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Shia And The Real Girl

Douglas Reinhardt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:10:00 EDT

At the world premiere for his latest film, Eagle Eye, Shia LaBeouf brought a unique guest along with him: an anatomically correct, life-sized Megan Fox doll. Fox wanted to attend the premiere with her Transformers co-star, but scheduling conflicts prevented her from making it last night. So in order to show Shia that she still cares, Fox spent the afternoon being poked and prodded by the Transformers special FX wizards. While she felt that the team got a little bit handsy during the molding sessions, she was assured that it was completely necessary in order to create the fully working and stunningly lifelike doll.

LaBeouf was initially disappointed when he learned that Fox was cancelling on him, but that feeling was quickly replaced with delight when he discovered the foxy clone in his trailer. Reportedly, he has been making the most of his new present. LaBeouf said, “Looks like somebody will be riding in the carpool lane from now on.”

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A Realdoll Factory Tour To See Where Lars's Bianca Was Born

Seth — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:08:42 EDT

The AP pays a visit to the birthplace of indie's newest it-girl, Bianca—star of Lars and the Real Girl—for a we-really-didn't-need-to-see-that peek inside the factory to see how the Realdoll sausage is made. Staring at the stacks of silicone molds and wall of interchangeable heads, we can't help but wonder if we're glimpsing Hollywood's synthespian-dependent future, where any poorly testing lead is easily replaced with the back of a hammer.

'Lars' movie shines light on RealDolls [AP]

'Lars And The Real Girl' Embarks On Faith-Based Sex-Doll Initiative

Seth — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:58:09 EDT

With Lars and the Real Girl set to open in various markets over the next few weeks—it's the buzzed-about Ryan Gosling film about a lonely misfit deluded into thinking he's fallen in love with a mail-order silicone sex doll—producers are facing a marketing challenge: Sure, the concept alone might sell tickets to a built-in, RealDoll-enthusiast audience, who'll arrive opening night with high hopes of cheerleading costumes and raunchy, multi-doll orgies. But how to get the rest of America to warm to what is in actuality a mild and sweet-natured film about small town, churchgoing folk? One solution, employed by Hollywood in the past to varying degrees of success, is to target one's sex-doll movie directly to the Christians who'd most identify with its message of universal tolerance:

How do you market a wholesome, old-fashioned film about a churchgoer who falls in love with his sex doll? Grassroots screenings with religious groups, maybe?

SKE plans more than 100 promo screenings by the time the film goes wide including, yes, outreach to church leaders. "We've found an enormous response from mainstream Christian groups," says Ray. "Some pastors may discuss the film as part of their sermons."
There's nothing very prurient in the film, which earned a PG-13 for "some sex-related content." Lars and Bianca sleep in separate houses. There's a discreet bathing scene where Bianca's potential in-laws bathe her, but while some silicone is exposed, her anatomical correctness is never shown.

How every parish chooses to approach the delicate topic of Lars and his fully bendable companion is of course up to the discretion of the clergy. While a policy of honesty might seem the Christian way, they may find the movie's sensitive depiction of the Real Girl—modestly dressed, respectfully silent during sermons, and willing to stand for 4 hours at the bake sale table without taking even one bathroom break—might lead them to take up a collection for a Real Girl to call their own.

Selling of a sex doll 'Lars' calls his own [THR]

Ryan Gosling's Co-Star Already Earning 'Best Supporting Sex Doll' Buzz

Seth — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:00:58 EDT

Following the "one for them, one for me" career strategy employed by more than a few talented Hollywood actors, Ryan Gosling's follow-up to Fracture is another modestly budgeted, indie character study: Lars and the Real Girl pairs the dreamy star of The Notebook with an inflatable love interest named Bianca, whom he repeatedly boasts to his family works as a "missionary."

(We're guessing the confusion over Bianca's line of work stems from Lars misinterpreting the directions on the erotic doll's packaging.) Despite the wacky premise and easy jokes, however, ET's sneak preview does suggest that Lars will provide ample opportunity for Gosling to ply his craft, particularly in one heart-wrenching scene in which the actor tries to resuscitate an expiring Bianca with a bicycle patch kit and the power of his own lungs, tearfully imploring his punctured lover not to "give up on me, now, you hear?"

Lars and the Real Girl [IMDB]
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