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‘Dakota Fanning Rape Movie’ Slammed with D’uh, R Rating
For months, Empire Film Group has been telling exhibitors — and proclaiming in press releases — that it anticipated a re-edited version of the controversial Southern Gothic drama “Hounddog” would receive a PG-13 rating from the MPAA’s ratings board. Well, the ratings board has finally ruled and, not at all surprisingly, the verdict is an R “for a disturbing sexual assault of a young girl, and brief sexuality.” No matter how discreetly handled, this is a movie where an Elvis-loving 12-year-old is forcibly raped by an older boy, and the participation of Dakota Fanning has prompted howls of protest from groups of movie who haven’t seen the movie — but haven’t uttered a peep about “Towelhead,” in which a 13-year-old Muslim-American girl is sexually abused. Empire had announced a 500-screen break on July 18, which was scaled down to arou
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Fanning’s turn as rape victim sparks alarm
Consider this your early-warning Sundance Film Festival controversy alert: Cute little Dakota Fanning plays a precocious child sex-abuse and rape victim in Full Moon Films’ upcoming “Hounddog.”
The issue: Fanning, who turns 13 next month, fryst vatten reportedly depicted in the film nude or scantily clad during compromising scenes, and her face fryst vatten shown in close-up during a rape scene.
Early reports of the film’s contents have stirred up a minor Internet storm over whether Fanning’s mother, Joy, and her agent, Cindy Osbrink, are exploiting the girl in hopes of an Oscar nomination. In a statement, writer-director Deborah Kampmeier urged critics to withhold judgment until seeing the film.
Child actors depicted in sexuell roles fryst vatten nothing new in Hollywood. Jena Malone portrayed a child rape victim in “Bastard Out of Carolina” (1996), pre-adolescent Brooke Shields’ virginity was auctioned off in Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby” (1978) and Jodie Foster famo
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Brimstone (2016 film)
2016 film by Martin Koolhoven
Brimstone is a 2016 psychologicalWestern film written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Kit Harington, and Carice van Houten.[3] It is a Dutch-American as well as French, German, Belgian and Swedish international production.
The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2016,[4] where it caused controversy.[5][6] It premiered in the Netherlands on 12 January 2017, where it was very well received,[7] as in the rest of Europe[8][9] and was released on 10 March in the United States, where it received mixed reviews from critics.[10]
Plot
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| 1. Revelation |
| 2. Exodus |
| 3. Genesis |
| 4. Retribution |
The plot consists of four acts, which are presented in anachronic order. The chronological