On the Doll
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"On The Doll" is a 2008 very dark and intense dramatic feature film directed and written by acclaimed music video director Thomas Mignone, who has directed award-winning videos for artists such as Mudvayne, Slipknot, System Of A Down, Megadeth, Danzig, Sepultura, Otep, American Head Charge, Cradle Of Filth, Toadies, and others. The film's title comes from the phrase "Show me on the doll where you were touched" often asked of young children who have been the victims of sexual abuse. "On The Doll" has a limited theatrical release in the United States, as well as a continuously growing popularity upon its DVD and online release due to several unexpected and highly graphic scenes.
[edit] Plot
Multiple lives cross in this story of victims and victimizers, and how the pain of early childhood traumas can continue throughout the characters' adult lives. Jiz is an intelligent yet socially insecure young man who struggles to work at an adult newspaper. He was victimized as a child by a friend of his father. Jiz's name comes from the nickname his dad gave him while making him mop up the messes left behind in the peep show booths at the neighborhood porn shop. One day he meets Balery who has come in to place an ad in the adult newspaper. At first Jiz refuses to run the ad because he knows Balery is looking to hire a hit man, but then he reluctantly decides to take on the job himself in order to make the money he needs to pay off a local crime boss to let an indebted callgirl go free. Meanwhile, Wes continues whoring out his girlfriend Chantel in order to make enough money to buy her an engagement ring just to shut her up about his lack of commitment. Yet he gets violently upset when he discovers she's been performing lurid sex acts on her customers just to make the extra money he wants. And two intimately close high school girls Melody and Courtney play sexy and flirtatious games with their teacher Mr. Garrett in order to improve their grades, without realizing the violent dangers all their teasing could lead to.
[edit] Cast Includes:
Brittany Snow as Balery, Josh Janowitz as Jiz, Angela Sarafyan as Tara, Theresa Russell as Diane, Candice Accola as Melody, Eddie Jemison as Mr. Garrett, Clayne Crawford as Wes, Shanna Collins as Chantel, Paul Ben-Victor as Jimmy Sours, Chloe Domont as Courtney, Marcus Giamatti as Uncle Lou, Tim Depriest as Stevie, and James Russo as the Janitor.
The film's website is [www.onthedoll.com] and contains several explicit clips from the film, including the infamously brutal "Ballbusting" scene starring Brittany Snow. The original soundtrack for the film is composed by Paul D'Amour, who was the original bassist for the music group TOOL. It also features new music by musical artists The Crystal Method, Otep, Feersum Ennjin, Miss Derringer, and The Black Heart Procession. "On The Doll" premiered at the Austin Film Festival, and has also been invited to screen in competition at the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Avignon Film Festival in France, as well as at Cinequest and the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.
The production company is DOOM Incorporated [www.doominc.com]. Domestic distribution is through Peace Arch Entertainment [www.peacearch.com]. Foreign distribution is through The G-Machine Inc.
