Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story

Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Directed byBarry Avrich[2]
Produced byMike Reid, Rick Schwartz[3] Jeremy Frommer[4]
Distributed byMelbar Entertainment Group, Filthy Gorgeous Media[5]
Release date
  • 9 September 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF)
[1]
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story is a Canadian biographical documentary film which is a biography of Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione.

Synopsis

The documentary describes Guccione's life from his schooling and early career through the development of his publishing empire (Penthouse, Omni, Spin). Interview subjects include former Penthouse editor Lynn Barber and Guccione's sons.[6]

Cast - Interviewees

  • Patrice Adcroft (Herself) - former editor of Omni magazine
  • Audrey Arnold (Herself)
  • Peter Bloch (Himself) - writer
  • Joe Brooks (Himself) - writer
  • Len Carney (Himself)
  • Divina Celeste (Herself) - 1982 February Pet of the Month
  • Richard Crouse (Himself) - writer
  • Dana DeArmond (Herself) - Adult film actress
  • Alan M. Dershowitz (Himself) - lawyer and confidante to Guccione
  • Al Goldstein (Himself) - Publisher, Screw magazine
  • Leslie Jay Gould (Herself) - writer[7]
  • Bob Guccione Jr. (Himself) - eldest son of Guccione and founder of music magazine Spin.
  • Nick Guccione (Himself) - youngest son of Guccione
  • Anthony Haden-Guest (Himself) - writer
  • Xaviera Hollander (Herself) - writer and Penthouse columnist
  • Jane Homlish (Herself) - Guccione's personal assistant for over 30 years
  • Victoria Johnson (Herself) - model,actress, 1977 Penthouse Pet of the Year and former lover of Guccione.
  • Victor Kovner (Himself) - attorney
  • George Lois (Himself) - designer, author

Release

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2013.[6]

The documentary was broadcast in Canada on The Movie Network and Movie Central and in the United States on Epix in November 2013.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story". TIFF. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ Staff. "Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story (2013) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.com. Amazon. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Rick Schwartz". IMDb.
  4. ^ "Jerrick Ventures - Jerrick Ventures". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Home". filthygorgeousmedia.com.
  6. ^ a b Ahearn, Victoria (31 August 2013). "TIFF: Documentary explores life of Penthouse founder Bob Guccione". The Canadian Press/CTV News. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  7. ^ Jay-Gould, Leslie. "Mr. Penthouse & Me". Salon.com. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ^ Benzine, Adam (30 August 2013). "Epix to premiere "Filthy Gorgeous" in November". Realscreen. Retrieved 31 August 2013.


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