Miami Beach – from www.nydailynews.com – An adult film company’s version of fun in the sun – the filming of a porno movie in a public park near Miami Beach – has city officials fuming.
The skin flick titled “Island Adventure” and produced by RealityKings.com, was shot in broad daylight on Monument Island and used a 110-foot obelisk as the backdrop, the Miami Herald reported.
Miami Beach officials were less than thrilled by the film, which features characters such as “Captain Stabbin” and a redhead named “Brooklyn. [pictured far right]”
“This is not an uninhabited island miles off the coast,” Assistant City Manager Hilda Fernandez told the Herald. “It’s in the middle of a very busy bay. You can’t go filming pornos in public parks.”
The monument that appears in the movie is the Flagler Memorial, dedicated to oil baron Henry Flagler, who’s credited with helping develop South Florida. Just two years ago, taxpayers approved a $1 million restoration project for the memorial.
Area historian Seth Bramson called the smut peddlers disrespectful.
“They should not be desecrating that island,” Bramson said. “It’s hallowed ground.”
But Lawrence Walters, a lawyer for the film company, said his clients did nothing wrong.
“It was apparently produced on a deserted island with no people around to witness the filming,” Walters said, adding that RealityKings.com were “good corporate citizens” that give to charity.
The official in charge of approving film permits for Miami Beach, Graham Winick, however, disagreed.
“I can say without even looking in my files that we did not permit that,” said Winick.
