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Playboy: The Story of X (1998)

100 Years of Adult Film and Its Stars

6.8audience score
8 votes on TMDB
Released January 1, 1998Runtime 1h 22mDirector Chuck Workman

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.

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Cast of Playboy: The Story of X

Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Self - Host
Christy Canyon

Christy Canyon

Self
Ginger Lynn Allen

Ginger Lynn Allen

(archive footage)
Juliet Anderson

Juliet Anderson

Self
Samuel Z. Arkoff

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Self - Distributor
Juli Ashton

Juli Ashton

Self
Lisa De Leeuw

Lisa De Leeuw

Self (archive footage)
John Holmes

John Holmes

Self (archive footage)
Samantha Fox

Samantha Fox

Self (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Self
Zalman King

Zalman King

Self - Producer
Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield

Self (archive footage)

About Playboy: The Story of X

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Who stars in Playboy: The Story of X?

Playboy: The Story of X stars Buck Henry, Christy Canyon, Ginger Lynn Allen, Juliet Anderson, Samuel Z. Arkoff.

Who directed Playboy: The Story of X?

Playboy: The Story of X was directed by Chuck Workman.

How long is Playboy: The Story of X?

Playboy: The Story of X has a runtime of 1h 22m.

What is Playboy: The Story of X about?

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.