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Directed by |
Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman |
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Written by | Andy Bellin |
Starring | |
Music by | Stephen Trask |
Cinematography | Eric Alan Edwards |
Edited by | Robert Dalva |
Production
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Eclectic Pictures
Untitled Entertainment Animus Films Telling Pictures |
Distributed by |
Millennium Films Radius-TWC |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $1.6 million |
Lovelace is a 2013 American biographical drama film about porn actress Linda Boreman, better known as Linda Lovelace, star of Deep Throat, a seminal 1972 film at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn. Lovelace covers her life from age 20 to 32. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film was written by Andy Bellin and stars Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Adam Brody, James Franco, Chloë Sevigny, and Juno Temple. The film had its world premiere on January 22, 2013, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and opened in a U.S. limited release on August 9, 2013.
In 1970, 20-year-old Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried) is living with her overbearing parents in Davie, Florida. While out dancing one night with her best friend, Patsy (Juno Temple), she attracts the attention of Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard), and the two soon develop a serious relationship. He is much older than her and begins teaching her how to perform sexual acts, which she is initially thrilled about. After breaking a curfew one night, Linda is slapped by her mother (Sharon Stone), so she decides to move out and live with Chuck, later marrying him. During a party, Linda watches one of Chuck's homemade porno films for the first time and tells him that good girls like her don't do stuff like that.