Shattered Innocence (1988) (TV)

Director:

Sandor Stern

Writers:

Thanet Richard (written by) and
Sandor Stern (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She's a good girl with a bad habit.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Pornography | Prostitution | Drugs | Porn Star | Suicide

Cast

Jonna Lee	...	Pauleen Anderson
Melinda Dillon	...	Sharon Anderson
John Pleshette	...	Mel Erman
Kris Kamm	...	Cory Parker
Ben Frank	...	Lou Gates
Dennis Howard	...	Del Anderson
Stephen Schnetzer	...	Danny Calloway
Richard Cox	...	Brad Pullman
Nadine Van der Velde	...	Nora (as Nadine Van Der Velde)
Randy Hamilton	...	Vince
Peppi Sanders	...	Vicki
Melissa Michaelsen	...	Patricia
Neil Billingsley	...	Don
Ana Auther	...	Chrissie
Mark Gluckman	...	Roy
Traci Davis	...	Mary Lou
Bob Sorenson	...	Dave
Richard Alexander	...	Man #1 (as Dick Alexander)
Diana Lamb	...	Waitress (as Diana Baines)
Tammy Bass	...	Convention Girl
Kenneth Bridges	...	Detective
Jody Carter	...	Mary
Cheli Ann Chew	...	Woman #1 (as Cheli Ayn Chew)
Douglas Cotner	...	Doctor (as Doug Cotner)
Crissy Cummings	...	Annette
Jo Ellen Geske	...	Lady at Party
Richard Glover	...	Phil
Lucky Hayes	...	Susan
Linda Rae Jurgens	...	Woman Presenter
Sheila Lane-Limon	...	Carolyn
Jeff Mabee	...	Waiter
Steven Mastroieni	...	Maitre'D
Burke Rhind	...	Man #2
Sheila Paige Roth	...	Maureen
Carrie Schultz	...	Lisa
Stephen Yoakam	...	Jerry

Directed by
Sandor Stern

Writing credits
Thanet Richard		(written by) and
Sandor Stern		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Bacino	....	associate producer
Allen S. Epstein	....	executive producer (as Allen Epstein)
Jim Green	....	executive producer
Albert J. Salzer	....	supervising producer
Milton Sperling	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Bellis

Cinematography by
Michael D. Margulies		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert F. Shugrue

Casting by
Meryl O'Loughlin

Production Design by
Kandy Stern		(as Kandy Berley Stern)

Set Decoration by
Marcia Calosio

Costume Design by
Katherine Dover

Makeup Department
Julie Fehl	....	hair supervisor
Julie Fehl	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Albert J. Salzer	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Tom Archuleta	....	second assistant director
Daisy Gerber	....	first assistant director
Dennis H. Ranke	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Roger Pancake	....	property master
Star Fields	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard I. Birnbaum	....	production sound mixer
Tom Ruff	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Darlene Wyatt	....	casting: Phoenix

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joyce Anne Gilstrap	....	costume supervisor
Merry Lowry-Donner	....	costume supervisor (as Merry Lynn Lowry)

Music Department
John Beal	....	orchestrator
John Beal	....	music supervisor (uncredited)

Other crew
Faye Brenner	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Lorimar Television

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1988) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Lorimar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  opticals and color
• Noteworthy  music editing
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• Ryder Sound Services  re-recording (as Ryder Sound)
• Sync-Pop  sound supervision

Also Known As:

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Lorimar Television

Trivia:

This is the fictionalized account of Colleen Applegate a.k.a. Shauna Grant, a small town girl who took her own life after drugs and a brief career in porn apparently took their toll.

Quotes:

Pauleen Anderson:You said nude and semi-nude.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wonderland (2003)

Soundtrack:

World Turning

A Family treated TV bio-pic "flavor of the moment", Shauna Grant

I remember quite clearly the flurry of Los Angeles news reports regarding the self-inflicted death of adult film actress Shauna Grant whose real name was Colleen Applegate. Oh yes, they made a BIG deal about "the pornography business" and how "degrading it is" and how "this always happens" to "those kind of people" when Shauna was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound and later died.

This TV picture is based 'somewhat' on Shauna's life, but what makes this quickly made TV semi-bio pic a head above others is that it never holds the Adult/Porno Film industry totally responsible, instead it showed how a young woman was seduced into the glitz and glamor of being in entertainment.

The one line which is so important is when the character in this film, Pauleen Anderson, goes into a Los Angeles restaurant with a man who wants to be her "manager" which he tells her is much more than her "agent" and tells her, "It doesn't matter what kind of films you make as long as they are profitable." That's the seduction, much more than the adult films and the drugs.

Here's another young, naive woman with a seemingly All-American Mid-West perfect family, falling into "the trap". This movie made you think it could be Shauna Grant, who was on everyone's minds at the time, or as the years pass and they still show this film, could be any young woman. She overindulged, she had no real friends, she lied to herself, she had talent, she wanted to succeed on her own, she did degrade herself, she really wasn't mature enough to make good decisions for herself and when she thought she could hide under another ANOTHER self, she found out it was still her. The older man she thought she could be with, left her (albeit because of prison) like all the other men in her life. And to top it off, he ended up not "trusting" her -- like all the other men in her life. This all added up to a tragic ending of...a life.

For its time, its subject matter and companion piece to all of us who were wondering about Shauna Grant's situation/life, "Shattered Innocence" is a very good effort for the indulgent 80's if you remember or know what the origin of the film was for. As years go by, it will take on a different view for all who watch.

Since Shauna's tragedy...there are still more of the same in a line of young women to follow such as -- Gia, Savannah, etc., etc. different entertainment industry avenues but basically the same old story. And we'll be seeing more TV/Feature Film/Cable stories about these ladies as well.

I guess the point is to watch these films and make sure its not our daughters, or daughters of those we know, that may eventually end up in one.