- Title: USA: Zack and Miri Make a Porno premieres in Los Angeles
- Date: 23rd October 2008
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 20, 2008) (REUTERS) POSTER OF "ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO" WIDE SHOT OF RED CARPET ADULT FILM ACTRESS KATIE MORGAN ON RED CARPET DIRECTOR KEVIN SMITH TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEVIN SMITH, DIRECTOR, ON NAME CONTROVERSY, SAYING: "I knew when we put "porn" in the title it was going to turn some people off, but I just figured those people weren't coming to see the movie anyway. So that was it, that was the worst I'd figure I'd get. That this all happened, it was just kind of strange." SETH ROGEN AND GIRLFRIEND ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) SETH ROGEN, CO-STAR, SAYING: "I did, but you know, it's a romantic comedy and so I knew that all in all, it had nothing too horrible in it. My girlfriend read it and she liked it, so I knew that was a good sign it would work."
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- Story Text: Two friends can't pay the bills, decide to make an amateur porn movie and end up falling in love in Kevin Smith's latest comedy, called, what else: "Zack and Miri Make A Porno."
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" premiered in Los Angeles Monday night (October 20). The cast and crew walked the red carpet in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater for a special screening of the Kevin Smith's R-rated comedy. Among the attendees were Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long, Brandon Routh and Traci Lords. Given the film's subject matter, well known porn actors who appeared in the film were also on hand.
Kevin Smith's film has had to battle its way to the theaters. First slapped with an NC-17 (no children allowed under 17) rating which was later reduced to R (children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult). Then complaints about the original movie poster and then complaints about using the word "porno" in the title. Smith says he was not expecting this kind of response.
"I knew when we put "porn" in the title it was going to turn some people off, but I just figured those people weren't coming to see the movie anyway, " Smith says. "So that was it, that was the worst I'd figure I'd get. That this all happened, it was just kind of strange."
The film is a comedy about two lifelong platonic friends needing quick cash. Deeply entangled in debts, Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) try to find a way to make lots of money in short time and come out with an idea to produce an amateur porn movie.
Considering the current financial situation in the United States. The premise seems slightly more realistic than it might have been six months ago.
Kevin Smith is pleasantly surprised. "It's a little more prescient isn't it. Like I seem like I'm Warren Buffett, because I made the movie months ago. I called it. Yeah, my feeling is that when the economy collapsed down the toilet two weeks back everyone was so upset. But I was like, this just makes my movie plausible."
Actor Justin Long thinks porn could be the next economic plan. "I think it's going to give both presidential candidates an idea on a new economic strategy," Long said. "When you're hit with hard times, what do you do, you ... forget the bail out, this is like a "porn-out".
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" is due out in the U.S. on October 31. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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