Even fun can quickly turn bitterly serious. Leonardo DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond”) and Tobey Maguire (“Ride With The Devil”) also found out. With some other friends (including Kevin Connolly, Jeremy Sisto and Amber Benson), the friendly duo shot the 1995 indie film “Don’s Plum”. It’s all about a group of buddies who meet at their local bar and always have a young woman along have to take. The film describes one of these encounters.
During a running time of almost 90 minutes, only conversations about love and sex are held here – often in a rather rough way and well below the belt. The fact that the film has largely fallen into oblivion today and has not been able to acquire cult status over the years is because Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire did everything they could to ensure that Don’s Plum was never released. Why? Well, the duo claimed the movie was never meant to be released…
… and was proven right in court. While director RD Robb claimed that DiCaprio and Maguire were paid ($575 a day) for their work on Don’s Plum so they knew the filmmakers wanted to make money off the shoot, DiCaprio and Maguire explained that at the time it was all about acting methods. to practise. They referred to improvisation and the dynamics of long monologue and dialogue sequences. The end of the song: In the US and Canada there is a strict ban on performances, but “Don’s Plum” can be shown in Europe (and can be ordered via Amazon, for example).
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Can Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire be changed again?
Seven years ago, author and producer Dale Wheatley made another attempt to bring “Don’s Plum” closer to the general public. As the administrator of the website FreeDonsPlum.com he published the film via Vimeo. His position was that if no money could be made from the film, it could simply be made available online for free. So far so good.
However, the joy didn’t last long, because when Leonardo DiCaprio got wind of it, he immediately had the video blocked. Wheatley then decided to take action again against the fact that he was not allowed to publish his own work on a global video platform – but so far without success. Instead, he now simply emails the film to interested parties (via his website). Those who want to see “Don’s Plum” can go this route or have to come to Europe, where the film has just been released on DVD and can sometimes be found in junk boxes.