so bad. The real culprits aren’t the filmmakers, but the parents of the young actors.

Yesterday I spoke to Joy Pervis, the Atlanta agent who discovered Dakota and her sister, Elle. She’s since signed Cody and Isabelle Fuhrmann, the other child in the film.

Pervis told me she’s basically in favor of the film and trusts the Fannings’ judgment. "They’re a good Christian family," she said.

But plenty of publicists who’ve worked on movies with either Fanning girl have stories about their mother, Joy.

"She’s a real stage mother," one of them said at the screening. "The negotiations just go on and on."

But back to "Hounddog." Since I am one of the few who’ve actually seen it, let me explain something important. There is no point that I can find to the child’s rape.

Once it happens, it’s never discussed. The culprit is never accused or apprehended. The child never tells her story to anyone. There’s no great moment of revelation that could possibly help someone who’s watching the film. It’s simply there for shock value.

The fact that Kampmeier and the producers have somehow conned rape-assistance groups into using the movie as a public-service announcement is bizarre to me. But I guess it’s no more bizarre than using Dakota Fanning as the public defender of the indefensible.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by jcroft

Forgive me for stating the INCREDIBLY ****ING OBVIOUS, but not a single one of you have seen this movie. Not a single one of you know what actually happens in it.

And please, for God's sake -- wait until you actually SEE a film before spouting off about all the evils it may or may not even contains. Damn.

Interesting.....you are screaming at people for assuming something when you can do nothing but the same for the polar opposite point of view.

You might want to remember that when you start lecturing....

mmaddog
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