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Dirty Pictures (TV)

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Original title

Dirty Pictures

Year

2000

Running time

104 min.

Country

United States

Director

Frank Pierson

Screenwriter

Ilene Chaiken

Cast

Music

Mark Snow

Cinematography

Hiro Narita

Producer

MGM Television, The Manheim Company

Genre

Drama | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 2000: Golden Globes: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. 2 nominations

2000: Emmy: 2 nominations

2000: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nom. Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Woods)

2000: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture Made for Television.

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Dirty Pictures (TV)

2000

Frank Pierson