Talk:Zombie Strippers

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[edit] Notes

I'm having a bit of difficulty getting Wikipedia:reliable sources to expand this article. An actress, Jessica Custodio, posted notes about a day of filming on her myspace blog at blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=85760344&blogID=254780801 but blog.myspace.com is on the Wikimedia spam blacklist, so I can't put it in External links (or even formally link to it here). The producer, Angela Lee, sent me a lot of information in an email, but, well, that's not strictly Wikipedia:verifiable in the sense of being published somewhere that someone else could look it up. I'll post it here on the talk page.

Presumably more will be written about the film as it gets closer to release. --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 18:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From Angela Lee

Since Zombie Strippers is a political satire The Writer/Director (Jay Lee who's also my brother) and I always hoped we get released in 2008 during the election year. Jay wrote, directed, shot and is editing this film and a team of visual effects artists are working on shots as soon as Jay's finished a scene in order for us to be ready by October for the big genre festivals and conventions.

Here's a little background on the film. Use or ignore any of it as you see fit.

It's based on Eugene Ionesco's classic French Existential play Rhinoceros.

We sold the film on the title alone. Jay's first film went to Sundance in 2002 and after that he was having trouble getting green lit on a second film because his work was considered too "intellectual" so we came up with the stupidest title we could think of. Once we got the green light then Jay was faced with the challenge of writing a script that wouldn't ruin his career as a serious filmmaker. Hence the French Existential twist.

I've attached the treatment to the film for your information and below is a director's statement that was given to the publicist at Playboy when they asked him why he cast Jenna in the lead role.

Feel free to contact me with any more questions.

As for the picture, I took it with a camera that belonged to Penny Drake, the actress. We discussed it and would both prefer to release it with "no rights reserved" since we're much more interested in the publicity it could garner than photo credit. There are more behind the scenes pictures on her [site] under reel footage. There's a link to view the whole album on the left underneath the picture of her as a zombie. She said any of the pictures in her album can be used. If you'd like a picture of Robert Englund without Penny in it I can get one from one of the other cast or crew members. He was really really nice and easy going and posed for pictures all day long.

[edit] Director's statement about Jenna Jameson

We live in a time of blatant, brutal and deadly hypocrisy. Sex scandals run rampant in the conservative political and religious leadership. Wars are raged, nations bombed, bibles are thumped with roaring hatred and intolerance and yet accusatory fingers are aimed at music and movies. Reason and fact are being ignored all in the name of a faith that looms ever so ominously over all of our lives.

When it comes to the sexual retrograde of this country the facts are still undeniable: since the readily availability of pornography in the home thanks to the internet, sex crimes in this country are down more than 40%. And yet the hypocrisy of this country rages even louder, lashing out even stronger against the evils of the sex industry all in the name "decency" and "morality." So what is "morality"? To put millions of women at risk merely to satisfy one's own self-serving sense of decency? Does being a good American now mean living in denial and ignorance like our current administration?

It is possible that this arena holds the key to turning the tides on our moral retrograde. And it is Jenna Jameson that stands in the forefront of this debate, as crusader, scapegoat, spokesperson, hero and villain all wrapped up in one.

We wanted to make a film with a message disguised under the facade of a horror/comedy. We wanted to throw the hypocrisies of our time in the face of mainstream America. And to do that we'd need some pretty strong allies. We'd need a strong political and social voice that was also a star, an icon that could make the film popular enough to attract an audience big enough for our message to be heard loud enough to make a difference. It was obvious who that person was - Jenna Jameson. And knowing of her desire to move into the world of horror movies we created a story accordingly and then attempted the impossible.

To make a film with a strong statement one also must not back down or else the message itself weakens. The double-edged sword of casting the greatest porn-star of all time in a mainstream film was never questioned. We knew if to make a powerful statement we would have to make equally powerful choices. The only question was - would she do the film? And much to our surprise she agreed to play the part.

Jenna Jameson is one of the most beautiful women in the world, she is one of the most popular people on the planet, she is one of the most controversial personalities of all time, she is a statement in herself that may very well be the commanding voice to stop this country's regression into a new dark age of fanaticism and ignorance. If our little film can make a fraction of the difference Jenna has made, I'll be a very happy filmmaker.

-- Jay Lee