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Drama 2005

Liam Neeson .... Alfred Kinsey
Laura Linney .... Clara McMillen
Chris O'Donnell .... Wardell Pomeroy
Peter Sarsgaard .... Clyde Martin
Timothy Hutton .... Paul Gebhard
John Lithgow .... Alfred Seguine Kinsey
Tim Curry .... Thurman Rice
Oliver Platt .... Herman Wells
Dylan Baker .... Alan Gregg
Julianne Nicholson .... Alice Martin
William Sadler .... Kenneth Braun
John McMartin .... Huntington Hartford
Veronica Cartwright .... Sara Kinsey

'Let's talk about sex'! Alfred Kinsey ramte det amerikanske borgerskab lige midt i en mørklagt missionærstilling, da han i 1948 udsendte sin 804 siders digre rapport 'Sexual Behavior In The Human Male'. Den Harvard-uddannede zoolog dristede sig til at kaste lys over menneskets seksualliv. Som tak blev han udråbt til forbryder, kommunist og landsforræder og anklaget for at bringe den amerikanske moral i fordærv. Med samme metodiske grundighed som da han studerede gedehamse, interviewede Kinsey 5.300 amerikanske mænd om deres seksualvaner, foretrukne stillinger, og hvor de ville placere sig på en skala fra 1-6, med 6 som det mest bøssede og 1 som aldeles straight. Selv var Kinsey en 3'er. Han levede et ganske eksperimenterende sexliv og afprøvede gerne sine teorier på egen krop, fremgår det af 'Kinsey', der er blevet kaldt den bedste portrætfilm i umindelige tider. Uundgåeligt provokerende naturligvis, for selv om det er n 60 år siden, at Kinseyrapporten vakte ramaskrig, er forstemmende lidt forandret i dag. Instruktøren Bill Condon ('Gods and Monsters') er således blevet skældt hæder og ære fra for at glorificere et monster og Liam Neeson, der spiller Kinsey, har fået dødstrusler. Som Condon selv har formuleret det: 'I popkulturen og i folks opførsel er der meget mere tolerance i dag. Men magtstrukturen er endnu mere konservativ end på Kinseys tid'.

Life story of Alfred Kinsey, a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and a journey into the mystery of human behavior. In 1948 Kinsey irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male". Using the technique of his own famous sex interviews, story recounts the scientist's extraordinary journey from obscurity to global fame. Rebelling against the rigid piety of his home life, and drawn to the world of the senses, Kinsey becomes a Harvard-educated zoologist specializing in the study of gall wasps. After being hired to teach biology at Indiana University, Kinsey meets and marries a witty, freethinking female student, Clara McMillen. In the course of his teaching he discovers an astonishing dearth of scientific data on sexual behavior. When students seek him out for advice about sexual concerns and problems, he realizes that no one has done the clinical research that would yield reliable answers to their questions. Inspired to explore the emotionally charged subject of sex from a strictly scientific point of view, Kinsey recruits a team of researchers, including Clyde Martin, Wardell Pomeroy and Paul Gebhard. Over time they refine an interviewing technique, which helps people to break through shame, fear, and guilt and speak freely about their sexual histories. When Kinsey publishes his Male study in 1948, the press compares the impact to that of the atom bomb. But as the country enters the more paranoid Cold War era of the 1950s, Kinsey's follow-up study on women is seen as an attack on basic American values. The ensuing outrage and scorn causes Kinsey's benefactors to abandon him, just as his health begins to deteriorate. At the same time, the jealousies and acrimony caused by Kinsey's attempt to create a private sexual utopia threaten to tear apart the research team and expose them to unwelcome scrutiny.

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