| Dirty Pictures | |
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| Genre | Docudrama |
| Written by | Ilene Chaiken |
| Directed by | Frank Pierson |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Michael Manheim |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Editor | Peter Zinner |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | May 20, 2000 |
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Dirty Pictures is a 2000 American docudrama television film directed by Frank Pierson, written by Ilene Chaiken, and starring James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, and Diana Scarwid. The film focuses on the 1990 trial of Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center director Dennis Barrie (Woods), who was accused of promoting pornography by presenting an exhibit of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe that included images of naked children and graphic displays of homosexual sadomasochism.
The film premiered on Showtime on May 20, 2000. It later was released on both videotape and DVD.