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<strong>Title:</strong> Bound<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1996<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> <a href="/players/P____26607/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gina Gershon</a> and <a href="/players/P____71015/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jennifer Tilly</a> nearly set the screen on fire in this clever, female-powered twist on the standard Mob caper film. Gershon is Corky, an ex-con renovating the apartment next door to where Tilly's Violet lives. Violet is the moll of psychotic gangster Caesar (<a href="/players/P____54919/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joe Pantoliano</a>), who uses the apartment as an occasional location for meetings and beatings, and also uses Violet as an occasional plaything for his Mob cronies. Violet is attracted to the super-sexy Corky, and the two begin an intense affair. Corky hatches a plot to escape with $2 million that Caesar is planning to give to a Mob boss, and the mayhem escalates from there. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 13<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 6<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:27:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Bound</spout:Title><spout:Year>1996</spout:Year><spout:Director>Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski</spout:Director><spout:Plot>&lt;a href="/players/P____26607/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Gina Gershon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/players/P____71015/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jennifer Tilly&lt;/a&gt; nearly set the screen on fire in this clever, female-powered twist on the standard Mob caper film. Gershon is Corky, an ex-con renovating the apartment next door to where Tilly's Violet lives. Violet is the moll of psychotic gangster Caesar (&lt;a href="/players/P____54919/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Joe Pantoliano&lt;/a&gt;), who uses the apartment as an occasional location for meetings and beatings, and also uses Violet as an occasional plaything for his Mob cronies. Violet is attracted to the super-sexy Corky, and the two begin an intense affair. Corky hatches a plot to escape with $2 million that Caesar is planning to give to a Mob boss, and the mayhem escalates from there. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>8</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Taggedy Taggged (6-10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>13</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>2</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>6</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Bound/92781/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for June 15: That's So Gay!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_June_15_That_s_So_Gay/625/42712/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/18/2009 6:27:18 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="mercurial"]   I've recently discovered that Al Pacino has played a number of gay characters over the course of his career. He was a cop willing to do ANYTHING to become a detective and went undercover into the gay BDSM subculture of New York in Cruising. He was trying to get money for his boyfriend's operation to become a female in Dog Day Afternoon. And he played a closeted lawyer in Angels In America.     [/quote] I may be waaaay off here but I thought that I had heard that Frank Serpico was gay too.... I'm not sure though.   As far as gay themed films go, I would put Bad Education up there as probably my favorite.... or maybe Bound. I also thought But I'm A Cheerleader was pretty funny.   Oh yeah!!! How about Rope. The undertones were quite prevelaint in that one.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:27:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/18/2009 6:27:18 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="mercurial"]   I've recently discovered that Al Pacino has played a number of gay characters over the course of his career. He was a cop willing to do ANYTHING to become a detective and went undercover into the gay BDSM subculture of New York in Cruising. He was trying to get money for his boyfriend's operation to become a female in Dog Day Afternoon. And he played a closeted lawyer in Angels In America.     [/quote] I may be waaaay off here but I thought that I had heard that Frank Serpico was gay too.... I'm not sure though.   As far as gay themed films go, I would put Bad Education up there as probably my favorite.... or maybe Bound. I also thought But I'm A Cheerleader was pretty funny.   Oh yeah!!! How about Rope. The undertones were quite prevelaint in that one.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for June 15: That's So Gay!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_June_15_That_s_So_Gay/625/42689/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/17/2009 2:13:33 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Since I picked another winner of discussion this week, I guess it's up to me to try and add something more to this post. My last post focused more on the men, I'll focus on the ladies this time around. I haven't had a chance to see Bound yet but that remains the first movie that comes to mind when I think lesbians on film. Maybe that will change when I finally see it. I was completely unaware that it was a Wachowski brothers movies until a few years ago. Side note, now that one of the Wachowski's is making the transition to be a woman, I guess they are going to have to drop the brothers from their future movies. The Wachowski's also touched on lesbianism in V for Vendetta with the story of the lesbian couple that falls victim to the governments hypocrisy and is jailed for their love of each other.  I liked the twisted lesbian relationship of Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich. Cameron inhabiting John's body to have sex with Catherine's character. Crazy. I love The Hours even though Meryl Streep and Allison Janney as the falling out of love couple was the weakest part of the film. Of course we can't forget Mulholland Dr. and the reason most people saw the film: Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. For those still not in the know, she was in fact a lesbian and most of the film was her masturbatorial fantasy. Thank you David Lynch! Charlize Theron got her Oscar for depicting a fugly serial killer lesbian attracted to the always adorable Christina Ricci in Monster. The rampant lesbianism in Desperate Living is something to be seen. Disturbing and traumatic, just as a John Waters film should be. Anna Faris played a seductive lesbian in the creepy May. I still can't look at Angela Bettis without seeing her with that creepy lazy eye. I'll always love Reese Witherspoon for played a jacked up Little Red Riding Hood in Freeway. The hilariously perverse pseudo sex scene with her and Brittany Murphy in priceless. Lastly, Kissing Jessica Stein was a really funny, adorable romantic comedy about lesbians, or rather a lesbian and a bisexual. Heartfelt and just a really simple, great movie.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:13:33 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/17/2009 2:13:33 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Since I picked another winner of discussion this week, I guess it's up to me to try and add something more to this post. My last post focused more on the men, I'll focus on the ladies this time around. I haven't had a chance to see Bound yet but that remains the first movie that comes to mind when I think lesbians on film. Maybe that will change when I finally see it. I was completely unaware that it was a Wachowski brothers movies until a few years ago. Side note, now that one of the Wachowski's is making the transition to be a woman, I guess they are going to have to drop the brothers from their future movies. The Wachowski's also touched on lesbianism in V for Vendetta with the story of the lesbian couple that falls victim to the governments hypocrisy and is jailed for their love of each other.  I liked the twisted lesbian relationship of Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich. Cameron inhabiting John's body to have sex with Catherine's character. Crazy. I love The Hours even though Meryl Streep and Allison Janney as the falling out of love couple was the weakest part of the film. Of course we can't forget Mulholland Dr. and the reason most people saw the film: Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. For those still not in the know, she was in fact a lesbian and most of the film was her masturbatorial fantasy. Thank you David Lynch! Charlize Theron got her Oscar for depicting a fugly serial killer lesbian attracted to the always adorable Christina Ricci in Monster. The rampant lesbianism in Desperate Living is something to be seen. Disturbing and traumatic, just as a John Waters film should be. Anna Faris played a seductive lesbian in the creepy May. I still can't look at Angela Bettis without seeing her with that creepy lazy eye. I'll always love Reese Witherspoon for played a jacked up Little Red Riding Hood in Freeway. The hilariously perverse pseudo sex scene with her and Brittany Murphy in priceless. Lastly, Kissing Jessica Stein was a really funny, adorable romantic comedy about lesbians, or rather a lesbian and a bisexual. Heartfelt and just a really simple, great movie.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Bound (1996)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2008/10/9/36127.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/7717/default.aspx'>JimBell</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/default.aspx'>JimBell Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/9/2008 9:02:44 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Bound (1996) is sometimes recommended as a modern version of a classic 1940s film noir. Although the themes are similar, Bound fails miserably to make us care about the two main characters. Every film&rsquo;s basic premises create challenges which must be overcome. In classic film noir, a recurring problem is how to make us sympathize with a protagonist who is dumb or ignorant or criminal or overwhelmed by events, and usually the movies succeed in some way&mdash;he&rsquo;s an ordinary working Joe, he had a terrible childhood, he may be a criminal but he is fair minded, and so on. But with Bound, the two main characters . . . well, see if you empathize with them. One is a Mafia prostitute who, after witnessing yet another torture/murder, feels she&rsquo;d like to steal 2M dollars from the Mob and get out. The other is a self-described dyke with a mighty pout who is hired to do reno work in the Mafia apartment block, has sex with the prostitute, and thinks she can put her robbery background to good use helping to steal the 2M from some seriously sadistic dudes. Are you worried about what might happen to the two young ladies?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:02:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JimBell</spout:postby><spout:postto>JimBell Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/9/2008 9:02:44 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Bound (1996) is sometimes recommended as a modern version of a classic 1940s film noir. Although the themes are similar, Bound fails miserably to make us care about the two main characters. Every film&amp;rsquo;s basic premises create challenges which must be overcome. In classic film noir, a recurring problem is how to make us sympathize with a protagonist who is dumb or ignorant or criminal or overwhelmed by events, and usually the movies succeed in some way&amp;mdash;he&amp;rsquo;s an ordinary working Joe, he had a terrible childhood, he may be a criminal but he is fair minded, and so on. But with Bound, the two main characters . . . well, see if you empathize with them. One is a Mafia prostitute who, after witnessing yet another torture/murder, feels she&amp;rsquo;d like to steal 2M dollars from the Mob and get out. The other is a self-described dyke with a mighty pout who is hired to do reno work in the Mafia apartment block, has sex with the prostitute, and thinks she can put her robbery background to good use helping to steal the 2M from some seriously sadistic dudes. Are you worried about what might happen to the two young ladies?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Movies Sold on a Sex Scene</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/14/34014.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/14/2008 5:02:21 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
There apparently are other reasons to see Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona besides the infamous lesbian kiss between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz or the threesome between these actresses and Javier Bardem. But as the first things most of us heard about the movie, the sex scenes are certainly a big sell (the ménage à trois is even being used in a promotional contest to win a “threesome” with ScarJo). Even if they’re reportedly underwhelming.
Promise of tantalizing footage has been an appeal for moviegoers likely since the dawn of cinema, with film pioneer Eadweard Muybridge’s The Human Figure in Motion - Descending Stairs and Turning Around featuring nudity as far back as the 1880s. And if you’ve seen any of the titles included in today’s list, chances are their respective sex scenes were at least part of what made you buy a ticket (or rent the video).

 
The Brown Bunny (2003) - As if this was the first feature film to show an actual blowjob. Yet the promise of seeing starlet Chloë Sevigny with a mouthful of Vincent Gallo was a huge tool in the marketing of this otherwise artfully shot but depressing movie, an ultimately disappointing follow up to Gallo’s highly enjoyable debut, Buffalo ‘66. Though the trailer above is quite tasteful, American ads for the film exploiting the fellatio sequence include a questionable billboard in Los Angeles and a theatrical spot that simply labeled it “the most controversial American film ever made” and spotlighted that it is for adults only. Too bad it was made in the era of internet porn and so wasn’t nearly as profitable as the blowjob blockbuster Deep Throat.

9 ½ Weeks (1986) - Here is the first of many films on this list that I haven’t actually seen. I guess sex just doesn’t sell me on a film like it does other people. Having such a detachment, though, makes it clearer for me to see how effective most of these sex scenes were, since I have no idea what this movie is about, yet I am sufficiently familiar with the scene involving ice cubes — though I think I’ve really only seen as much as is shown in the trailer above (the fuller, better quality version can be see here), as well as the parody in Hot Shots! I was only 8½ when 9 ½ Weeks came out, and I remember then hearing about the allure of the sex scenes. 22 years later, I still haven’t heard of any other reason to see it.

Wild Things (1998) - A decade before ScarJo and PenCruz locked lips for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, this movie was sold on the prospect of seeing lesbian action between Denise Richards and Neve Campbell, who also participate in a threesome with Matt Dillon. Again, the trailer above doesn’t do a good job of exploiting the sex scenes, but fortunately word got out about them and the movie became fairly successful. Similar movies that likely attracted some audiences due solely to the inclusion of lesbian scenes include Bound, Mulholland Dr. and, forty years ago, The Killing of Sister George.

Traffic in Souls (1913) - Going back almost a century, this film was one of the first features to be sold for its “sex scenes”, according to the comprehensive (53 page) “Sex in Cinema” guide at FilmSite.org. Historically, it was the first American feature-length sex film, the most expensive production of its time, the greatest moneymaker of its time and, well, there might never have been a Universal Pictures without its being a success for Carl Laemmle and his Independent Motion Picture Company. For those of you disappointed that the film lacks actual nudity, check out this clip from Lois Weber’s 1915 feature Hypocrites, which does contain a completely naked woman prancing around a forest and therefore had a very controversial release.

Monika: Story of a Bad Girl (1953)- Kroger Babb, which also had one of the highest grossing films of the ’40s (Mom and Dad) thanks to promises like “EVERYTHING SHOWN!”, distributed this American version of Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika, which was cut down, dubbed and re-scored and marketed solely on the appeal of its nudity and single love scene.

American Pie - It may not be a sexy sex scene, but there’s no denying that the love act shared by Jason Biggs and a pie was a draw for audiences hungry for gross out humor. Never mind the scene’s inclusion in the trailer or the poster with the poked-in pie featured prominently, the title alone alludes to the act.

Emmanuelle (1974) - I grew up always thinking that the Emmanuelle series of films were simply famous pornos, like Deep Throat or the Debbie Does …. franchise. But that’s probably because it has spawned so many ripoffs and has become synonymous with erotic films. Plus, in my lifetime, softcore movies have been more associated with late night Cinemax (or Skinamax) and straight-to-video titles. I would have never guessed that this was one of France’s highest grossing films of all time nor that film critics such as Roger Ebert paid it attention let alone gave it a good review. But at its time, it must have been very appealing to have so much nudity and so many sex scenes without displaying hardcore penetration. Or, as Ebert wrote: “It’s a relief to see a movie that drops the gynecology and returns to a certain amount of sexy sophistication.”

Caligula - Of course, there was also this big-budget, mainstream Hollywood production, to which Ebert gave zero stars and admitted walking out of. He even included a quote from a fellow moviegoer: “‘This movie,’ said the lady in front of me at the drinking fountain, ‘is the worst piece of shit I have ever seen.’” Produced by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and starring highly respectable British actors such as John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole and Helen Mirren, the epic period piece was certainly expected to cash in on the popularity of erotic films in the ’70s. Ebert, one more time: “I assume that the crowds lining up for admission to the Davis Theater were hoping for some sort of erotic experience; I doubt that they were spending $15 a couple for a lesson on the ancient history of Rome.”

The Crying Game - Possibly the only movie marketed for a sex scene that wasn’t marketed for being a sex scene. Instead, the shocking moment when a seemingly heterosexual love scene is revealed to in fact be a homosexual love scene was famously employed in marketing the secret plot twist that comes with it.

Lust, Caution - It’s possible that selling the explicit (and allegedly real) sex scenes in this Ang Lee film hurt it, because the well-publicized embrace of its NC-17 rating made the film seem like these scenes were the main reason to go see it. Never mind the awards the film received or the fair amount of positive reviews. Looking at its dismal $4.6 million U.S. gross, it’s apparent that sex is not as big a sell as it once was.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
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There apparently are other reasons to see Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona besides the infamous lesbian kiss between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz or the threesome between these actresses and Javier Bardem. But as the first things most of us heard about the movie, the sex scenes are certainly a big sell (the ménage à trois is even being used in a promotional contest to win a “threesome” with ScarJo). Even if they’re reportedly underwhelming.
Promise of tantalizing footage has been an appeal for moviegoers likely since the dawn of cinema, with film pioneer Eadweard Muybridge’s The Human Figure in Motion - Descending Stairs and Turning Around featuring nudity as far back as the 1880s. And if you’ve seen any of the titles included in today’s list, chances are their respective sex scenes were at least part of what made you buy a ticket (or rent the video).

 
The Brown Bunny (2003) - As if this was the first feature film to show an actual blowjob. Yet the promise of seeing starlet Chloë Sevigny with a mouthful of Vincent Gallo was a huge tool in the marketing of this otherwise artfully shot but depressing movie, an ultimately disappointing follow up to Gallo’s highly enjoyable debut, Buffalo ‘66. Though the trailer above is quite tasteful, American ads for the film exploiting the fellatio sequence include a questionable billboard in Los Angeles and a theatrical spot that simply labeled it “the most controversial American film ever made” and spotlighted that it is for adults only. Too bad it was made in the era of internet porn and so wasn’t nearly as profitable as the blowjob blockbuster Deep Throat.

9 ½ Weeks (1986) - Here is the first of many films on this list that I haven’t actually seen. I guess sex just doesn’t sell me on a film like it does other people. Having such a detachment, though, makes it clearer for me to see how effective most of these sex scenes were, since I have no idea what this movie is about, yet I am sufficiently familiar with the scene involving ice cubes — though I think I’ve really only seen as much as is shown in the trailer above (the fuller, better quality version can be see here), as well as the parody in Hot Shots! I was only 8½ when 9 ½ Weeks came out, and I remember then hearing about the allure of the sex scenes. 22 years later, I still haven’t heard of any other reason to see it.

Wild Things (1998) - A decade before ScarJo and PenCruz locked lips for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, this movie was sold on the prospect of seeing lesbian action between Denise Richards and Neve Campbell, who also participate in a threesome with Matt Dillon. Again, the trailer above doesn’t do a good job of exploiting the sex scenes, but fortunately word got out about them and the movie became fairly successful. Similar movies that likely attracted some audiences due solely to the inclusion of lesbian scenes include Bound, Mulholland Dr. and, forty years ago, The Killing of Sister George.

Traffic in Souls (1913) - Going back almost a century, this film was one of the first features to be sold for its “sex scenes”, according to the comprehensive (53 page) “Sex in Cinema” guide at FilmSite.org. Historically, it was the first American feature-length sex film, the most expensive production of its time, the greatest moneymaker of its time and, well, there might never have been a Universal Pictures without its being a success for Carl Laemmle and his Independent Motion Picture Company. For those of you disappointed that the film lacks actual nudity, check out this clip from Lois Weber’s 1915 feature Hypocrites, which does contain a completely naked woman prancing around a forest and therefore had a very controversial release.

Monika: Story of a Bad Girl (1953)- Kroger Babb, which also had one of the highest grossing films of the ’40s (Mom and Dad) thanks to promises like “EVERYTHING SHOWN!”, distributed this American version of Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika, which was cut down, dubbed and re-scored and marketed solely on the appeal of its nudity and single love scene.

American Pie - It may not be a sexy sex scene, but there’s no denying that the love act shared by Jason Biggs and a pie was a draw for audiences hungry for gross out humor. Never mind the scene’s inclusion in the trailer or the poster with the poked-in pie featured prominently, the title alone alludes to the act.

Emmanuelle (1974) - I grew up always thinking that the Emmanuelle series of films were simply famous pornos, like Deep Throat or the Debbie Does …. franchise. But that’s probably because it has spawned so many ripoffs and has become synonymous with erotic films. Plus, in my lifetime, softcore movies have been more associated with late night Cinemax (or Skinamax) and straight-to-video titles. I would have never guessed that this was one of France’s highest grossing films of all time nor that film critics such as Roger Ebert paid it attention let alone gave it a good review. But at its time, it must have been very appealing to have so much nudity and so many sex scenes without displaying hardcore penetration. Or, as Ebert wrote: “It’s a relief to see a movie that drops the gynecology and returns to a certain amount of sexy sophistication.”

Caligula - Of course, there was also this big-budget, mainstream Hollywood production, to which Ebert gave zero stars and admitted walking out of. He even included a quote from a fellow moviegoer: “‘This movie,’ said the lady in front of me at the drinking fountain, ‘is the worst piece of shit I have ever seen.’” Produced by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and starring highly respectable British actors such as John Gielgud, Peter O’Toole and Helen Mirren, the epic period piece was certainly expected to cash in on the popularity of erotic films in the ’70s. Ebert, one more time: “I assume that the crowds lining up for admission to the Davis Theater were hoping for some sort of erotic experience; I doubt that they were spending $15 a couple for a lesson on the ancient history of Rome.”

The Crying Game - Possibly the only movie marketed for a sex scene that wasn’t marketed for being a sex scene. Instead, the shocking moment when a seemingly heterosexual love scene is revealed to in fact be a homosexual love scene was famously employed in marketing the secret plot twist that comes with it.

Lust, Caution - It’s possible that selling the explicit (and allegedly real) sex scenes in this Ang Lee film hurt it, because the well-publicized embrace of its NC-17 rating made the film seem like these scenes were the main reason to go see it. Never mind the awards the film received or the fair amount of positive reviews. Looking at its dismal $4.6 million U.S. gross, it’s apparent that sex is not as big a sell as it once was.
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Pick a Pair</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Pick_a_Pair/598/32754/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135575/default.aspx'>theunemployedshortstop</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/598/discussions.aspx'>Movie Games</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/19/2008 4:10:13 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Claustrophobia Double Feature!!!  Flicks where 70 - 90 % of the action takes place in one location however the movie is NOT based upon a stage play.   Shallow Grave &amp; Bound   Mix in a bowl of Blue corn chips and a bottle of DARK beer (I'm thinking an Oatmeal Stout) and I'm good to go.  Mind games are so much creepier than horror.  Plus Tom Jones and Joey Pants!!!  Good Times.   Or... I could watch my two favorite movies from 2000.   Requiem for a Dream &amp; Dancer in the Dark... These movies came out in back to back weeks that year.  I was a wreck for the rest of November into December.  Then I turned 21!  Go me... I'm old.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:13 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>theunemployedshortstop</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Games</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/19/2008 4:10:13 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Claustrophobia Double Feature!!!  Flicks where 70 - 90 % of the action takes place in one location however the movie is NOT based upon a stage play.   Shallow Grave &amp;amp; Bound   Mix in a bowl of Blue corn chips and a bottle of DARK beer (I'm thinking an Oatmeal Stout) and I'm good to go.  Mind games are so much creepier than horror.  Plus Tom Jones and Joey Pants!!!  Good Times.   Or... I could watch my two favorite movies from 2000.   Requiem for a Dream &amp;amp; Dancer in the Dark... These movies came out in back to back weeks that year.  I was a wreck for the rest of November into December.  Then I turned 21!  Go me... I'm old.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Take the red pill: Recast THE MATRIX (1999)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Re_Take_the_red_pill_Recast_THE_MATRIX_1999/563/32494/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135769/default.aspx'>perfectpeopleeater</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/13/2008 3:15:36 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   &ldquo;The Wachowski Brothers remake their classic The Matrix with an Amazonian theme!&rdquo; The Wachowskis recently announced a shot for shot remake with one major difference &ndash; The Matrix is a masculine computer program and the oppressed humans from the original are all lesbian women! That&rsquo;s right! It&rsquo;s Bound meets The Matrix! To get a feel for the new movie, read a sample line from Agent Smith &ndash; &ldquo;You chicks move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural man is consumed with sexual desire to the point where they can no longer think straight and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area like a Dungeons and Dragons chat board where the men are in large supply. You trick them into thinking you want their smooth chests, but no. All you desire are countless luscious mountains of breasts. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Women are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we, the XY computer chipped conquistadors of Amazonian pride are the cure.&rdquo;   Neo &ndash; Mira Sorvino &ndash; Think Keanu Reeves,  only macho.   Morpheus &ndash; Whoopi Goldberg channels Guinan, her character from the Star Trek: The Next Generation movies.    Trinity &ndash; Gina Gershon &ndash; Because she didn&rsquo;t wear enough leather in Bound.   Agent Smith &ndash; Delroy Lindo &ndash; No one seethes menace quite like Lindo. See Clockers for proof.   Oracle &ndash; Marianne Jean Baptiste breaks it down for Sorvino &ndash; Your name is an anagram!   Cypher &ndash; Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell &ndash; She betrays the lesbians when Smtih offers her a sex change operation.   Tank - Angela Bassett   Apoc  Salma Hayek   Mouse  James Ransone   Switch &ndash; Debra Kara Unger   Dozer Vanessa Williams   Agent Brown Patrick Wilson   Agent Jones Paul Walker <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:15:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>perfectpeopleeater</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/13/2008 3:15:36 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  &amp;ldquo;The Wachowski Brothers remake their classic The Matrix with an Amazonian theme!&amp;rdquo; The Wachowskis recently announced a shot for shot remake with one major difference &amp;ndash; The Matrix is a masculine computer program and the oppressed humans from the original are all lesbian women! That&amp;rsquo;s right! It&amp;rsquo;s Bound meets The Matrix! To get a feel for the new movie, read a sample line from Agent Smith &amp;ndash; &amp;ldquo;You chicks move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural man is consumed with sexual desire to the point where they can no longer think straight and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area like a Dungeons and Dragons chat board where the men are in large supply. You trick them into thinking you want their smooth chests, but no. All you desire are countless luscious mountains of breasts. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Women are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we, the XY computer chipped conquistadors of Amazonian pride are the cure.&amp;rdquo;   Neo &amp;ndash; Mira Sorvino &amp;ndash; Think Keanu Reeves,  only macho.   Morpheus &amp;ndash; Whoopi Goldberg channels Guinan, her character from the Star Trek: The Next Generation movies.    Trinity &amp;ndash; Gina Gershon &amp;ndash; Because she didn&amp;rsquo;t wear enough leather in Bound.   Agent Smith &amp;ndash; Delroy Lindo &amp;ndash; No one seethes menace quite like Lindo. See Clockers for proof.   Oracle &amp;ndash; Marianne Jean Baptiste breaks it down for Sorvino &amp;ndash; Your name is an anagram!   Cypher &amp;ndash; Rosie O&amp;rsquo;Donnell &amp;ndash; She betrays the lesbians when Smtih offers her a sex change operation.   Tank - Angela Bassett   Apoc  Salma Hayek   Mouse  James Ransone   Switch &amp;ndash; Debra Kara Unger   Dozer Vanessa Williams   Agent Brown Patrick Wilson   Agent Jones Paul Walker </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: famous stars in the 80's with famous siblings just stating out back then or famous siblings now</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Grew_up_in_the_80_s/famous_stars_in_the_80_s_with_famous_siblings_just/38/10488/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/13606/default.aspx'>lukasblu</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Grew_up_in_the_80_s/38/discussions.aspx'>Grew up in the 80's</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/9/2007 5:19:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> your favorite stars back then that have a famous brother or sister now or a sibling that was starting out back then;name the stars and their siblings;you can also name some of your fave movies that they have madeexample mat dillion(the outsiders,employee of the month) and kevin dillionriver phoenix(1970-1993)my fave back then (running on empty,little nikita,my own private idaho) and joaquin phoenix (gladiator ,buffalo soldiers)meg tilly(agnes of god) and jennifer tilly(bound)sean penn(fast times at ridgemont high,the falcon and the snowman,racing with the moon,we&#39;re no angels,dead man walking,she&#39;s so lovely,sweet and lowdown.i am sam,the assasination of richard nixon )and chris penn(1965-2006)(reservoir dogs)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:19:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>lukasblu</spout:postby><spout:postto>Grew up in the 80's</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/9/2007 5:19:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>your favorite stars back then that have a famous brother or sister now or a sibling that was starting out back then;name the stars and their siblings;you can also name some of your fave movies that they have madeexample mat dillion(the outsiders,employee of the month) and kevin dillionriver phoenix(1970-1993)my fave back then (running on empty,little nikita,my own private idaho) and joaquin phoenix (gladiator ,buffalo soldiers)meg tilly(agnes of god) and jennifer tilly(bound)sean penn(fast times at ridgemont high,the falcon and the snowman,racing with the moon,we&amp;#39;re no angels,dead man walking,she&amp;#39;s so lovely,sweet and lowdown.i am sam,the assasination of richard nixon )and chris penn(1965-2006)(reservoir dogs)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Top Five Uses of Rope In Cinema</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_Five_Uses_of_Rope_In_Cinema/190/4239/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t15875ysaf0.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5853/default.aspx'>Rock</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/190/discussions.aspx'>Top 5</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/13/2006 4:25:52 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> How about Bound .   That had some rope usage. I'd agree with Pulp Fiction.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:25:52 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Rock</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/13/2006 4:25:52 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>How about Bound .   That had some rope usage. I'd agree with Pulp Fiction.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:gangster</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:heist</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:robbery</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:neighbor</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:lesbianism</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:femmefatale</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:hott</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:moll</title>
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