Nailed, mostly shot by** American Hustle** director David O. Russell back in 2008, has been one of those long-delayed movies that have fascinated film-industry-watchers. We even wrote about it in a recent feature on projects that have suffered trouble on the way to the screen. Now, via a new deal and a title change to Politics Of Love, the satire is finally set to see the inside of a cinema here in the UK{
According to Screen International, Arrow Films has bought the rights to the film from producer Kia Jam, who has somehow put together a cut of the film without Russell’s input. The director famously clashed with financiers when the money kept drying up during production, with the shoot shut down several times and one key scene left unfinished.
The plot finds Jessica Biel as Alice Eckle, a small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail lodged in her head as her boyfriend (James Marsden) attempts his marriage proposal. Her predicament leads her on a journey to Washington DC, where she meets a dashing but clueless congressman (Jake Gyllenhaal), who might be able to help her unusual case.
Russell only shot a rough, unfinished version of the scene where Biel is injured, and it’ll be interesting to see what Jam has been able to salvage, even as it’s disappointing that Russell’s full version will never quite see the light of day…