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L'innocence foudroyée

Original title: Shattered Innocence
  • TV Movie
  • 1988
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
541
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L'innocence foudroyée (1988)
Drama

A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster.A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster.A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster.

  • Director
    • Sandor Stern
  • Writers
    • Thanet Richard
    • Sandor Stern
  • Stars
    • Jonna Lee
    • Melinda Dillon
    • John Pleshette
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    541
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sandor Stern
    • Writers
      • Thanet Richard
      • Sandor Stern
    • Stars
      • Jonna Lee
      • Melinda Dillon
      • John Pleshette
    • 18User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Jonna Lee
    • Pauleen Anderson
    Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon
    • Sharon Anderson
    John Pleshette
    John Pleshette
    • Mel Erman
    Kris Kamm
    Kris Kamm
    • Cory Parker
    Ben Frank
    Ben Frank
    • Lou Gates
    Dennis Howard
    • Del Anderson
    Stephen Schnetzer
    Stephen Schnetzer
    • Danny Calloway
    Richard Cox
    Richard Cox
    • Brad Pullman
    Nadine Van der Velde
    Nadine Van der Velde
    • Nora
    • (as Nadine Van Der Velde)
    Randy Hamilton
    • Vince
    Peppi Sanders
    • Vicki
    Melissa Michaelsen
    • Patricia
    Neil Billingsley
    • Don
    Ana Auther
    Ana Auther
    • Chrissie
    Mark Gluckman
    Mark Gluckman
    • Roy
    Traci Davis
    • Mary Lou
    Bob Sorenson
    • Dave
    Richard Alexander
    • Man #1
    • (as Dick Alexander)
    • Director
      • Sandor Stern
    • Writers
      • Thanet Richard
      • Sandor Stern
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    Dmoc33

    Great effort for a TV movie

    I agree with the comments above about this film. Despite the flat TV movie style presentaion, "Shattered Innocence" kept my attention until the tragic conclusion. What I liked about the movie's approach was that it did not condem the obvious culprit, the porn industry, for the downfall and demise of Pauleen Anderson. Pauleen chose to enter the adult film world and succumbed to cocaine addiction and ultimately faced the horrible consequences. TV movies have a lack of fluidity of camerawork and lack of showmanship as is the case with "Shattered Innocence". In the light of porn-glamourizing films such as "Boogie Nights", this tepidness accentuates the intent of "Shattered Innocence". In "Shattered Innocence" entry, escape from and re-entry into the porn business leads to tragic, lonely, and hurtful existence. I suspect the downfall of Pauleen Anderson is much closer to what happens to real-life porn actors than the glamourous lives of the characters in "Boogie Nights" (which by the way, ended with a bizzare, 'happy' conclusion for all).
    bazdol

    NOT BAD

    I saw this on the True Romance channel today and thought it was not bad at all, typical of the Made-for-TV movies of the 80s. Joanna Lee plays the part of Pamela Lee, a porn actress who killed herself at the age of 20 after heavy cocaine addiction with her young life filled with misfortunes. Like many, she came from the rural midwest and was attracted to the bright lights of LA hoping to make it as a legit model only to pose nude and end up in porn. It is really a sad and moving story, well directed and acted. Joanna Lee does an excellent job of portraying this poor young girl. Ms. Lee made only a few pictures
    7moonspinner55

    Surprisingly good

    This CBS-TV movie begins like most others in the good-girl-goes-bad vein, but it quickly becomes apparent that "Shattered Innocence" is well-made, well-acted and written--it catches you off-guard. The young woman whose innocence is shattered is based on real-life '80s porn-star Shauna Grant. Scenes such as the one where "Lara Dawn" goes back home to Kansas for Christmas, proudly showing off a scrapbook of nude photos to her family and then getting rebuffed by her appalled mother, are both tender and sad, and the young woman's fight to reclaim her life at the finale is quite moving. The film doesn't have the theatrical style of something like "Star 80", but it's thoughtful and touching in its own way thanks in large part to a solid cast and to Sandor Stern's tight direction and script, co-written with Thanet Richard. A nice surprise. *** from ****
    7amidalasky

    Surprisingly good

    This is a movie that could have been tawdry and exploitative, and indeed, I recall reading that the parents of Colleen Applegate (whose life this is loosely based on) were displeased with it, saying it made the pornographers look like they were just running a business and Colleen got into trouble on her own. It's not quite that simple in the movie.

    The acting is good all around. Jonna Lee is convincing in all three wildly different stages of the Colleen character's (here she's called Pauleen) story: naive virgin, confident nude model, and decimated, has-been, weary porn star. Her hysterical, desperate tirade at the end is particularly noteworthy; despite the many stupid decisions she's made, in the end, you feel for her. She was really just a kid, after all.
    8MarieGabrielle

    Based on a true story...

    this film was made in the late 80's and there was also a NY PBS documentary based on the same subject; her real name was Colleen, she was from the Midwest, she moved to L.A. to get her "big break". Of course, tens of thousands of others stream into the city weekly, so it is not a done deal.

    She eventually became "Shauna Grant" porn star. The seamier sides of the business are probably not shown, but the drug issues, transient lifestyle and impossibility of finding a real acting job afterward are all touched on. Originally, Colleen was just a girl trying to make it, took a few wrong turns. The story ended tragically.

    Melinda Dillon is very good as Colleen's mother, not knowing what to do, initially believing her daughter is doing okay. There is a decent cameo role by John Pleshette, an older man who attempted to rescue her, but he is carted off to prison, and she loses this meager support system. The alienation and emptiness of her life in Palm Springs, where she was eventually found dead, is palpable.

    This is actually a good film for parents who still may not be aware of what can happen; the downward spiral of a girl who started with good intentions, ended up working in porn.The sad fact is that this still goes on today; anyone who has HBO will regularly have to turn off the show with "Family Business:Seymour Butts"--- a minor porn producer who has his own show.

    For actresses who really think they want to get into that business are free to do so, but should realize they will not eventually be hooking up into a decent acting career; It is an age old ploy that was used. "Shattered Dreams" is a decent film with a message. 8/10

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    • Trivia
      The film is based on Michael London's article, "The Death of Colleen", which detailed the short life and death of adult film actress Colleen Applegate (known professionally as Shauna Grant). London's article was featured in the Los Angeles Times six weeks after Applegate's suicide in March 1984. While London acted as a consultant on the film, producers changed Applegate's name to "Pauline Anderson" and fictionalized other aspects of her life at her parents' request.
    • Quotes

      Mel Erman: You okay?

      Pauleen Anderson: [cover her nose] Oh, I fine. Just a nosebleed. Dr. Packett says there's allergies. The desert air dries up my membranes.

      Mel Erman: [nods disapprovingly] I'm closing the cupboard.

      [Pauleen looks at him in shock]

      Mel Erman: No more coke for you.

      Pauleen Anderson: It's the desert air!

      Mel Erman: You think you're talking to some farmer on the back forty? You burned a hole in your nose.

      Pauleen Anderson: I don't do that much!

      Mel Erman: I'm cutting you off.

      Pauleen Anderson: Mel, that is not fair!

      Mel Erman: It's the best I can do.

      Pauleen Anderson: [attempts to leave] Fine! I'll just move the hell out of here!

      Mel Erman: And do what, go back to pornos? That's what you wanna do with your life, go ahead. Do it.

    • Connections
      Featured in Frontline: Death of a Porn Queen (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Baby, I Love Your Way
      by Peter Frampton

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1989 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shattered Innocence
    • Filming locations
      • 7224 N. 47th Street Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA(Mel's Palm Springs House)
    • Production companies
      • Green/Epstein Productions
      • Lorimar Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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