featuring some of Hollywood's most influential and innovative minds-all telling their personal stories in their own words." The press release further states that each episode "will give viewers a personal and insightful look into the lives, influences and original style of today's top movie makers." ReelzChannel CEO Stan Hubbard states in the press release, " Hollywood's Best Film Directors is a fantastic series that gives viewers a look inside the movie-making process from the rare first-person perspective of A-list directors." The Reelz website currently lists 26 directors as part of the series- either each director will have two half-hour episodes, or the other 26 have not yet been produced. The "unique series will provide viewers with fun and entertaining insights into the making of their favorite movies. The press release promising 52 half-hour episodes states that each episode will be narrated on-camera by the featured director. By that point, it was clear that these two worlds were not destined, at least in America, to do much in the way of cross-pollinating.ĪS ONE OF "HOLLYWOOD'S BEST FILM DIRECTORS" ON REELZīrian De Palma will narrate at least one episode (maybe two- see below) about his own films as part of ReelzChannel's Hollywood's Best Film Directors series, which premieres later this month. But the idea fell by the wayside (there were reports that it was nixed by the studio), and the part went to Melanie Griffith instead. Seven years later, in 1984, director Brian De Palma flirted with casting another '70s adult-film star - Annette Haven - in the role of triple-X actress Holly Body in Body Double. Her role in Rabid seemed to open the door to further possibilities. ![]() Marilyn Chambers, though, enjoyed her short-lived mainstream breakthrough near the end of the porno-chic era, when it wasn’t just a cool-cred joke or a naked PR stunt. And, of course, the adult superstar Jenna Jameson is a one-woman self-promotion machine. ![]() In our own time, we’ve seen adult-film stars become icons of kitsch - like Ron Jeremy, the burly "Hedgehog" who gets cast in bit parts whenever a director wants to lend a comedy a bit of cheap “underground” cachet (e.g., Class of Nuke 'Em High 3), or Traci Lords, who has carved out a TV and movie career lampooning her earlier infamy. Gleiberman runs a link from there to De Palma's initial idea to cast porn star Annette Haven in Body Double:īy starring in Rabid, Chambers effectively blazed a trail, one that, as it turned out, went cold fairly quickly. Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman blogs about the recently deceased Marilyn Chambers, calling her "the first crossover adult star." After making her mark in adult films, David Cronenberg cast Chambers in the lead role of his 1977 horror film Rabid. But what a joy to hang out on-set for a week and watch such an interesting filmmaker in action!Ībley then tells Stevens, "OK, my friend, actor Michael Kearns, had the exact same story about BODY DOUBLE! He sat around for a week, then had three lines or something and continues to make bank from it! Nice." With residuals, I’ve made over $10,000 for that almost invisible performance. Finally, he put me in a few scenes, and my name is listed in the credits. Usually, I went home at the end of the day, not having worked at all. Every time De Palma walked past me, I’d raise an eyebrow, as if to ask “Got anything for me yet?” He’d merely shrug, and say, “Come back tomorrow.” I returned every day that week. At the end of our meeting, he said, “I really like you and want to use you in this film, but I’m not sure how yet. De Palma and I got along great (I was a big fan of PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE). ![]() Back in the 1980s, I’d turned down that movie three times (my agent thought he was making a porno film), but I finally agreed to a meeting. The residuals are now down to about $8 per check, but they still come in the mail. Please keep this in mind as you navigate this list.įROM "ALMOST INVISIBLE" ROLE IN BODY DOUBLEĬult star Brinke Stevens, credited as "Girl #3 in Bathroom" in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), was asked by Fangoria's Sean Abley about "the weirdest film, TV show or commercial from which you still earn residuals"- Stevens' reply: I’ve made SO much money from Brian De Palma’s BODY DOUBLE, it’s kinda ridiculous. For instance, a post that discusses both The Boston Stranglers and The Demolished Man may only be labeled one or the other. This means that some topics may have been discussed in posts labeled otherwise. A note about topics: Some blog posts have more than one topic, in which case only one main topic can be chosen to represent that post.
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