Shattered Innocence (1988) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Sandor Stern

Writers:

Thanet Richard (writer)
Sandor Stern (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She's a good girl with a bad habit.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Pornography | Prostitution | Drugs | Porn Star | Suicide

Cast

Jonna Lee	...	Pauleen Anderson
Melinda Dillon	...	Sharon Anderson
John Pleshette	...	Mel Erman
Kris Kamm	...	Cory Parker
Ben Frank	...	Lou
Dennis Howard	...	Del Anderson
Stephen Schnetzer	...	Danny
Richard Cox	...	Brad Pullman
Nadine Van der Velde	...	Nora
Randy Hamilton	...	Vince
Peppi Sanders	...	Vicki
Melissa Michaelsen	...	Patricia
Neil Billingsley	...	Don
Ana Auther	...	Chrissie
Mark Gluckman	...	Roy

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)

Trivia:

This is the fictionalized account of Colleen Applegate a.k.a. Shauna Grant, a small town girl who took her own life after drugs and a brief career in porn apparently took their toll.

Quotes:

[Cory is enraged after seeing Pauleen's nude photos]
Pauleen Anderson: Why are you being like this?
Cory Parker: What in the hell do you think you're doing - porno? You're doing porno?
Pauleen Anderson: I'm doing modeling!
Cory Parker: 'Modeling'? Modeling what? You were bare-naked! Jeez, I thought your modeling goes to Sears; something like that!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wonderland (2003)

Soundtrack:

Baby, I Love Your Way

Based on a true story...

this film was made in the late 80's and there was also a NY PBS documentary based on the same subject; her real name was Colleen, she was from the Midwest, she moved to L.A. to get her "big break". Of course, tens of thousands of others stream into the city weekly, so it is not a done deal.

She eventually became "Shauna Grant" porn star. The seamier sides of the business are probably not shown, but the drug issues, transient lifestyle and impossibility of finding a real acting job afterward are all touched on. Originally, Colleen was just a girl trying to make it, took a few wrong turns. The story ended tragically.

Melinda Dillon is very good as Colleen's mother, not knowing what to do, initially believing her daughter is doing okay. There is a decent cameo role by John Pleshette, an older man who attempted to rescue her, but he is carted off to prison, and she loses this meager support system. The alienation and emptiness of her life in Palm Springs, where she was eventually found dead, is palpable.

This is actually a good film for parents who still may not be aware of what can happen; the downward spiral of a girl who started with good intentions, ended up working in porn.The sad fact is that this still goes on today; anyone who has HBO will regularly have to turn off the show with "Family Business:Seymour Butts"--- a minor porn producer who has his own show.

For actresses who really think they want to get into that business are free to do so, but should realize they will not eventually be hooking up into a decent acting career; It is an age old ploy that was used. "Shattered Dreams" is a decent film with a message. 8/10