From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (June 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Barb Wire
Movie poster for Barb Wire
Directed by	David Hogan
Produced by	Dennis Brody Robert Del Valle Peter Heller Ray Manzella Todd Moyer Mike Richardson Brad Wyman
Written by	Chris Warner (comics) Ilene Chaiken (story) Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay)
Starring	Pamela Anderson Temuera Morrison Victoria Rowell Jack Noseworthy Xander Berkeley Udo Kier
Music by	Michel Colombier
Cinematography	Rick Bota Michael A. Jones
Editing by	Peter Schink
Release date(s)	3 May 1996
Running time	98 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Barb Wire is a 1996 film based on the Dark Horse comic book Barb Wire. The film was produced by Brad Wyman and starred Pamela Anderson.

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 scene, in which Pamela Anderson dances topless in a bar as water is sprayed on her, although some were cut on the film's initial release, but restored for later home video releases.

• 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
• Candace Kita – Dancer

• 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, who was created 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 very challenging for her.[1]
• The script is actually loosely based on Casablanca. Anderson fills the Bogart role, while Morrison fills Ingrid Bergman's. Several scenes are near copies. 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.[2]

• 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.

• 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

• Barb Wire at the Internet Movie Database
• Sci-Fi Universe article from May 1996 at PamWatch.com