Acting Out (1980)

Directors:

Carl Gurevich
Ralph Rosenblum

Release Date:

1980 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Ever wonder what the folks next door are up to? They're probably...Acting Out

Plot:

The sexual fantasies of everyday people, starring the very people whose fantasies are chosen. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Teacher | Male Nudity | Porn Star | Nudity

Cast

Valerie Adami	...	Herself
Michael Gaunt	...	Himself (as Michael Dattore)
Ellen Faison	...	Herself (as Ellene Faison)
Robert Kerman	...	Himself
Roger Caine	...	Himself (as Al Levitsky)
Cia Lozell	...	Herself
Jennifer Jordan	...	Herself
Andrea Cox	...	Herself
James Schulze	...	Himself
Barbara Jo Fiedorlyzk	...	Herself
Karen D. Frohardt	...	Herself
John P. Smoczyk	...	Himself
Carol Ann Baumberger	...	Herself
Genie Joseph	...	Herself
Marcia Blau	...	Herself
Les P. Orenstein	...	Himself
Sandy Light	...	Himself
Sterling Jones	...	Himself
James Kyler	...	Himself
Esther Lester	...	Herself
Don Farrar	...	Himself
Jim Mann	...	Himself
Greg Hart	...	Himself
Terri King	...	Herself
Robert Lynn Kazmayer	...	Himself
Taiiji Torrence	...	Herself
Vanessa Vanderbilt	...	Herself
Roberto Monticello	...	Himself
Frank Gray	...	Himself
Jaye Griffith	...	Himself
Gene Moore	...	Himself
Lavelle Ziegler	...	Herself
Joel Weiss	...	Himself
Tellius Fitch	...	Himself
Margarita Promponas	...	Herself
Marco Vassi	...	Himself
Nancy Morgan	...	Herself

Directed by
Carl Gurevich
Ralph Rosenblum

Produced by
Katharine Grand	....	associate producer
Carl Gurevich	....	producer: Candidly Revealed
Beverly Maier	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Howard Johnson
Lou Rogers

Cinematography by
Robert M. Baldwin		(as Robert M. Baldwin Jr.)
Roberta Findlay

Film Editing by
Susan E. Morse
Julie Sloane

Production Design by
William De Seta

Art Direction by
William De Seta

Makeup Department
Rita Ogden	....	hair stylist
Rita Ogden	....	makeup artist

Production Management
J. Boyce Harman Jr.	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Boyce Harman Jr.	....	assistant director

Art Department
Grace Davis	....	assistant art director
Ray Edelstein	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Kenneth Bowser	....	sound (as Ken Bowser)
John Hampton	....	sound
Jack Higgins	....	post-production sound mixer
Ron Kalish	....	sound editor
Ron Yoshida	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Bender	....	gaffer (as Samm Bender)
Bernard Breitbart	....	assistant camera
Jim Canatta	....	camera loader (as James Canotta)
Phil Devonshire	....	grip
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Leon Vercruse	....	best boy
Marc Wyler	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Genie Joseph	....	apprentice editor
Ralph Rosenblum	....	editorial supervisor: A.C.E.

Music Department
Paul Desmond	....	composer: song "Desmond Blue"
Julie Sloane	....	music editor

Other crew
Beverly R. Alkow	....	production coordinator
Dick Di Bona	....	production consultant
Linda Ekstrand	....	production assistant
Michael Herz	....	production consultant
Jacqy Hout	....	production assistant
Lloyd Kaufman	....	production consultant
Jack Richardson	....	creative consultant

Production Companies

• Candidly Revealed Company Unlimited

Distributors

• Krona Releasing Inc. (1980) (USA)
• Troma Team Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Bernard Fox Studios  music recording facilities
• Directors' Catering  catering
• E.U.E. Opticals  titles and opticals
• Gallery Magazine - Montcalm Publishing Corporation  promotional considerations
• General Camera Corporation  camera equipment provided by
• Magno Sound  sound recording facilities
• Preview Theater  editing equipment
• Sundragon Studios  music recording facilities

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X

Company:

Candidly Revealed Company Unlimited

Movie Connections:

References Lipstick (1976)

A time capsule

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

A strange documentary kind of film that could only have been made in the 1970's. A number of people are invited do tell the filmmakers what their ultimate sexual desire would be, after which they are given a chance to actually have these played out for real, with the help of porn Robert Kerman (who is know by serious filmfanatics for his part in Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust), amongst others. It turns out that these (real) people have (really) weird fantasies ranging from being abused by medics while being operated upon to something as predictable as a guy wishing do experience a threesome. What is so stunning about this documentary is that we learn that even in the wild years of free love people simply couldn't handle this freedom because the desires they have turn out do be as disappointing as they are weird. It turns out that only the guy with the least ridiculous wishes (the threesome with two girls) actually enjoyed the experience. It seems that then and now people always want do make more of sex that there actually is. For this alone it is an interesting film to watch. We get to see the entire process, from people being selected in the street, them telling about their desires and the action out, all rounded out by their commentaries on the experiences. All of this with very straight faces and surprisingly little gratuitous nudity, giving the viewer the impression that a scientific research to all this was the goal, and not to get as much as cheap nude scenes as possible, which of course is nonsense but makes for extremely fun viewing. A time capsule like this would probably have been lost forever if it wasn't for a company named Troma. Recommended.