Playboy: The Story of X 26 years old
100 Years of Adult Film and Its Stars
The Story Of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through the movie house years to the arrival of the home video business, and now the Internet. Meet the men behind the camera, such as "King of Sexploitation" Dave Friedman and the preeminent breast man Russ Meyer. Considered pariahs at the time, they're now hailed as pioneers in the fight against censorship. The Story of X visits the 60s when women's rights, not nudity, became the issue and recounts porn's arrival in Hollywood, led by director Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango In Paris. In the 70s, several groundbreaking films, including Behind The Green Door featuring Marilyn Chambers and Deep Throat featuring Linda Lovelace, took the genre to a new level.
Credits
Playboy: The Story of X Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Roman Polanski He was 64, now 91 years old | as Himself (archive footage) |
| Traci Lords She was 29, now 56 years old | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Hugh Hefner He was 71, 91 years old when he died | as Himself |
| Buck Henry He was 67, 89 years old when he died | as Himself - Narrator |
| Ginger Lynn Allen She was 35, now 61 years old | as Herself |
| Samantha Fox She was 31, now 58 years old | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Marilyn Chambers She was 45, 56 years old when she died | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Bernardo Bertolucci He was 56, 77 years old when he died | as Himself |
| Lisa De Leeuw She was 39, 35 years old when she died | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Zalman King He was 55, 69 years old when he died | as Himself |
| Juli Ashton She was 29, now 56 years old | as Herself |
| Christy Canyon She was 31, now 58 years old | as Herself |
| John Holmes He was 53, 43 years old when he died | as Himself (archive footage) |
| Amber Lynn She was 33, now 60 years old | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Juliet Anderson She was 59, 71 years old when she died | as Herself |
| Jayne Mansfield She was 64, 34 years old when she died | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Linda Lovelace She was 48, 53 years old when she died | as Herself (archive footage) |
| Vanessa del Rio She was 45, now 72 years old | as Herself |
| Russ Meyer He was 75, 82 years old when he died | as Himself |
| Samuel Z. Arkoff He was 79, 83 years old when he died | as Himself |
| SaRenna Lee She was 26, now 53 years old | as Herself |
Playboy: The Story of X Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Chuck Workman as Director. He was 2 (now 24) years old | Directing |
| Chuck Workman as Editor. He was 2 (now 24) years old | Editing |
| Jeremy Workman as Editor. | Editing |
| John Leonetti as Producer. | Production |
| Marc Greville-Masson as Production Design. | Art |
Playboy: The Story of X (26 years)
100 Years of Adult Film and Its Stars
- Release day: Thursday, January 01, 1998
- Runtime: 82 minutes