Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)

Director:

Scott J. Gill

Writer:

Scott J. Gill (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Tagline:

The Story of America's Most Unlikely Sex Star

Plot:

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy offers audiences a penetrating look inside the world of Ron Jeremy...

Plot Keywords:

Porn Star | Sex | Pornography Documentary | Hiv Testing | Pornography

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
William Margold	...	Himself
Al Goldstein	...	Himself
Al Lewis	...	Himself (as Al 'Grandpa' Lewis)
Seymore Butts	...	Himself
Sharon Mitchell	...	Herself
Larry Flynt	...	Himself
Chris Cannon	...	Himself
Tabitha Stevens	...	Herself
Veronica Hart	...	Herself (as Jane Hamilton)
Anita Cannibal	...	Herself
Phoebe Dollar	...	Herself
Susan Yannetti	...	Herself
Samantha Stylles	...	Herself
Troy Duffy	...	Himself
Kenny Dollar	...	Himself
Shanna McCullough	...	Herself
Venice Adrian	...	Herself
Jenna Jameson	...	Herself
Alisha Klass	...	Herself
Jim Enright	...	Himself
Sasha Gabor	...	Himself
Jim Holliday	...	Himself
Adam Rifkin	...	Himself
Lowel Smith	...	Himself
Lexington Steele	...	Himself
Greg Watkins	...	Himself
Matt Zane	...	Himself
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Himself (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ginger Lynn Allen	...	(archive footage) (as Ginger Lynn)
Jack Baker	...	(archive footage)
Johann Benét	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jerry Butler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joey Buttafuoco	...	Himself (archive footage)
Annabel Chong	...	Herself
Aurora Cortez	...	Herself
Donita	...	Herself
Rusty Estill	...	Himself
Edward Furlong	...	Himself
Kathleen Haase	...	Herself
Mike Horner
Ice-T	...	Himself (archive footage)
Don Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bridgette Kerkove	...	Herself
Skeeter Kerkove	...	Himself (as Skeeter)
Kid Rock	...	Himself (DVD only - deleted scene)
Tanya Lawson	...	Herself (archive footage)
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynn Redgrave	...	Herself (archive footage)
Herschel Savage	...	Himself
Seka	...	Herself (archive footage)
Stephanie Swift	...	Herself (DVD only - deleted scene)
Peter Criss	...	Himself (uncredited)
Corey Feldman	...	Himself (uncredited)
Heidi Fleiss	...	Herself (uncredited)
Ace Frehley	...	Himself (uncredited)
David Mattey	...	Noxie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Horatio Sanz	...	Ron Jeremy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Simmons	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dan Snow	...	Sgt.Kazinski (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Stanley	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Scott J. Gill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Scott J. Gill		writer

Produced by
Kirt Eftekhar	....	producer
Scott J. Gill	....	producer
Tim Goldberg	....	executive producer
Sean Skelton	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Carvin Knowles

Cinematography by
Scott J. Gill
Ralph King

Film Editing by
Scott J. Gill

Editorial Department
Stacy Chess	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Trevor Gribble	....	digital film transfer
Trevor Gribble	....	video to film transfer
Dina Mande	....	title designer

Thanks
Don Coscarelli	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• District Films
• Radius Productions

Distributors

• Ocule Films (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Maelstrom Entertainment (USA)
• Mongrel Media (Canada)
• Outrider Films

Also Known As:

The Legend of Ron Jeremy (Canada: English title) (DVD title) (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:R | USA:R | Australia:R

Company:

District Films

Quotes:

Ron Jeremy: My goal in life is to be an actor.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Daily Show" (1996)

Enjoyable, but ultimately very sad

Stumbling upon this late last night on cable I decided to give it a go. This is the life of one of the longest surviving porn actors in the business.

Two things that struck me was that Ron seems like he's an extremely nice guy. He's the type of guy that you'd want at your party because he's so interested in having fun. The other thing that struck me was that despite the upbeat demeanor it was all terribly sad. Its not that the life is a bad thing, rather its simply that Ron is trying so hard to be "Ron - Superstar" and to break into mainstream movies that he's completely missed the chance of having anything approaching a what is considered a normal life, there is no girlfriend, wife or family, there is only the drive to be famous. You can sense the sadness in him, in talking about his girlfriends, the desire of kids. I also found it telling when he said that he looked for certain things at a party, and mentioned that food rated higher than women.

I liked the film, but was left both liking Ron more than before and being left clueless as to why we should care.

Definitely worth seeing

7 out of 10