The Sundance Film Festival premiere of Hounddog has already caused a stir. 12 year old Dakota Fanning acts in a non-graphic rape scene - and many feel that the producer and director over-stepped the bounds for a child actress. Share...
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The Sundance Film Festival premiere of Hounddog has already caused a stir. 12 year old Dakota Fanning acts in a non-graphic rape scene - and many feel that the producer and director over-stepped the bounds for a child actress. Share opinions about the ethics and impact of the Hounddog rape scene and the movie here.
Filed under: Beauty , Kids Dakota Fanning appears to have survived that awkward, unfortunate stage that afflicts many child stars somewhere between puberty and their first DUI.The 14-year-old turned up to the NYC premiere of "That Dakota Fanning Rape Movie" last night,... Permalink Read Full Story
August 19, 2008 04:01:41 GMT
The heartwarming first trailer to Sue Monk Kidd's adapted drama starring Dakota Fanning has been released by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Fox Searchlight Pictures have presented the first sneak peek into the drama movie " The Secret Life of Bees " through the release of its first trailer. Exposing the line of talented cast ensemble, including Dakota Fanning , Jennifer Hudson , Queen Latifah , Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo, the footage displays... Read Full Story
Weekly: Empire Film acquisition critically lambasted -- Not all press is good press after all. Just ask execs at Empire Film Group, who are licking their wounds after opening their troubled Dakota Fanning starrer "Hounddog" last week.
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All grown up!Actress Dakota Fanning arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual summer luncheon held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday in Beverly Hills.The Charlotte’s Web actress is now 14 and enterting 10th grade! Dakota broke through at the age of 7 with her performance in I Am Sam. She also [...] 9 Vote(s) Read Full Story
So last night I was invited to the premiere of Hounddog, the film that caused a lot of controversy a while back because it features a Dakota Fanning rape scene. After watching the movie, I can safely say that the fuss was overblown, but that's probably obvious at this point.
On to the good stuff: The red carpet! Where my spot along the velvet ropes was labeled "Whittle Little, Jossip.com." Awesome.
The first to arrive was 13-year-old Cody Hanford, who could barely contain his excitement... Read Full Story
Directed By
Deborah Kampmeier
Produced by
Deborah Kampmeier
Sean Andrew
Written By
Deborah Kampmeier
Starring
Oliver Clayton-Luce, Dakota Fanning
Isabelle Fuhrman, Cody Hanford
Piper Laurie, David Morse,
Afemo Omilami, Ryan Pelton
Ron Prather, Christoph Sanders
Jill Scott, Frank Hoyt Taylor
Jody Thompson, Sean Andrew
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A provocative Southern tale set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s, “Hounddog” is the story of a spirited young girl LEWELLEN (Dakota Fanning) and her struggle to rise above the repression that surrounds her.
Watch Online Videos of hounddog Movie…………….
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We don’t believe in picking on the young ‘uns. But we’re worried about Dakota Fanning. Not only has she been posing for creepy Marc Jacobs ads, but she’s got a troubling tuft of fuzz on her upper…
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Time magazine describes the scenes that have caused controversy regarding the child actress Dakota Fanning.
Linked from http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1581847,00.html
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In the disturbing but not graphic scene that inspired the controversy, the camera fixes on a closeup of Fanning's terrified face while a neighbor boy unzips his pants. Despite the lack of nudity, and cutaways to falling rain, it's clear the boy rapes Fanning's character, Lewellen. More uncomfortable to... Read Full Story
