Friday, 6 June 2008

Danger real in child prostitution drama 'Holly'

By Dave Larsen
Staff Writer
Friday, June 06, 2008

The cast and crew of "Holly" risked their lives to make the film.

"I don't think that when we started this we actually realized how crazy we are and how dangerous it really is," writer-producer Guy Jacobson said from New York City.

The child sex trafficking drama that opens today, June 6, at the Neon theater in Dayton was filmed on location in Cambodia, including scenes in actual brothels in the notorious "K11" red-light district of Phnom Penh.

"We were very lucky that nobody really got hurt," Jacobson said. "My partner was held hostage for two weeks in Cambodia after we finished filming. We actually had an entire army of body guards with automatic machine guns when we were shooting the film. There were contracts on our lives."

Jacobson will present "Holly" at 8 p.m. today at the Neon, 130 E. Fifth St. He will answer audience questions after the screening, joined by Bill Livermore of LexisNexis, a sponsor of the film and its producers.

The film also stars Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier and the late Chris Penn. It will be shown through Thursday, June 12, at the Neon.

"Holly" is part of the three-film K11 Project that also includes two forthcoming documentaries, designed to raise awareness of child prostitution. The filmmakers also have launched the Redlight Children Campaign, at www.RedLightChildren.org.

"For a small independent film, it became an epic project," Jacobson said.

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