Dirty Pictures (2000)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 2000-05-27
Director: Frank Pierson
Writers: Ilene Chaiken
Language: English
Stars: James Woods , Ann Marin , Craig T. Nelson , Diana Scarwid , Leon Pownall , Matt North , David Huband , Judah Katz , Rachael Crawford , Marnie McPhail
Runtime: 104 min
Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 6 nominations total
AKA: El gran conflicto (Spain) , Dirty Pictures , Spinavá zálezitost (Czech Republic) , Dirty Pictures (Mexico) , ダーティ・ピクチャー禁断の写真 (Japan) , Kielletyt kuvat (Finland) , Грязные снимки (Russian Federation) , Fotos Proibidas (Brazil) , Nieczysta fotografia (Poland) , Dirty Pictures (United States of America) , Tiltott képek (Hungary) , The Museum Project (United States of America) , Fotografías obscenas (Argentina)
Plot: Fact-based story about the court proceedings that followed Cincinnati art museum director Dennis Barrie after his decision to display a controversial art exhibit by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The proceedings start with an inflamed County Sheriff who is determined to put Barrie in jail. A grand jury established to determine whether the sexually explicit photographs were obscene found seven of the pictures to possibly be obscene. The seven pictures depicted nude children, a man ramming his fist up another man's anus, and man with his finger in his penis. Other pictures in the exhibit did depict explicit nudity and sexual connotation. An obviously biased judge made derisive decisions throughout the trial. The strain of the trial also placed Barrie's marriage under duress, which ultimately led to his wife divorcing him, and led to Barrie's children being derided and physically attacked by their classmates.
IMDB:tt0217363