Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Linda Susan Boreman and Larry Marchiano
Before you see Lovelace movie..
Before you see Lovelace, now in theaters, brush up on your knowledge of Linda Lovelace, Deep Throat, and the real-life events that inspired the film.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Lovelace trailer #2 (2nd version)
In this trailer, they do talk about Ordeal and when Linda is on the Phil Donahue talking about Chuck, unfortunately the Gloria Steinem scene was edited out, which I feel is stupid since it is crucial to Linda's true life story. The movie is only 1 hour and 30 mins long. Oh well. Hopefully next year when they release this DVD, the Gloria scenes will be included.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Lovelace 2013
Lovelace is the story of famed 1972 Deep Throat pornography actress Linda Boreman, aka Linda Lovelace (played by Amanda Seyfried), and her tumultuous career and eventual escape from violently abusive husband and manager Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard). Only Trust scribe Andy Bellin’s second screenplay, Lovelace has a nicely eclectic cast including Adam Brody, Sharon Stone , Robert Patrick , Juno Temple , Wes Bentley, Hank Azaria, Eric and James Franco who produced BDSM documentary kink, also playing at the festival this year.
The unfolding of Lovelace begins by first showing us the fast-paced and often passionate beginnings of a shy Linda Boreman and charming Chuck Traynor’s relationship and eventual marriage. Then comes her entry into the porn industry as a way to help her husband with his financial difficulties by using a particular skill, and then proceeds to open our eyes to the violence and terrorizing control that really happened by revisiting the scenes from a different angle.
In real life, Linda Boreman left the industry and attempted to tell her story of physical and mental abuse and forced rape and prostitution at the hands of Traynor, but was discredited by many who claimed her to be a pathological liar and sadist until finally proving her truth via polygraph. I’ll admit, going into the film I was a bit skeptical about Amanda Seyfried’s ability to portray such a controversial and challenging role as the battered porn star that spends the years following her life in the industry speaking out against pornography and domestic violence. Seyfried, though, has come a long way since Mean Girls and makes it clear with her role as Lovelace that she demands to be taken seriously, distancing herself from the typical romantic lead type-cast and diving headfirst into a role with a large amount of nudity, violence and convincingly portrayed fear, perpetrated by Peter Sarsgaard as Traynor.
Sarsgaard is frighteningly believable in his role, seducing us at first with his charismatic drawl as he attempts to build Boreman into his own personal sex-pot, and later chilling us to our core as his cold gaze monitors her every move in between regular beatings, pimping and even rape. Sarsgaard claims that he did not research the actual Chuck Traynor’s mannerisms, which is even more impressive because he was able to almost mirror what our perception of Boreman’s descriptions of Traynor would be, and furthermore perfectly brought to life not only a specific person, but an ideal foreign to us in an age where it is no longer taboo for the abused to speak out on their suffering due to societal standards.
Notably, Stone owns her role as the harsh mother who has accepted her unhappy life, and expects Boreman to do the same, and Patrick moved audience members to tears as her father during his touching interaction with Boreman post-Deep Throat. Performances also worthy of mentioning are Adam Brody, who has sort of a brotherly, polar-opposite of Chuck Traynor role as the male co-star in Deep Throat, Juno Temple as the best friend of Boreman who is forced out of her life by the controlling Traynor, and Chris Noth who plays a financier for the Deep Throat films as well as a helping hand later on.
Lovelace gives us a very sad look into the long period of unrelenting abuse of someone who is iconic in her industry, convincing in portrayal by all lead and supporting rolls, and celebrates her final achievement as she is able to tell her story in order to help others in the same situation.
I recommend this film to anyone who isn’t afraid to see one perspective of the often avoided topic of abuse in the porn industry, and appreciate this woman’s ability to fight her way to revelation unlike so many others at that time and even today.
The unfolding of Lovelace begins by first showing us the fast-paced and often passionate beginnings of a shy Linda Boreman and charming Chuck Traynor’s relationship and eventual marriage. Then comes her entry into the porn industry as a way to help her husband with his financial difficulties by using a particular skill, and then proceeds to open our eyes to the violence and terrorizing control that really happened by revisiting the scenes from a different angle.
In real life, Linda Boreman left the industry and attempted to tell her story of physical and mental abuse and forced rape and prostitution at the hands of Traynor, but was discredited by many who claimed her to be a pathological liar and sadist until finally proving her truth via polygraph. I’ll admit, going into the film I was a bit skeptical about Amanda Seyfried’s ability to portray such a controversial and challenging role as the battered porn star that spends the years following her life in the industry speaking out against pornography and domestic violence. Seyfried, though, has come a long way since Mean Girls and makes it clear with her role as Lovelace that she demands to be taken seriously, distancing herself from the typical romantic lead type-cast and diving headfirst into a role with a large amount of nudity, violence and convincingly portrayed fear, perpetrated by Peter Sarsgaard as Traynor.
Sarsgaard is frighteningly believable in his role, seducing us at first with his charismatic drawl as he attempts to build Boreman into his own personal sex-pot, and later chilling us to our core as his cold gaze monitors her every move in between regular beatings, pimping and even rape. Sarsgaard claims that he did not research the actual Chuck Traynor’s mannerisms, which is even more impressive because he was able to almost mirror what our perception of Boreman’s descriptions of Traynor would be, and furthermore perfectly brought to life not only a specific person, but an ideal foreign to us in an age where it is no longer taboo for the abused to speak out on their suffering due to societal standards.Notably, Stone owns her role as the harsh mother who has accepted her unhappy life, and expects Boreman to do the same, and Patrick moved audience members to tears as her father during his touching interaction with Boreman post-Deep Throat. Performances also worthy of mentioning are Adam Brody, who has sort of a brotherly, polar-opposite of Chuck Traynor role as the male co-star in Deep Throat, Juno Temple as the best friend of Boreman who is forced out of her life by the controlling Traynor, and Chris Noth who plays a financier for the Deep Throat films as well as a helping hand later on.
Lovelace gives us a very sad look into the long period of unrelenting abuse of someone who is iconic in her industry, convincing in portrayal by all lead and supporting rolls, and celebrates her final achievement as she is able to tell her story in order to help others in the same situation.
I recommend this film to anyone who isn’t afraid to see one perspective of the often avoided topic of abuse in the porn industry, and appreciate this woman’s ability to fight her way to revelation unlike so many others at that time and even today.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Rare Linda article about Ordeal from Playboy 1980
of course, Hugh Hefner has some nasty things about Linda
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Amanda Seyfried has read "Ordeal"!!!
This is what Amanda Seyfried had to say about Ordeal:
She said she was not bothered by pornography (“I don’t watch it, but I get it”) and, after reading Lovelace’s “Ordeal” and a follow-up memoir, “Out of Bondage,” had gained a better understanding of a woman who she said was only ever seeking approval, no matter the highly unusual ways she sought it.
Now, Ms. Seyfried said, “I’d want to make her happy.” She continued, “That’s first and foremost what I’d want. I’d want to make her happy if she were alive today.”
I suggest everyone read "Ordeal" to have a better understanding on Linda's life
Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Sarah Jessica Parker now Gloria Steinem!
"It was a struggle to find the right person to play this key part in such a short period of time," Seyfried says. "It's so frustrating to care about the well-being of someone (Moore) but also try to fill their shoes. It's been such a weird experience."
Seyfried even helped the producers once they zeroed in on Parker.
"I called (Parker's) agent and said: 'I really want her. I know this is all last-minute,' '' Seyfried says. "I knew she'd be amazing."
Parker says that once she took the part, the two spoke by phone — and the activist was positive about the casting.
Steinem "was very generous," Parker says. "I don't know if someone was telling her to be polite. And of course I hadn't done anything at the time, so it was theoretical."
Her first scene was the 1980 meeting between the former Linda Lovelace and Steinem in Steinem's Ms. magazine office. Wearing a tan maxi-sweater that went to her calves and a long blond wig, the Sex and the City star spoke her first line as cameras rolled: "Hi Linda, I'm Gloria Steinem."
Parker says that evoking the famous name and the lengthy dialogue scene that followed was "a baptism by fire."
"It's one thing to appear, but to actually have to announce in the 11th hour of a movie that I'm Gloria Steinem, that was a little intimidating."
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Demi not to play Steinem, was in the hospital
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 Epstein called “a story with great dramatic and psychological dimensions.” As pre-production for Lovelace and its competition, Matthew Wilder’s Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, really begins to take shape, it looks like it will be a race to the finish line as to which film — both of which are tentatively slated to hit theaters in 2012 — will be first to titillate and traumatize audiences. We size up the two entries below.
Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story
Director/Writer: Matthew Wilder (Your Name Here)
Linda: Malin Akerman
Chuck Traynor, Linda’s husband: Matt Dillon
Other stars: Sasha Grey, Paz de la Huerta, Harold Perrineau
Angle: Based on Ordeal, Lovelace’s autobiography (with Mike McGrady), look for Akerman — who replaced Lindsay Lohan as the lead — to play a more personal side of Lovelace, including scenes of rape and sexual violence, as she transitions from abused wife to reluctant porn star to a feminist activist.
Deep background: Grey may be the most interesting part of the movie as Grey herself made her name in porn films and has been vying to transition to mainstream acting since Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience.
Lovelace
Directors: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl, The Celluloid Closet)
Writers: Andy Bellin (Trust) and Merritt Johnson (Temple Grandin)
Linda: Amanda Seyfried
Dorothy Boreman, Linda’s mother: Sharon Stone
Chuck Traynor: Peter Sarsgaard
Other stars: Temple (Lovelace’s best friend), Bentley (Lovelace’s second husband Larry Marchiano)
Angle: Touted as being “set between the birth of the sexual revolution and the culmination of the feminist movement,” Lovelace is likely to take a more historical stance on the tragic figure.
Deep background: Seyfried is reported to play a much feistier, sex-hating Lovelace. The film will explore her instant attraction (and eventual hatred) for Traynor, as well as her off-screen friendship with Throat costar Harry Reems (casting not yet announced).
(popwatcher article)
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 Epstein called “a story with great dramatic and psychological dimensions.” As pre-production for Lovelace and its competition, Matthew Wilder’s Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, really begins to take shape, it looks like it will be a race to the finish line as to which film — both of which are tentatively slated to hit theaters in 2012 — will be first to titillate and traumatize audiences. We size up the two entries below.
Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story
Director/Writer: Matthew Wilder (Your Name Here)
Linda: Malin Akerman
Chuck Traynor, Linda’s husband: Matt Dillon
Other stars: Sasha Grey, Paz de la Huerta, Harold Perrineau
Angle: Based on Ordeal, Lovelace’s autobiography (with Mike McGrady), look for Akerman — who replaced Lindsay Lohan as the lead — to play a more personal side of Lovelace, including scenes of rape and sexual violence, as she transitions from abused wife to reluctant porn star to a feminist activist.
Deep background: Grey may be the most interesting part of the movie as Grey herself made her name in porn films and has been vying to transition to mainstream acting since Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience.
Lovelace
Directors: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl, The Celluloid Closet)
Writers: Andy Bellin (Trust) and Merritt Johnson (Temple Grandin)
Linda: Amanda Seyfried
Dorothy Boreman, Linda’s mother: Sharon Stone
Chuck Traynor: Peter Sarsgaard
Other stars: Temple (Lovelace’s best friend), Bentley (Lovelace’s second husband Larry Marchiano)
Angle: Touted as being “set between the birth of the sexual revolution and the culmination of the feminist movement,” Lovelace is likely to take a more historical stance on the tragic figure.
Deep background: Seyfried is reported to play a much feistier, sex-hating Lovelace. The film will explore her instant attraction (and eventual hatred) for Traynor, as well as her off-screen friendship with Throat costar Harry Reems (casting not yet announced).
(popwatcher article)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
New updates on Linda Susan Boreman movie!
So there are 2 Linda Lovelace movies coming to theaters soon!
Moore will play the iconic feminist Gloria Steinem, while Roberts will be play a lie-detector expert. Brody will play "Deep Throat" male lead Harry Reems.
As previously announced, Amanda Seyfried will play t
he title role in the movie, which Millennium Films is making
with the cooperation of Lovelace's estate.
Peter Sarsgaard will portray Lovelace's husband, Chuck Traynor,
and James Franco will play Hugh Hefner.
"Lovelace" is directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ("Bowl," "The Celluloid Closet"). The screenplay was written by Andy Bellin ("Trust").
The film has an estimated budget of $10 million and is currently filming. A release date has not been set.
"Lovelace" is one of two Linda Lovelace projects now under way. Writer-director Matthew Wilder's "Inferno: A Linda Lovestace Story," based on Lovelace's autobiography, is due in 2013. Malin Akerman will star in that movie.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The FACTS you never knew about "Linda Lovelace"
1. Linda Lovelace wasnt her real name. It was "Linda Susan Boreman"
2. Linda was named "Miss Holy-Holy" in high school, because she wouldnt kiss boys
3. Charles E. (Chuck) Traynor, american pornographer came into Linda's life in 1970,
and forced her to make pornographic movies, which there is more details in her book
"Ordeal".
4. Linda became friends with Gloria Steinem in 1980 and helped victims of domestic violence and educated young females about the danger of the pornographic world.
5. Her autobiography, "Ordeal" became the New York Times best seller.
Here are some more facts from interviews...
play411's review of the "life of Linda":
On June 12, 1972, Deep Throat made its debut, becoming the first main stream pornographic movie. . Its star, Linda Lovelace became a sensation, counting Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson as her fans. By all accounts, at the time, she was on top of the world. A sexually liberated woman taking full advantage of the sexual revolution. [Linda herself said she did not]
But, just a few years later, she was telling a different story. One of abuse and imprisonment at the hands of her husband Chuck Traynor. She was embraced by the feminist movement and its anti-porn crusade., becoming one of their premier spokeswomen, even going on to speak numerous times in front of the U.S Senate.
2. Linda was named "Miss Holy-Holy" in high school, because she wouldnt kiss boys
3. Charles E. (Chuck) Traynor, american pornographer came into Linda's life in 1970,
and forced her to make pornographic movies, which there is more details in her book
"Ordeal".
4. Linda became friends with Gloria Steinem in 1980 and helped victims of domestic violence and educated young females about the danger of the pornographic world.
5. Her autobiography, "Ordeal" became the New York Times best seller.
Here are some more facts from interviews...
In this Eric Danville interview, Linda reveals the truth.
Linda: "I had the misfortune of meeting Chuck Traynor. He started out as a nice person and then did a complete 180 and beat me up from that day forward, physically, mentally, psychologically... The psychological damage will never go away. Linda Lovelace became a fictitious character who did everything she needed to do to survive and be alive today."
and
I'm just sorry that people feel the need to go see pornography to enhance their sex life"
Bob: "But some people find porn entertaining and stimulating."
Linda: "I don't."
Then he Eric really hurts Linda's feelings:Eric: "There is a certain element of Chuck Traynorism in some of them [suitcase pimps] but not to the extent that happened back when Linda was working in the business."
Linda: "You can't say that. You're not behind that closed door."
On June 12, 1972, Deep Throat made its debut, becoming the first main stream pornographic movie. . Its star, Linda Lovelace became a sensation, counting Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson as her fans. By all accounts, at the time, she was on top of the world. A sexually liberated woman taking full advantage of the sexual revolution. [Linda herself said she did not]
But, just a few years later, she was telling a different story. One of abuse and imprisonment at the hands of her husband Chuck Traynor. She was embraced by the feminist movement and its anti-porn crusade., becoming one of their premier spokeswomen, even going on to speak numerous times in front of the U.S Senate.
Click on Link below
Linda Lovelace susan boreman Collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69824458@N02/with/6508181639/
Demi Moore to play Gloria Steinem and Amanda Seyfried to play Linda???
Variety reports that Demi Moore will be playing Steinem in Lovelace, a new film from Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, though the role is described as a "cameo." The movie already stars Amanda Seyfried in the title role and co-stars Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple, Wes Bentley, Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick and Romeo Brown. There has also been talks in recent weeks for James Franco, who was originally attached to the project to play Sarsgaard's role, to make an appearance as Playboy creator Hugh Hefner. In real life, Steinem published an article about Lovelace in Ms. Magazine (a publication she created), which uncovered the truth about the starlet's experience in the porn industry. The movie is currently in production in Los Angeles.
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