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October 12, 2005

Pirates Premieres in Hollyweird

by Re Pete

Yar!

On a recent Monday evening, all the excessively pretty people poured into Hollywood's storied Egyptian Theater for a much-anticipated premiere. The movie, Pirates, shot entirely in high-definition by easygoing wunderkind and techno-sexual adventurer Joone, already had a lot of industry people talking. After all, it starred some of the sexiest women on Earth - including Jesse Jane, Janine Lindemulder, Carmen Luvana, Teagan Presley and Jenaveve Jolie. And it had been heralded as one of the biggest (read: most expensive) adult productions yet made (though opinions on this vary).

That's right - the Egyptian was the site for a XXX movie premiere, the likes of which haven't been seen since the bowchickabowchicka bygone days of the seventies. Replace the oversaturated blue of those grimy times with new-millennium high-def depth, and you've got porno chic with bigger production values (not to mention breasts), red carpets, puffy pirate shirts, scabbards, and the crisp, clean smell of money. Strange days, even for an old, permanently warped industry town like Hollywood.

Does this mean that the mainstreaming of adult entertainment has taken yet another step forward, along with Porn Queen Jenna Jameson's New York Times-bestselling memoir "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale" and the numerous Hollywood acting credits for adult actors like Gina Lynn and Nina Hartley, not to mention the black-inked porn profit centers for big ole' American corporations like News Corp., Time Warner, and Paris "The Heiress" Hilton's namesake hotel chain (not to mention her own "underground-style" porno, 1 Night in Paris)? (Well, not quite: as part of the unofficial "War on Porn," the current Presidential administration has enlisted the help of the FBI, whose Washington Field Office just began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. As if they don't have enough to do right now.)

But never mind about that. I recently talked with Joone about Pirates, which will almost certainly set sales records for Digital Playground - the entertainment company that produced the movie in association with longtime adult fixture Adam and Eve - as well as across the entire industry. Here are some excerpts from the interview, condensed for easy reading.

How did the premiere at the Egyptian go?

It was phenomenal. A great turnout, over 600 people. The place was packed.

The costumes and set design looks fantastic. What inspired you to make the movie and to really go for broke on Pirates?

We shot a little side movie during the filming of Island Fever 3 in Tahiti and Bora Bora with Evan Stone as a pirate. It was so much fun, and we thought we had something, so we decided to do a full-length feature.

Was it shot on location?

We shot in Florida and Los Angeles. We did all the ship scenes in Florida.

You're known for using cutting-edge digital technology in your films. Did you use any new gadgets for Pirates?

This time around we went with two high-definition cameras instead of one. I really wanted to capture the best possible performance, which two cameras enabled us to do.

When it came to shooting, did you have a favorite performer?

I actually wrote the screenplay with the actors in mind. Evan Stone, Jesse Jane, Tommy Gunn, they all had distinct roles. Evan plays the wild-eyed comic pirate, who balances nicely with Tommy, who plays a mean, savage pirate.