Bob Guccione

Birth : 1930-12-17, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Death : 2010-10-20

History

Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione (December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American photographer and the founder of the adult magazine Penthouse in 1965. This was aimed at competing with Hugh Hefner's Playboy, but with more extreme erotic content, a special style of soft-focus photography, and in-depth reporting of government corruption scandals. By 1982 Guccione was listed in the Forbes 400 wealth list, and owned one of the biggest mansions in Manhattan. But he made some extravagant investments that failed, and the growth of free online pornography in the 1990s greatly diminished his market. In 2003, Guccione's publishers declared bankruptcy and he resigned as chairman. In 2013, documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich produced and directed a biography on Guccione entitled Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival prior to airing on Epix and HBO. The film was independently produced by Melbar Entertainment Group. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies

Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Himself
A look at the extraordinary world of Penthouse founder, visionary and provocateur Bob Guccione.
Madonna Exposed
Madonna Exposed
Self
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Self - Archive Footage
Interview with John Stiener about his career and views and perspectives on Caligula and some of his other movies.
Lowball
Lowball
Executive Producer
Two undercover police officer investigating a heroin ring find their covers blown.
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
CEO Penthouse
Jeanette Dyrkjær, better known as Jeanette Starion, was a sought after nude and porn model in the 1980s. Her career took her to the United States, where she won the Million Pet of the Year Pageant and millions of dollars. But she ended up in the porn industry. The story of Jeanette Dyrkjær is the story of the girl who became famous, hit the wall and fell to the absolute rock bottom.
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version of Daniel De foe's "Moll Flanders" which Guccione hired Russell to direct.
Penthouse Love Stories
Penthouse Love Stories
Executive Producer
The Girls of Penthouse
The Girls of Penthouse
Self
Sexy vignettes.
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
Himself - Producer
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
Caligola
Caligola
Producer
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.
Caligola
Caligola
Additional Writing
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Executive Producer
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Photographer (segment "Gluttony")
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..