[Darkwolf377]

in which 12-year-old actress Dakota Fanning reportedly is violently raped

Unnecessary hysteria--she plays a character who is raped, as the next paragraph explains. As in pretend. The lead paragraph should be clarified.

[gondramB]

Studios usually use 18+ year old body doubles for anything too sexual with child actors.

A movie with a child actor as the victim of a crime is not the same as the crime itslef... consider all the murder stories.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Bill Clinton will have his oscar winning performance as he rapes her, right?

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[msnimje]

Her parents should be ashamed of themselves. They are seeking fame and money at the risk of their daughter's mental health as well as fueling the sick minds of child molesters.

Take a bow Hollywood.

[ClearCase_guy]

adult stars would have baulked at some of the situations

"Fortunately," they added, "She's a little kid, so she's real easy to manipulate. And her parents help us."

[netmilsmom]

Why would anyone want to see this even if it is just "Pretend"?

[Captainpaintball]

...who hides her suffering from being trapped by her family's conservative Baptists beliefs...

I wonder when we will see a movie about a girl trapped by her family's muslim beliefs. With obligatory clitorectomy scene...

[LdSentinal]

It was due to Dakota Fanning that I rooted for the aliens in 'War of the Worlds.'

[MikefromOhio]

And WND, in it's everlasting lust for publicity, continues to give publicity to the issues it allegedly despises.....

[Young Werther]

Debbie Reynolds and Sandra Dee were precocious teenagers in the Tammy Series which recent aired on the cvable. This Tammy Marathon was titillating in its time but pales when compared to today's concepts of sexuality.

A remake of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would obviously have a graphic sequence of the "Rape of the Sobbin' Woman!" Too Bad!

I'll stick with my oldies on AMC!

[mysterio]

I think her agent is just trying to invoke Jody Foster. Similar roles, similar appearance. It's just Jody Foster in "Taxi Driver" again.

[GeronL]

"It's not just the rape scene – the whole story is challenging Dakota as an actress. And I've never been so proud of her in my life. I've seen the dailies, and in every scene she gets better and better."

One crew member called the movie "dynamite" because of the scene, and said adult stars would have baulked at some of the situations

Hey lets champion hard-core kiddie porn next week!

These people keep lowering and lowering the bar

[DBrow]

So why are these people, and it looks like there are lots of them, not being indicted?

..................................


18 USC Sec. 2251 01/03/05

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 110 - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN

-HEAD-
Sec. 2251. Sexual exploitation of children

-STATUTE-
(a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or
coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other
person to engage in, or who transports any minor in interstate or
foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United
States, with the intent that such minor engage in, any sexually
explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction
of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection
(e), if such person knows or has reason to know that such visual
depiction will be transported in interstate or foreign commerce or
mailed, if that visual depiction was produced using materials that
have been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign
commerce by any means, including by computer, or if such visual
depiction has actually been transported in interstate or foreign
commerce or mailed.
(b) Any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or
control of a minor who knowingly permits such minor to engage in,
or to assist any other person to engage in, sexually explicit
conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such
conduct shall be punished as provided under subsection (e) of this
section, if such parent, legal guardian, or person knows or has
reason to know that such visual depiction will be transported in
interstate or foreign commerce or mailed, if that visual depiction
was produced using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or
transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means,
including by computer, or if such visual depiction has actually
been transported in interstate or foreign commerce or mailed.
(c)(1) Any person who, in a circumstance described in paragraph
(2), employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any
minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to
engage in, any sexually explicit conduct outside of the United
States, its territories or possessions, for the purpose of
producing any visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished
as provided under subsection (e).
(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is that -
(A) the person intends such visual depiction to be transported
to the United States, its territories or possessions, by any
means, including by computer or mail; or
(B) the person transports such visual depiction to the United
States, its territories or possessions, by any means, including
by computer or mail.

(d)(1) Any person who, in a circumstance described in paragraph
(2), knowingly makes, prints, or publishes, or causes to be made,
printed, or published, any notice or advertisement seeking or
offering -
(A) to receive, exchange, buy, produce, display, distribute, or
reproduce, any visual depiction, if the production of such visual
depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually
explicit conduct and such visual depiction is of such conduct; or
(B) participation in any act of sexually explicit conduct by or
with any minor for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of
such conduct;

shall be punished as provided under subsection (e).
(2) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is that -
(A) such person knows or has reason to know that such notice or
advertisement will be transported in interstate or foreign
commerce by any means including by computer or mailed; or
(B) such notice or advertisement is transported in interstate
or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mailed.

(e) Any individual who violates, or attempts or conspires to
violate, this section shall be fined under this title and
imprisoned not less than 15 years nor more than 30 years, but if
such person has one prior conviction under this chapter, chapter
71, chapter 109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10
(article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the
laws of any State relating to the sexual exploitation of children,
such person shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not
less than 25 years nor more than 50 years, but if such person has 2
or more prior convictions under this chapter, chapter 71, chapter
109A, or chapter 117, or under section 920 of title 10 (article 120
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the laws of any
State relating to the sexual exploitation of children, such person
shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 35
years nor more than life. Any organization that violates, or
attempts or conspires to violate, this section shall be fined under
this title. Whoever, in the course of an offense under this
section, engages in conduct that results in the death of a person,
shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or
for life.

-SOURCE-

[fso301]

Not raped but a heavy sexual theme between a 12 year old girl and an adult male.

[AD from SpringBay]

Short sighted Hollywood can't figure out any other way to tell the story than to film the rape scene, as though there was no other way to have the audience understand what happened. It's exploitation to sell tickets.

There was a reason why Agamemnon left the stage and returned with bloodied eyes. The ancient Greeks understood some things are more horrible when not shown. Hollywood is gunning for the pedophile dollars. I also liked the bit in the article about trying to escape those evil Baptists.

[pepperdog]

I seem to remember something similar with Brooke Shields and the film Pretty Baby. I understand Brooke isn't too crazy about her mother these days and I've always wondered if that film had anything to do with it.

[DBrow]

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+998+0++%28%29%20%20AND%20%28%2818%29%20ADJ%20USC%29%3ACITE%20AND%20%28USC%20w%2F10%20%282252a%29%29%3ACITE%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20

(6) knowingly distributes, offers, sends, or provides to a minor any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, where such visual depiction is,


or appears to be,


of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct - (A) that has been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer; (B) that ....

[Palladin]

It sure sounds like kiddie porn to me.

This poor Fanning child--she will end up like Judy Garland.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Didn't "Bastard out of Carolina" deal with the same issue? Sexual molestation of minors is extremely common, sadly. It would be unusual if it didn't make its way to the movies.

[Palladin]

All shook up over Dakota's 'Hounddog'

NY POST--excerpt

Cute-as-a-button child star Dakota Fanning, who turned 12 in February, is venturing into sexually disturbing territory in a movie being filmed in North Carolina. The screenplay for "Hounddog" - a dark story of abuse, violence and Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South, written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier - calls for Fanning's character to be raped in one explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in several other horrifying moments.

Fanning's mother, Joy, and her Hollywood agent, Cindy Osbrink, see the movie as a possible Oscar vehicle for the pint-size star. But despite Fanning's status as a bankable actress - whose movies, including last year's "War of the Worlds," have earned more than half a billion dollars since 2001 - the alarming material seems to have scared off potential investors from the under-$5 million indie project.

"The two taboos in Hollywood are child abuse and the killing of animals," a source close to the situation told me. "In this movie, both things happen."

"The subject matter is very tough," Robins told me, "but I was attracted to it because in the end it's a story about human understanding, about a little girl who's dealt a very bad deck of cards, but finds solace in the music of Elvis and survives."