Yeah right...and neither was Liberace.
Posted on 05/22/2019 1:09:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Paramount Pictures’ R-rated “Rocketman” will be the “first major studio to depict gay male sex onscreen," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is about homosexual singer Elton John’s rise to fame. It will be distributed at cinemas throughout the United States and Canada. It features Taron Egerton as Elton John and Richard Madden, who plays as one of John’s homosexual partners.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "There were multiple scenes that included men kissing, simulated oral sex and a steamy bedroom scene with both Egerton and Madden unclothed."
"Rocketman" reportedly received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, creating hopes that producers will cash in. “Bohemian Rhapsody” depicted the life of bisexual rock star Freddie Mercury and brought in $900 million after its 2018 release. It bested, for example, “Walk the Line” and its portrayal of country crooner Johnny Cash.
However, previous movies produced or distributed by the big Hollywood studios have also featured sodomitic acts.
For example, “Call Me by Your Name” was produced by Sony Pictures and depicted a man seducing a teenage boy. The film won numerous awards, including its selection by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as a top 10 film for 2017. “Moonlight” featured an all-black cast and depicted homo-sex exchanged by two adolescent boys. “Brokeback Mountain,” released by Focus Features, included adultery and homo-sex. Sony Pictures and Focus Features have been dubbed specialty labels in the movie industry, as opposed to Paramount, which is associated with big-ticket shows.
Also, back in the 1970s and ‘80s, films such as “Cruising,” which starred Oscar-winner Al Pacino, was produced by United Artists and featured homo-sex and a serial killer.
According to The Reporter, Egerton — who plays John — expressed surprise overreactions to the male kissing depicted in “Rocketman.”
"Everyone is obsessed with it," he said. "For me, kissing a man onscreen is no less appealing than kissing a woman onscreen. I'm not in any way repulsed by the male form. It's an uncomfortable thing regardless of who you're with — it makes no difference as to your sexual preference."
As for financial success for the biopic, Egerton said he is at peace with however much money it makes. “But I hope it does really, really well. If it made half of ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), it would be terrific for my career," he said, according to The Reporter.
Yeah right...and neither was Liberace.
Based on the clip, I think I would rather watch old videos of EJ himself in his prime on You Tube.
Liberace was a close friend of the Reagans, and he was a patriot.
Won’t watch it.
+1
Elton has a signed photo of Reagan in his house sitting on a writing desk.
I have that same Waterford crystal egg on the lower right.
Liberace was flamboyant, and though talented, was not nearly as big a star as Elton John. There were always rumors about Elton going way back past “Caribou” but not so with Liberace. He was right out there with it. Him and his “friend George”.
I can’t figure out why Elton had a vasectomy.
He has an open marriage but does he go around screwing woman?
Maybe he is worried about someone stealing his sperm
His husband is out spending his money and having flings with gay boy toys and buying them apartments with his money.
Not sure he has really found love after all.
The Reagans certainly had their share of gay friends, Merv Griffin was one of his pall-bearers IIRC.
Me, too.
Speaking of the pool suicide scene, think you can help me tracking down a specific trailer spot for the film?
It features Elton John emerging from curtains at a music club and preparing to play the piano to roaring ovations, then he starts singing as he’s playing the piano before the room suddenly seems to enter zero-G, including filled glasses starting to float and spill as audience members watch in awe, and in the middle, it shows Elton John in a black bathrobe approaching the pool from underneath the water, and then falling into it and sinking while bracing for the inevitable. It then cuts back to the music club before showing the title of the film.
I definitely know it at least aired in the AMC dinner theaters, since I saw it while going to see Bohemian Rhapsody with a friend (which if you ask me was a far better film overall, actually BEING family friendly DESPITE otherwise covering some of Freddie Mercury’s bisexual lifestyle [albeit in a very tasteful manner], and actually goes as far as to imply that Mercury’s embracement of that lifestyle ultimately ruined Queen, to say little about ending his life.).
Bear in mind, though, I’ve never seen the film, nor do I plan to ESPECIALLY after learning about the sodomy scene before release.
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