Has anyone else seen this movie? It’s one of those movies that you know that Carmine was in, but no one talks about it. So, I’m just wondering. Granted, it’s a bit of slow movie, but I was just wondering.
When I got the DVD, I popped it in and within 30 seconds, I saw Carmine, naked, being photographed/posing in a provocative position. That woke me up…
But it only lasted for 10 seconds. And while I’m not that big a pervert, it was enough to get me into the movie… Or so I thought.
It moved into the story of a gentleman running for Governor of Missouri. He makes a speech and it was regular polital fare. That’s when they start to delve into his past. You find out that the candidate, William Blake Pellarin was orphaned and raised by a flamboyant Senator whose lifestyle hindered him from successfully going further in his own political career. The Senator is also the man who took those pics of Carmine years before, in 1971. Anyway, Blake also has a mistress, who strangely is still around helping him with his campaign. His wife knows of the affair, but seems not to care so much as she’s an alcoholic. She’s also wealthy, very wealthy.
Flashback to 1971 and there’s naked Carmine… still posing for those pictures.
There’s a close up of his butt that, if you’re anything like me, you tend to like better than what you saw in ‘Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss”.
His butt is simply marvelous. I mean, you can almost grab it. I’m just lucky to have a big screen tv…
Did I forget to mention there was a woman posing with him??? In my world, she doesn’t exist.
Then I noticed a guy also in the room and the photo shoot turns a bit slashy. This guy moves the woman out of the way and… the photo shoot continues.
So anyway, then they show you the back of a disabled man, sitting and watching William Blake Pellarin on the tv, with a monkey on his shoulder. Someone comes into the room and a voice, recognized as the flamboyant Senator, says,”Rise and shine, my beautiful Billy Boy. Don’t watch your brother on that box.” Those sentences kind of made the rest of the movie make sense. Honestly, I had to watch this movie two times in a row, rewinding some scenes over and over again to figure it out.
They then introduce a reporter who is following the campaign. She is then sent a picture of a naked man, embracing another man, exactly like the pictures that Carmine took back in 1971. The man’s name is apparently Raymond Romero. She asks Pellerin about it and he evades her question. This would start a series of flashbacks with two young men arguing. One man is dressed in an Army uniform(Carmine) and the other is begging him not to go-- apparently to Vietnam. Somewhere along the way, you realize that these two men are brothers and both were raised by the flamboyant Senator. One of these ‘farewell’ scenes is posted on Carmine’s site.
I’m not claiming to be the sharpest crayon in the box, but the story is told almost so slowly that it’s easy to get distracted from. I wasn’t hanging onto the edge of my seat and if I was, it was only in anticipation to see more naked Carmine.
But, that doesn’t happen again.
You do get to see Carmine get beat up, barefoot in a private school uniform, do drugs and in an Army uniform. If you do get this film, I hope I helped because going into this movie
‘naked’ was hard for me. It was tough for me anyway.
In the few scenes that you get to see Carmine acting, you sincerely appreciate him. This movie was made back in 1999 and I just continue to stay amazed by this man's acting. You can see his growth in the talent. That's not to say he wasn't good in this movie. It's just to say that he definately is more polished/seasoned now.
I don't like to see anyone beat up even in a movie. 
