Al Goldstein

Featuring Robert Crumb, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiny Tim, Russ Meyer and more this volume of the “Midnight Blue” collection focuses on celebrities.

Back Issues is the definitive documentary of porn magazine Hustler, from its nightclub inception as it adapts to pornography in the 21st century. Director Michael Lee Nirenberg's father was was one of the original art directors in the 1970s and 80s. Back Issues is a complete look at the personalities and features that made this the most offensive magazine of all time. The story is told by its publisher as well as the editors, cartoonists, models, attorneys, art directors and cultural figures for the first time ever.

1970年代後半、ニューヨークで公然とセックスを楽しめるナイトクラブをオープンさせた男の生き様と、スワッピング文化の栄華と衰退を描いたドキュメンタリー。製作・監督はTVドキュメンタリーなどを手掛けてきたマシュー・カウフマンと、ジャーナリストのジョン・ハート。1977年、不況や治安の悪化によりニューヨークはどん底状態にあった。しかし、市が財政崩壊の危機に直面している中、夜の世界を彩るナイトクラブは空前の盛り上がりを見せていた。ミッドタウンのディスコ“スタジオ54”には、コカインでハイになったセレブが集まり、ダウンタウンのライヴハウス“CBGB”には、社会に対する不満や怒りをぶちまけるパンクロッカーたちが、そして保守的なアッパー・ウエスト・サイドの芸術的建造物“アンソニア”の地下にあるナイトクラブ“プレイトーズ・リトリート（プラトンの隠れ家）”には、ごく普通のカップルたちが集い、ダンスフロアーで踊り、プールで泳ぎ、見知らぬ相手とのフリーセックスを楽しんでいた。オーナーであるラリー・レビンソン独自の発想から火がついた“プレイトーズ・リトリート”は、個人的な快楽を求める自己中心的な世代に支持され、公然とセックスを楽しめる場所として急速にその名が知れ渡っていく。階層に縛られることなくどんな人でも歓迎し、カップルたちはたったの35ドルで、この“裸の楽園”に足を踏み入れることができた。ラリーやそこに集う者たちにとって“プレイトーズ・リトリート”はユートピアだった。中には、「タイムマシーンのように忘却の彼方へ連れ去ってくれる場所だった」と言う者もいる。しかし1985年、恒例のニューイヤー・パーティ直前、市当局から閉鎖処分とされた“プレイトーズ・リトリート”は、その8年に及ぶ華やかな幕を閉じることになる……。

Featuring commentary by Larry Flynt, Ron Jeremy and Al Lewis (of "The Munsters"), this volume of the "Midnight Blue" collection chronicles the salacious real-life story of the television show's creator, smut mogul Al Goldstein. As the media buzzed around him from 2001 to 2003 when he was on trial for his alleged assault of a former secretary, Goldstein was slowly crumbling and finding his fortunes vastly diminished.

衝撃的な性描写が物議をかもし、アメリカ全土を揺るがした伝説のポルノ映画『ディープ・スロート』騒動を検証するドキュメンタリー。2年以上かけて監督、主演者ら関係者100人以上にインタビューを行い、1本の映画が巻き起こした波紋を描く。監督・脚本は、『パーティ☆モンスター』のフェントン・ベイリー＆ランディ・バルバート。70年代当時のアメリカの性文化ばかりでなく、ポルノ産業が創造性よりも商業性重視に転じていく様子も映し出され興味深い。

Al Goldstein, the controversial adult magazine publisher, is up against the odds as he takes on the D.A., the press and an even larger nightmare: irrelevancy all in a little courthouse in Brooklyn.

Desperately Seeking Seka is an adventurous odyssey through X-rated America, featuring open-hearted interviews with some of the most well known people in adult entertainment of yesteryear and today.

When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville.

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy offers audiences a penetrating look inside the world of Ron Jeremy, America's most unlikely sex star and hero to millions. With nearly 25 years in the adult film industry and over 1,600 films to his credit, Ron Jeremy is huge. In his world, Ron reigns supreme-he's made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women, and is indisputably the industry's biggest star. And everyone who's anyone knows Ron-a pop icon to millions, he is a beacon of hope for many American male, since he stands as living proof that pretty much anyone can get some. So how did such a classically unhandsome, big and hairy guy ever get to be suchia super stud? In one of the most fascinating and entertaining comedies of the last year, audiences finally get a chance to get inside the life and times of Ron Jeremy, and find out what's really behind the hardest working man in show business.

Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988.

The documentary follows Annabel Chong, former record holder for the world's largest gang bang, which she set in 1995 by having sex with 70 men. It focuses on her reasons for working in porn, and her relationship with friends and family.

Couples split up after a comment at an LA dinner party sets up arguments about how truthful partners are in their relationships.

A raw, rough-hewn look at the life of Screw publisher Al Goldstein.

A quest for our times!

Kembra Pfahler and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black perform live at CBGB's on Friday the 13th. Introduction by Hollywood Goddess Karen Black.

The year is 1961, the city is New York, and the company is American Garter, the nation's premier lingerie manufacturer. Travel back in time as you plunge into the daily soap opera that makes American Garter more than just another underwear company - but an erotic institution!

She used to be a wild girl until she met him, the "Perfect Catch". He was successful and Christian, what more would a woman want? She doesn't know. She is unhappy. Unfulfilled. The only person she can turn to is a friend who works at a homeless shelter. Then everything gets turns on its head when the shocking truth is realized. How will she handle it and will she keep her Vow of Passion.

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.

A mystery writer and his wife are terrorized by a swinger couple.

A look at sexual practices in the USA.

A retrospective of some of Annette Haven's best films and scenes.

A documentary about "Death" magazine, founded by "Screw" Magazine founder and publisher Al Goldstein, and its eventual failure.

The three chief executives of Creative Concepts Systems & Procedures Brothers Unlimited Inc. of New York are in hot water as their latest venture has been a huge failure, and their Mafia investor, "Mr. Big", wants his $500,000 within 24 hours, or else. So Jimmy, a courier who over hears their plight, suggests they make a porno movie as an easy way of getting back the lost money.

The writers at Metro magazine have come up with a hot story and fast before they all lose their jobs. One of the sex-crazed hot women who works there starts reading through all the steamy letters from readers about their wildest sex adventures, and she has a winning idea--publish the best sex adventure she can find.

A cinematic version of Screw magazine, featuring skits, interviews, and documentary segments.

A cinematic version of Screw magazine, featuring skits, interviews, and documentary segments.

Felicity Split decided to make a career in the porno movie business. But it's a long way to get anywhere and she has to use all her assets to convince the producers of her talent.

A crew of salty seamen and Florida beach babes, set sail on a luxury yacht, for a magical odyssey of lust and desire! The bikini clad babes cast an erotic spell over the crew which fall under their control. As the voyagers lose sight of the shore, their last inhibitions melt away. The result is an ocean of motion, at it's deepest, wettest yet! The seamen give into their most perverse passions, far from prying eyes, adrift on azure waves of passion.

An exotic tapestry of emotions, sensations and ideas…one step beyond experience.

A gang of four thieves, having stolen over a million dollars worth of gems, are driving through the remote hill roads of the Carolinas when their jeep runs out of gas. A local moonshiner and his wife offer the strangers a place to stay until they can get help, but the thieves soon take advantage of their hosts. Both the moonshiner's young wife and his supposed hidden fortune prove to be irresistable temptations for the fugitives, but will their greed and jealousy prove to be their downfall?

A pre-Deep Throat GERARD DAMIANO informs us that the Sexual Revolution ushered in "Changes that have come too soon for some, not soon enough for others... Changes that will liberate or destroy." Following this ominous pronunciamento are a series of interviews conducted by Damiano himself.