Movie Review : "LOVELACE"

LOVELACE

Lovelace is a 2013 American biographical drama film about Linda Boreman, better known as Linda Lovelace. It covers the part of her life when she was "20 to 32". Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film was written by Andy Bellin and stars Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Adam Brody, and Juno Temple. The film had its world premiere on January 22, 2013, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and opened in a U.S. limited release on August 9, 2013. 

Plot

The film's plot is non-linear. This summary is presented in chronological order.

In 1970 in Davie, Florida, Linda Boreman and her best friend Patsy go roller skating when they volunteer to dance on stage to the local band at the roller rink. Their dancing attracts the attention of Chuck Traynor, who develops a relationship with Linda. After Linda breaks a curfew, she moves out of her parents' house and marries Traynor. During a party, Linda watches one of Traynor's homemade porno films for the first time. Six months later, Linda bails Traynor out of jail after he is arrested for soliciting prostitution. Desperate for money, Traynor forces Linda into prostitution at gunpoint. Shortly afterwards, he has her audition at B & A Films, where she lands a career after Traynor shows producers Nat Laurendi and Anthony Romano a film of her doing fellatio. Linda begins work on the film Deep Throat, where she first uses her stage name Linda Lovelace. Deep Throat becomes a hit among viewers and critics, raking in over $30,000 in the box office on its first week. During a private screening of the film in Los Angeles, Hugh Hefner convinces Linda that she has the potential to be more than a porn actress. Following the screening, Traynor once again forces Linda at gunpoint to participate in a gang bang at a hotel. The next day, she secretly meets up with Romano and tells him she wants out of the porno business, revealing the facial bruises inflicted by Traynor. Romano has her checked in to a hotel while he and his bodyguards whip Traynor for abusing Linda and for the $25,000 he owes.

Six years later, following her divorce from Traynor, Linda marries Larry Marchiano and moves to Long Island and has a son with him. She takes a polygraph test prior to publishing her autobiography Ordeal, which details her years of Traynor physically and sexually abusing her, as well as controlling all of her earnings. Linda appears on Donahue to talk about her autobiography, with her distraught parents breaking down in tears while watching her on TV. A few days later, the Marcianos travel to Florida for Linda to reconcile with her parents.

The film's ending captions reveal that while Deep Throat made over $600 million worldwide, Linda earned only $1,250. Ordeal went on to sell out three printings, and for 20 years, Linda had spoken out against pornography and domestic violence. Traynor went on to marry Marilyn Chambers. Linda died at the age of 53 from injuries sustained in a car accident in 2002; Traynor suffered a fatal heart attack three months later. 

Cast

• Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace
• Peter Sarsgaard as Chuck Traynor
• Sharon Stone as Dorothy Boreman, Linda's mother
• Robert Patrick as John Boreman, Linda's father
• Juno Temple as Patsy, Linda's best friend
• Adam Brody as Harry Reems, Linda's co-star in Deep Throat
• Wes Bentley as Thomas the photographer
• Eric Roberts as Nat Laurendi
• James Franco as Hugh Hefner
• Chris Noth as Anthony Romano
• Bobby Cannavale as Butchie Peraino
• Hank Azaria as Gerard Damiano, director of Deep Throat
• Debi Mazar as Dolly Sharp, Linda's co-star in Deep Throat
• Cory Hardrict as Frankie Crocker
• David Gueriera as Larry Marchiano, Linda's second husband
• Tyler Nusenow as Dominic Marchiano, Linda's son
• Chloë Sevigny as Rebecca
• Don McManus as Arty Shapiro
• Ronald Pritchard as Sammy Davis, Jr.

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