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Repo! The Genetic Opera Official Trailer

I know this seems too late of me to do this post about Paris Hilton’s upcoming flick, Repo! The Genetic Opera, but as I often mention here, I’m no big fan of Paris and have just started following her life when I took over this post.

So anyway, what is Repo! The Genetic Opera about?

Repo! The Genetic Opera is a rock musical movie based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich.

As for the story’s plot, here’s what I got from Wikipedia.org:

An epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession. For those who can’t keep up with their organ payments, collection is the responsibility of “organ repo men”, skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo, ordered to recover GeneCo’s property by any means necessary.
At the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega), a 17 year-old girl with a rare blood disease. She has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she is guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head). While Shilo struggles with her wish to leave the house and experience the outside world, Nathan struggles with his secret job as the Repo Man, and more specifically, his next target, a woman named Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman). Blind Mag, an opera singer, was a friend of Nathan’s now-deceased wife, and is Shilo’s godmother.
The Largo family, consisting of GeneCo president Rotti (Paul Sorvino), his daughter Amber (Paris Hilton), and his two sons Luigi and Pavi (Bill Moseley and Nivek Ogre, respectively), have their own plans. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. But, disapointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo.
The stories intertwine and merge at the GeneCo opera.

The film, which was directed by Darren Lynch Bousman, was said to have received extremely positive reviews after it held a private screening for its critics and crew last March 4, 2008. No wonder Paris is so proud to be a part of the film.

Speaking of Paris, I also found out that the movie’s director originally refused to hold an audition for our dear heiress. “He did not think she would be capable, and feared media backlash or accusations of stunt casting. When he finally caved in, Paris came to the audition dressed “perfectly for the part,’ and “rocked” the sound booth audition. After the audition, he was convinced she should play the role.”

Whew! Good thing she made it!