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from www.pedestrian.tv – Cherry is a feature film by first time director Stephen Elliott – a writer and publisher best known for his critically acclaimed memoir The Adderall Diaries.
Young actress and former model Ashley Hinshaw plays Angelina, an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing high school who, through a series of events and relationships, ends up working as a fetish performer under the moniker ‘Cherry’ in the San Francisco porn industry.
Elliott – himself a former sex industry worker, co-wrote the screenplay with writer and porn performer Lorelei Lee. The solid supporting cast includes James Franco as a wealthy white collar suitor to Angelina, Dev Patel as her best friend, Heather Graham as an adult film director, and Lili Taylor as Angelina’s alcoholic mother.
The trailer reveals a very ‘independent’, DIY feel, but with the impressive cast and intriguing premise it will be interesting to see if it gets a proper distributor and release.
* Check it out… www.pedestrian.tv/pop-culture/news/first-look-james-franco-del-patel-in-porn-drama-ch/62761.htm
Background: Porn actress Lorelei Lee and author Stephen Elliott wrote the screenplay from which Elliott will make his directorial debut.
The film follows an 18-year-old girl who moves to San Francisco and enters the adult film industry.
Franco will play a drug-addled lawyer with whom she becomes involved.
Heather Graham and Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel co star. Graham revisits Boogie Nights territory as a pornographic actress who tries her hand at directing, only to become obsessed with the young girl.
Patel will play the girl’s best friend and potential love interest, while Lili Taylor is in negotiations to play her alcoholic mother.
One of the many things Franco is working on is bringing scriptwriter Elliott’s memoir The Adderall Diaries, to the screen.