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Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)

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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.

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Scott J. Gill

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Scott J. Gill
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Ron Jeremy ... Self
William Margold ... Self
Al Goldstein ... Self
Al Lewis ... Self (as Al 'Grandpa' Lewis)
Seymore Butts Seymore Butts ... Self
Sharon Mitchell ... Self
Larry Flynt ... Self
Chris Cannon Chris Cannon ... Self
Tabitha Stevens ... Self
Veronica Hart ... Self (as Jane Hamilton)
Anita Cannibal Anita Cannibal ... Self
Phoebe Dollar ... Self
Susan Yannetti Susan Yannetti ... Self
Samantha Stylles Samantha Stylles ... Self
Troy Duffy ... Self
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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 such a 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. Written by Yocke

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Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue | See all certifications »
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Ron Jeremy: My goal in life is to be an actor.
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Crazy Credits

Ron Jeremy's father built radar stations in the Pacific theatre in WWII. See more »

Alternate Versions

Released 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. See more »

Connections

Features Inside Seka (1980) See more »

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Funky Bushman
Performed by The Funky Bushman
Published by Hobza Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Full Tower Productions
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Skin Deep
12 June 2007 | by gftbiloxiSee all my reviews

Ron Jeremy was not always the fat, slightly slovenly looking man he is today. When he entered the pornography business in the late 1970s he was reasonably if not uniquely attractive, determined to make a name for himself on stage and screen as a serious actor, and he saw pornography as a way to pay the bills and make contacts in the film industry.

The idea was not quite as far-out as it might seem. At the time, pornography was a big screen venue and films came with plots, dialogue, and reasonable budgets. As it happened, Jeremy had what it took to be a porn star and then some: a nine and three-quarters inch endowment and the amazing ability to control it on cue. But he failed to recognize a well-established show business fact that not even such legendary (and comparatively discreet) performers as Gypsy Rose Lee could overcome. Once a stripper, always a stripper. Once a porn star, always a porn star.

Twenty years after he made his adult film debut Ron Jeremy is still a porn star, only these days he is a chunky, sloppy one who commands a following largely due to his unlikely appearance and quasi-comic persona and who continues the career thanks to that near-inhuman control. And even as he takes a monthly AIDS test, scrambles for extra and bit work in mainstream film, and makes one porn flick after another he continues to dream of a "legitimate" acting career that will never come.

In theory, it is the stuff of both great comedy and great tragedy, but this fairly short documentary is neither; it has a touch of pathos, a touch of humor, but it never goes far enough in its exploration of Jeremy as a human being. I did laugh a little and I did feel a bit sorry for him, but the big questions were never asked and the big issues were never more than indicated. In the end, I feel like I met Jeremy at a party in passing--and when he left the room I knew little more about him than I did when he first came in.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer


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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2001 (USA) See more »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$23,865, 2 December 2001

Gross USA:

$421,516

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$421,516
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Color

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1.85 : 1
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