Barb Wire (film)
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| Barb Wire | |
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 Movie poster for Barb Wire |
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| Directed by | David Hogan |
| Produced by | Dennis Brody Robert Del Valle Peter Heller Ray Manzella Todd Moyer Mike Richardson Brad Wyman |
| Written by | Chris Warner (comics) Ilene Chaiken (story) Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay) |
| Starring | Pamela Anderson Temuera Morrison Victoria Rowell Jack Noseworthy Xander Berkeley Udo Kier |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography | Rick Bota Michael A. Jones |
| Editing by | Peter Schink |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Language | English |
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Barb Wire is a 1996 film based on the Dark Horse Comic, produced by Brad Wyman and starring Pamela Anderson.
- Tagline: Don't call me babe!
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[edit] Plot summary
21st century. USA. The second civil war. The whole country is in a state of emergency. What was formerly called the American Congress now rules with fascistic methods. There is only one free city left, Steel Harbor, headquarter for the resistance. This is the hometown of Barb Wire, owner of the night club Hammerhead. As times aren't good, Barb has a second job. She's a bounty hunter and you probably wouldn't want her after you. Barb's credo is to never take sides for anybody and that's the only way to survive these days. As her former lover Axel Hood appears asking for a favour, Barb suddenly finds herself to be key player on high political stage. Now she has to take sides...
[edit] Cast
- Pamela Anderson – Barbara 'Barb Wire' Kopetski
- Temuera Morrison – Axel Hood
- Victoria Rowell – Dr. Corrina 'Cora D' Devonshire
- Jack Noseworthy – Charlie Kopetski
- Xander Berkeley – Alexander Willis
- Udo Kier – Curly
[edit] Trivia
- The entire "Don't call me Babe" leitmotif of Barb Wire comes from the original advertising for the Barb Wire Dark Horse comic book, in which she said those words to differentiate herself from a buxom, slightly airy comic book heroine named Babe by John Byrne.
- Barb's motorcycle is a 900cc Triumph Thunderbird made as a water-cooled three cylinder model by the new Triumph factory at Hinckley in Leicestershire.
- In the film, Pam's waist was laced down to 17 inches. The corset and the heels she wore made fighting scenes really challenging for her.
- The film is a thinly-veiled remake of the classic 1942 film Casablanca.
