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Dirty Pictures

Country: USA, Language: English, 104 mins

  • Director: Frank Pierson
  • Writer: Ilene Chaiken
  • Producer: Vicky Herman; Michael Manheim

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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.


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Cast & Characters

James Woods as Dennis Barrie;
Craig T. Nelson as Sheriff Simon Leis;
Diana Scarwid as Dianne;
Leon Pownall as Prouty;
Matt North as Lobb;
David Huband as Sirkin;
Judah Katz as Mizibov;
Rachael Crawford as Bosworth;
Marnie McPhail as Reising;
R.D. Reid as Albanese;
Allegra Fulton as Angela;
Michele Muzzi as Brenda;
Martin Roach as Ed;
Tony De Santis as Floyd;
Kenneth McGregor as Gil