{"id":19685,"date":"2012-02-04T15:34:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T05:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=19685"},"modified":"2012-02-04T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T05:04:59","slug":"vale-zalman-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2012\/02\/04\/vale-zalman-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale &#8211; Zalman King"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19686\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19686\" title=\"MSDWIOR EC014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/zalman_king_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zalman King - 1942-2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of my childhood heroes, Zalman King, has passed away. Mr King was a director\/producer who gave us such memorable classics as <em>Two Moon Junction<\/em> and the Kim Basinger flick <em>9\u00bd Weeks<\/em>. The majority of his work was generally soft erotica (and as a young lad, this was, of course, <em>essential<\/em> viewing), and many a furtive screening of <em>Two Moon Junction<\/em> (starring hottie Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson) gave me a reason to &#8230;. ahem&#8230; love cinema. The Mickey Rourke\/Carre Otis flick <em>Wild Orchid<\/em>, which was initially rated X in the US due to some graphic sex scenes (it was trimmed to bring it down to an R rating, because at the time the NC17 rating had not been created) was a bomb, although the controversy surrounding the steamy on-set affair between the two leads led to it being a mild success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mickey Rourke would go on to appear alongside Kim Basinger in the steamy erotic drama, <em>9\u00bd Weeks<\/em>, with King producing the film over director Adrian Lyne. This film was a commercial success, and remains King&#8217;s most popular work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr King passed away from cancer on February 3rd, aged 69.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my childhood heroes, Zalman King, has passed away. 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