BARB WIRE (FILM)

'''Barb Wire''' is a 1996 film based on the Dark Horse Comic, produced by Brad Wyman and starring Pamela Anderson.

★ Tagline: ''Don't call me babe!''

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Trivia

Awards

Soundtrack

External links

Plot summary

The movie was a star vehicle for Pamela Anderson, which was intended to enable her to cross over from television to movie stardom. With a plot based loosely on ''Casablanca'', the film had Anderson playing the title role, a mercenary and nightclub owner in a cyberpunk future entrusted with looking after a pair of contact lenses necessary for the exposure of a political scandal. The film was critically mauled on its release, and was considered a box office disappointment. It is mainly remembered for notable nude scenes, particularly at the begninning, although some were cut on the film's inital release, but restored for later home video releases.

Cast

★ Pamela Anderson – Barbara 'Barb Wire' Kopetski

★ Temuera Morrison – Axel Hood

★ Victoria Rowell – Dr. Corrina 'Cora D' Devonshire

★ Jack Noseworthy – Charlie Kopetski

★ Xander Berkeley – Alexander Willis

★ Udo Kier – Curly

Trivia

★ The entire "Don't call me Babe" leitmotif of ''Barb Wire'' comes from the original advertising for the Barb Wire Dark Horse comic book, in which she said those words to differentiate herself from a buxom, slightly airy comic book heroine named Babe by John Byrne.

★ Barb's motorcycle is a 900cc Triumph Thunderbird made as a water-cooled three cylinder model by the new Triumph factory at Hinckley in Leicestershire.

★ In the film, Pam's waist was laced down to 17 inches. The corset and the heels she wore made fighting scenes really challenging for her.

★ The script is actually loosely based on ''Casablanca''. Anderson fills the Bogart role, while Morrison fills Ingrid Bergman's. Several scenes are near copies, though poorly done. In the original film, letters of transit will get Victor Laslo out of Casablanca, in ''Barb Wire'', special contact lenses which can bypass an eye scan perform the same function.

★ Anderson was pregnant during the filming of this movie, and did her own stunts.[1]

★ Anderson's barb wire arm tattoo became a cultural trend as it became fashionable to sport similar ink.

Awards

★ Nominated for the 1996 Golden Raspberry Awards in the categories Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Pamela Anderson), Worst Screen Couple (Pamela Anderson's "Impressive Enhancements"), Worst Screenplay (Chuck Pfarrer and Ilene Chaiken), Worst New Star (Pamela Anderson) (won) and Worst "Original" Song ("Welcome to Planet Boom! (a.k.a. This Boom's for You)", written by Tommy Lee).

★ Nominated for Best Fight (Pamela Anderson Lee/Bad guy) at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.

Soundtrack

★ '' Welcome to Planet Boom'' - Pamela Anderson-Lee, Tommy Lee

★ '' She's So Free'' - Johnette Napolitano

★ '' Spill the Wine'' - Michael Hutchence

★ '' Word Up!'' - Gun

★ '' Don't Call Me Babe'' - Shampoo

★ '' Hot Child in the City'' - Hagfish

★ '' Let's All Go Together'' - Marion

★ '' Dancing Barefoot'' - Die Cheerleader

★ '' Scum'' - Meat Puppets

★ '' Ca Plane Pour Moi'' - Mr. Ed Jumps the Gun

★ '' None of Your Business [Barb Wire Metal Mix]'' - Salt 'N' Pepa

External links

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★ Sci-Fi Universe article from May 1996 at PamWatch.com