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A light-hearted look at the life and career of porn star Ron Jeremy, from his devoted fanbase to his unlikely status as a sex symbol and his goal to achieve mainstream success.A light-hearted look at the life and career of porn star Ron Jeremy, from his devoted fanbase to his unlikely status as a sex symbol and his goal to achieve mainstream success.A light-hearted look at the life and career of porn star Ron Jeremy, from his devoted fanbase to his unlikely status as a sex symbol and his goal to achieve mainstream success.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Veronica Hart
- Self
- (as Jane Hamilton)
Venice Adrien
- Self
- (as Venice Adrian)
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- Crazy creditsRon Jeremy plays the piano very well.
- Alternate versionsReleased on VHS and DVD in North America with two different titles. "Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy" is the original theatrical version and is full-length, uncut and unrated on VHS/DVD. The shortened title, "The Legend of Ron Jeremy" is on the R-rated cut of the film exclusive to home video and is 111 seconds shorter than the version with the full title.
- ConnectionsFeatures Saturday Night Live (1975)
- SoundtracksPrepare for Takeoff
Written by Don Argott, A.M. Viggiani
Performed by PornoSonic
Published by Virgin Monk Music (BMI)
Courtesy of PornoSonic/J-Bird Records
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Interesting without getting it's hands dirty
A documentary looking into the up bringing, family, career and future dreams of porn star Ron Jeremy. It uses old footage, interviews and clips from his films to show a guy who wants to be centre of attention and be talked about.
This documentary is not one of the type I usually like to watch relating to porn. I usually like the ones that are done by people from outside it tends to be less airbrushed! For example everyone should check out Channel 4's Hardcore (UK) it's an excellent documentary and will make it harder to get turned on next time you're watching porn. However this is more of a human interest story that a documentary it's like those polished celeb features you see sometimes where a little bit of bad or unfortunate stuff is wheeled out, but not much. So we naturally have lots of porn celebs being interviewed as well as family and lots with Jeremy himself.
However this is all still interesting after all, how can you not be interested in a man who is one of the most famous males in porn for decades despite looking like a slob! But it does go beyond just the surface we start with the idea that Jeremy is a pretty nice guy (not anywhere near as arrogant as you'd expect for a guy who gets sex so much!). But during the film little things come out he is insecure, he wants to be the centre of things and maybe has too much importance put on himself.
I did feel disappointed that it didn't push deeper when Jeremy was vulnerable. At times you can see sadness and hurt just behind his eyes but the director doesn't move at these times instead the hurt is only really referred to in voiceovers by the narrator or by other people. It felt at times that the film was helping Jeremy to get exposure without actually letting us inside his character.
However overall I enjoyed it. There is some nudity but it doesn't use the porn footage for titillation instead most of the porn footage is old dialogue scenes. If you hate porn then this will be too glossy for your taste but if you like it or just leave it alone then you should get something out of this.
This documentary is not one of the type I usually like to watch relating to porn. I usually like the ones that are done by people from outside it tends to be less airbrushed! For example everyone should check out Channel 4's Hardcore (UK) it's an excellent documentary and will make it harder to get turned on next time you're watching porn. However this is more of a human interest story that a documentary it's like those polished celeb features you see sometimes where a little bit of bad or unfortunate stuff is wheeled out, but not much. So we naturally have lots of porn celebs being interviewed as well as family and lots with Jeremy himself.
However this is all still interesting after all, how can you not be interested in a man who is one of the most famous males in porn for decades despite looking like a slob! But it does go beyond just the surface we start with the idea that Jeremy is a pretty nice guy (not anywhere near as arrogant as you'd expect for a guy who gets sex so much!). But during the film little things come out he is insecure, he wants to be the centre of things and maybe has too much importance put on himself.
I did feel disappointed that it didn't push deeper when Jeremy was vulnerable. At times you can see sadness and hurt just behind his eyes but the director doesn't move at these times instead the hurt is only really referred to in voiceovers by the narrator or by other people. It felt at times that the film was helping Jeremy to get exposure without actually letting us inside his character.
However overall I enjoyed it. There is some nudity but it doesn't use the porn footage for titillation instead most of the porn footage is old dialogue scenes. If you hate porn then this will be too glossy for your taste but if you like it or just leave it alone then you should get something out of this.
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- bob the moo
- May 28, 2002
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- Gross US & Canada
- $421,516
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,865
- Dec 2, 2001
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- $421,516
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