''Elektra Luxx'' is a 2010

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produced, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez and starring Carla Gugino. The film is a sequel to the ensemble comedy '' Women in Trouble''. The film premiered at the

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in 2010, where it was acquired by

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, and it was released to the rest of the country on March 11, 2011. It was shown on UK TV on February 28, 2011.

Plot

Pregnant porn star Elektra Luxx is trying to make a living teaching sex classes to housewives. But her life is thrown into disarray when a flight attendant with ties to Elektra's past approaches her for a favor. Chaos ensues as fiancés, private investigators, a twin sister and even the

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force her to face up to an unexpected series of decisions and revelations in her life. The film ends with the trailer for Elektra's farewell film, the Spaghetti Western spoof ''Even Reverse Cowgirls Get the Blues''.

Cast

* Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx * Timothy Olyphant as Dellwood Butterworth, private eye * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Bert (Roberto) Rodriguez, sex blogger, ''En Pelotas'' magazine * Malin Åkerman as Trixie, checkout girl and friend of Bert's * Adrianne Palicki as Holly Rocket, (former) adult film actress, Bambi's best friend * Emmanuelle Chriqui as Bambi Lindberg, call girl, Holly's best friend / Lupita, Bambi's grandmother in Venezuela *

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as Eleanore Linbrook, Elektra's neighbor & Rebecca's daughter * Vincent Kartheiser as Jimmy, Eleanore's husband *

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as Cora, flight attendant * Justin Kirk as Benjamin, Cora's fiancé *

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as Nick Chapel, (deceased) rock star *

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as Mrs. Turner, one of Elektra's students / Rebecca Linbrook, writer * Isabella Gutierrez as Charlotte, 13-year-old girl * Amy Rosoff as Olive Rodriguez, Bert's sister * Christine Lakin as Venus Azucar, porn star * Melissa Ordway as Sabrina Capri, adult film actress *

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as the

( uncredited cameo) * Rya Kihlstedt as Rita, barmaid from previous film (uncredited) * Ermahn Ospina as Jimmy Cojones, adult film star * Jake Hames as Thief #1, adult film actor * Patrick Caberty as Thief #2, adult film actor *

Lucy Punch Lucy Alice T. Punch (born 30 December 1977) is an English actor. She has appeared in the films '' Ella Enchanted'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), '' You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', '' Dinner for Schmucks,'' (both 2010) and ''Into the Woods'' ...

as Dolores, one of Elektra's students * Susie Goliti as Maria, one of Elektra's students * Matt Gerald as Michael Ortiz, man in restaurant with Bambi & Holly * John Colella as George, man in restaurant with Bambi & Holly * Gabriel Gutierrez as "The Walton Kid", Bert's cameraman in one scene * Eric Stoltz as Dolores' fiancé (deleted scene) Deleted scene "Rita's Night Out", Sony Pictures DVD, 2011.

Sequel

Sebastian Gutierrez had planned a third installment tentatively titled ''Women in Ecstasy'', which was to have featured Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and several cast members returning from ''Women in Trouble''.

References

External links

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Elektra Luxx's blog entry about ''Women in Trouble''
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