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Distributor | Released | Length |
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TLA Releasing | ? | 82 |
Description source: promotional material
Long before Jeff Stryker and Michael Lucas, Jack Wrangler was the number one name in gay porn. His wildly unpredictable career and life is recounted in this terrific, funny, smart and sexy (non-hardcore) documentary.
Born into a showbiz family, John Robert Stillman found a different sort of stardom as the sandy blonde gay porn icon Jack Wrangler. Openly gay, Wrangler tapped into the '70s gay zeitgeist, personifying many a homo’s sex fantasy. He starred in some 80-plus porn films, including Kansas City Trucking Co., Heavy Equipment, and Wanted, and became a genuine brand name (at least one product was modeled from his own equipment). He even conquered straight porn, famously playing the fire-shooting Beelzebub in The Devil in Miss Jones II.
Offscreen, Wrangler's life was equally sensational - at 33 he fell in love and married Margaret Whiting, a 55-year-old '40s pop star. When he told Ms. Whiting that he was gay, she replied "Just around the edges, dear." Retiring from porn at Whiting's insistence, Wrangler narrowly escaped the AIDS epidemic, and he turned to the legitimate stage.
Director Jeffrey Schwarz has assembled an absolute must-see with priceless archival footage - both sexy and hysterically campy - interviews and the utterly delightful account by Wrangler himself. He’s a brilliant raconteur, and his yarn is spun from pure - or not so pure - gold.