TRAILERS
Arousing First Trailer for Julia Leigh's Cannes Film 'Sleeping Beauty'
by Alex Billington
April 14, 2011
"Such a pleasure to see such a unique beauty." Ohhh this ain't Zack Snyder's Emily Browning anymore! It was announced today that one of the 49 films in the 64th Cannes Film Festival selection is the feature debut of author Julia Leigh, a film called Sleeping Beauty. I stumbled across this trailer thanks to my friend @IONCinema who tweeted out a link to the trailer via the Australian website. But oh just wait, this is quite something to behold. It's just Emily Browning playing a high end prostitute, and watch out there's a little nudity so it's NSFW, but man does this look unbelievably intriguing. You must check out this trailer now.
Watch the first trailer for Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty:
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy (Emily Browning), a University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire with prostitution, where her specialty is the 'Sleeping Beauty chamber.'
Sleeping Beauty is both written and directed by first-time Australian filmmaker Julia Leigh, who is a novelist making her major leap into cinema with this film. Sleeping Beauty is being presented by legendary Oscar winning director Jane Campion. The film was just slated for a Cannes Film Festival 2011 premiere, so there's plenty more to come as the festival gets underway in May. Stay tuned for updates from The Croisette.
47 Comments
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hmm looks slow but somewhat interesting...
chilin on Apr 14, 2011
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Has a strong Stanley Kubrick feel to it....I like it. The subject matter I'm not too thrilled with though...but looks beautifully done...I'm in.
Danimal on Apr 14, 2011
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Wow, she is white!
Blackmanju on Apr 14, 2011
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Wow, she is white!
Blackmanju on Apr 14, 2011
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THAT! was not what i was expecting... like at all not only does it look interesting but im going to see it no matter what just because Emily Browning is so damn fine.
Anonymous on Apr 14, 2011
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What are you 15? What is arousing about this considering the plot and the trailer which are both disturbing. Is this supposed to be some glorified tale of prostitution? The trailer doesn't do anything at all for my interest, just borders on disgusting.
li on Apr 14, 2011
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valid argument. but this seems tamed compared to some movies I've seen.
Anonymous on Apr 14, 2011
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quit saying Arousing!
Anonymous on Apr 14, 2011
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no! back, back! The power of Christ compels you!
Anonymous on Apr 15, 2011
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Arousing--present participle of arouse (verb): 1. To provoke (someone) to anger or strong emotions. It aroused me as well...To punch a hooker in the head.
Modern American Man on Apr 15, 2011
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quit saying aroused! ahhh! XD
Anonymous on Apr 15, 2011
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Are you being serious, it's arousing that she drugged and passed out while someone acts out their sick fantasy. Then the other girl in the trailer being taken in some car. Intriguing, more like exploitation disguised as arthouse.
li on Apr 15, 2011
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whoa, I'm sure Billington didn't mean it like that. I hope at least.
Anonymous on Apr 15, 2011
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I think you are a little pathetic and pretentious if you dont want to watch it then thats fine.. It is still art and art is subjective and opinionated but saying that so rudely is not even an opinion it is just an insult and you should keep your comments to yourself thankyou 🙂
Paige_fitton on May 24, 2011
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Am I the only one seeing the humor in the title of this post? Arousing? really? not hot or sexy or something else less personally descriptive. Because I'm pretty sure this title essentially says "This Movie Gave Me A Boner"
Lebowski on Apr 14, 2011
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ditto. when in fact it's not that "arousing"
Gh on Apr 14, 2011
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arousing and NSFW is why I'm here...loll
Gh on Apr 14, 2011
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having said the above and having watched the trailer... She is a babydoll, she can't be a prostitute.... I love the word "UNAFRAID" when plenty of a**es and p's are shown
Gh on Apr 14, 2011
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Nudity? I don't see any nud-ooohhhhhh there it is!
Chris A. on Apr 14, 2011
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Seems Argento and Polanski inspired, although the trailer leaves me anxious to see more. I'm anticipating some greatness from this one!
Marcus on Apr 14, 2011
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...whatever, if Emily Browning shows some skin, i'm in. No? then what the hell this i just see, makes no sence.
Redguy on Apr 14, 2011
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let's clear things up, i didn't see The Disappearance of Alice Creed for Gemma Artenton's boobs, i seen it because the trailer delivered and the movie was quite good. This seems just like a Kubrick or Polansky stuff, but not quite 😛
Redguy on Apr 15, 2011
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What is "What rich men do on the weekends" for $500?
Guest on Apr 14, 2011
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what?
Anonymous on Apr 14, 2011
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He's referencing Jeopardy is noting that this is what rich white men do on the weekends, lol.
Daniel Vu Tran on Apr 14, 2011
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that's why I asked "What" I assumed the answer was Prostitutes...but I'm probably wrong.
Anonymous on Apr 15, 2011
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Her characters don't seem to change much...different settings..but it seems like the same person, lol. She has amazing facial features though!
Atodeeisme on Apr 15, 2011
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this kinda creeped me out! http://casey-carroll.blogspot.com/2011/04/creepy-updated-sleeping-beauty-trailer.html
Casey Carroll on Apr 15, 2011
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Who was narrating that trailer? It sounds a lot like Charlotte Rampling, but I couldn't find her listed in the cast on the IMDb page. Anyone know?
kellie on Apr 15, 2011
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I'm pretty sure that's Rachel Blake, the older red-head in the trailer. I thought it was Charlotte Rampling as well! sounds a lot like her. Actually, Charlotte Rampling would have been perfect for that role!
Anonymous on Apr 16, 2011
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Wow, the trailer is really compelling... might watch this out of curiosity and intrigue...
Leila Wong on Apr 15, 2011
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I wasn't apprehensive to play the trailer but that was worth it.
Silencio! on Apr 15, 2011
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strange 🙂
Anonymous on Apr 17, 2011
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I love twisted modern takes on classic stories. No I'm not talking about 'Zombies meet a Jane Austin Novel'. I'm think more in-inline with Freeway (Red Riding Hood twist with Reese Witherspoon).
Shawn Rhodriquez on Apr 29, 2011
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Umm....no thanks. I'm not into sad, little hookers that show their hoo-ha's to rich, old white men flicks. That's right, I said hoo-ha.
Hoo-Ha on May 6, 2011
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9/10
Paige_fitton on May 24, 2011
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she is young Katja Kassin!
Comodo on Jun 1, 2011
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You might consider mobile users.
BJones on Jun 16, 2011
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I saw Julia Leigh on ABC tonight. She made the comment "King David used to have drugged younger women in his bed at night". What an uninformed presumptuous idiot! Where id she get 'drugged' from, and where did she get for that it was for any nefarious purpose? King David was old (beyond sex) and in those day it was considered fair for a king to have a woman keep them warm in bed. She uses the bible for her own lying purpose - shame on you Julia!
Mrdedwalker on Jun 17, 2011
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When I hear someone calling someone else "pretentious," "presumptuous," an "idiot," or any other similarly over-heated language, the accuser is almost always more guilty of those offenses than the accused. It happens like clockwork.
Otto on Oct 12, 2011
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Although I like the Kubrick like vibe, I fear this could be a modern re-imagining of "Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom" which would make it a curiosity slash exploitation film dressed up in art house dressing. Only thing I fear is someone coming in here loving these sort of movies and then going on to claim "A Serbian Film" is Oscar materiel.
Johnny Neat on Nov 15, 2011
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