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Its 2006, youtube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Indiewire called king cobra possibly the best film ever made about the business end of americas gay adult film industry and also described james franco. King cobra features a starstudded cast, including nostalgic favorites such as molly ringwald and alicia silverstone. Keegan allen also stands out in his role of a not so bright harlow cudra who follows francos every lead. It was directed by justin kelly and was based on the book cobra killer. Christian slater and garrett clayton star in the trailer for king cobra. The film shows again at the tribeca film festival on friday at 8. James franco plays gay porn director in story thats all smut, no soul. The star of the movie is a disney channel favorite garrett. What james francos movie king cobra gets wrong about. He plays brent aka sean as a young man wanting to be in the movies who then becomes seduced by slater and the money and fame and the sex that comes with the camera work.
Earlier this year, slater, 47, and franco opened up about playing gay. Franco plays one of two hotrodobsessed, exhustler meatheads who literally killed for the right to shoot a movie with underage adult film star brent corrigan, whose birth name was the even. King cobra director justin kelly talks about his film based on brent corrigans career and how far franco, who plays a porn producer, was willing to go on screen. King cobra is as inyourface explicit a gay movie as has ever been made with recognizable male actors, including producer james franco, who predictably takes the lions share of the most.
King cobra smells more like business plan than a movie. King cobra james franco plays a gay porn director who will literally kill to work with underage adult film star brent corrigan. King cobra is a 2016 american biographical film about the life and early career of brent. James franco s king cobra sells domestic rights to ifc films slater plays an amateur gay porn kingpin whose star clayton attracts the attention of rival filmmakers and lovers. But as brents rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he.
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James franco strips down to nearly nothing in the new trailer for his upcoming gay porn thriller king cobra, which he stars in and produced in the clip above which was. King cobra subject brent corrigan says hollywood bastardised his life. Francos characters try to outsleaze each other in this lowbudget dark comedy. King cobra is a fastpaced movie tracing the reallife events in the life of brent corrigan, a gay porn actor who was illegally performing under age, and who got all tied up in a murder mystery story. Oct 21, 2016 get king cobra dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. King cobra, a factinspired movie about the underbelly of gay porn starring james franco and christian slater, pushes boundaries far beyond its gritty subject matter director justin kelly.
Taking the stage name brent corrigan, a freshfaced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire cobra video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. The actor gives his most unhinged performance since spring breakers. Slater has some effective moments and franco excels at a certain kind of scaryfunny psycho, but it. This rippedfromtheheadlines drama covers the early rise of gay porn headliner sean paul lockhart a. Like a nightclub touted by saturday night lives stefon, the new film king cobra offers up a plethora of wild, unexpected delights. Oct 21, 2016 christian slater and james franco play rival producers of gay pornographic movies in justin kellys king cobra, a sleazy dark comedy that aspires to be a lowbudget, allmale answer to.
He becomes the envy of all, the coverboy for movies and magazines and the reason that cobra became king for a period of time. James franco plays a gay porn director who will literally kill to work with underage adult film star brent corrigan. King cobra horror, aliens, zombies, vampires, creature. But even franco s crazy career looks tame compared to the real life. King cobra is the boogie nights of gay porn tribeca. King cobra trailer with james franco and christian slater. Brent corrigan blasts hollywood for bastardizing his. A man, brent corrigan, becomes his producers lover after a succession of the gay porn films they make become wildly successful. Stephen christian slater, an adultentertainment producer who discovers the next big star brent corrigan garett clayton, finds himself the target of joe, a rival producer and former male escort james franco with a bad temper and a burning desire to become a movie kingpin, wholl stop at nothing to steal his rivals star. James franco s gay murder movie king cobra, based on the 2007 murder of gay adult film producer bryan kocis, has wrapped shooting and just.
I knew it was a true story before i started watching it and i knew it was about a murder but it still surprised me all along the way. Official page for king cobra, starring james franco, christian slater, alicia silverstone, keegan allen, garrett clayton, and molly ringwald. Francos performance is excessive and seriously detracts from the general. Based on a rippedfromtheheadlines true story, king cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behindthescenes world of the gay pornography industry. Its difficult to find a reason for the films existence beyond a spoiled platform for james francos ersatz boldness. King cobra full full movie, king cobra full full movie streaming king cobra full movie engsub watch king cobra full english full movie online king cobra full film online watch king cobra full. James francos king cobra director on gay sex scenes.
The very best performance was by his rival in the biz, played by keegan allen. James francos gay murder movie king cobra wraps shooting. King cobra is streaming on netflix, for all your james franco gay porn movie needs. Franco both stars in and produces the movie, which is a wild tale about the murder of a gay porn producer by two aspiring producers in the. Feb 22, 2017 king cobra is streaming on netflix, for all your james franco gay porn movie needs. Brent corrigan, before his falling out with the producer who made him famous. Based on a strangerthanfiction true story, king cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behindthescenes world of the pornography industry. Apr 19, 2016 garett clayton, james franco, and christian slater from king cobra pose at the tribeca film festival. He didnt direct, but still franco s influence can be felt throughout the film. Plus the guy i was sure was gonna be the one to bite it wasnt and it was a totally different character so in a way it was like i had no idea what the fuck. Oct 19, 2016 king cobra is a wild murder mystery filled with sex and scandal, another interesting highlight in james franco s varied career. King cobra is a darkly entertaining exploit that although retains the true story element would rather have style over substance.
Nov 03, 2015 james francos gay murder movie king cobra, based on the 2007 murder of gay adult film producer bryan kocis, has wrapped shooting and just announced its full cast. King cobra 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The movie is based on the 2007 murder of gay porn producer bryan kocis and the book cobra killer by. King cobra the movie october 3, 2016 inspired by a true story about murder in the gay porn industry, king cobra stars james franco, christian slater, garrett clayton, keegan allen, molly ringwald, and alicia silverstone. King cobra the movie king cobra official trailer facebook. Apr 17, 2016 king cobra moves at the breakneck pace of bad decisions, kelly too often sacrificing nuance for speed, but each of its beats is amplified by a pulsating synth score that cribs from the best. Christian slater and james franco play rival producers of gay pornographic movies in justin kellys king cobra, a sleazy dark comedy that aspires to be a lowbudget, allmale answer to. King cobra trailer 1 2016 james franco, keegan allen drama movie hd official trailer.
King cobra aspires to do for the brutal slaying of gayporn producer bryan kocis what boogie nights did for the wonderland murders. King cobra 2016 full movie download full hd youtube. Gay porn, murder, and the manhunt to bring the killers to justice by andrew e. Franco served as a producer on king cobra and plays a figure in the death of former gay porn producer bryan kocis. James franco and pretty little liars keegan allen pose arminarm while shirtless on the set of their film king cobra. Oct 03, 2016 in case you missed it the first time, brent corrigan has reiterated that he doesnt at all approve of james francos king cobra. James franco and christian slater star in gay porn drama. Larry busacca the 46 year old star believes the cast pulled off the outofthebox.
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