Directed by:
Brigitte BermanComposer:
James Mark StewartCast:
Joan Baez, Pat Boone, Jim Brown, James Caan, Robert Culp, Tony Curtis, Dick Gregory, Hugh Hefner, George Lucas, Bill Maher, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Pete Seeger (more)Plots(1)
An intimate look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of the 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joan Baez
USA
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
Pat Boone
USA
Best movies:
The Horror of It All (1963)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Jim Brown
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
James Caan
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Robert Culp
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Breaking Point (1976)
Tony Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Dick Gregory
USA
Best movies:
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Panther (1995)
The Hot Chick (2002)
Hugh Hefner
USA
Best movies:
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
George Lucas
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Men in Black (1997)
Bill Maher
USA
Best movies:
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (2005) (TV movie)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Bill Maher: Be More Cynical (2001) (TV movie)
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg
USA
Best movies:
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
BASEketball (1998)
Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage (2010)
Pete Seeger
USA
Best movies:
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) (concert)
Ray Anthony
USA
Best movies:
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald
USA
Count Basie
USA
Best movies:
The Rat Pack (1998) (TV movie)
Cinderfella (1960)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Tony Bennett
USA
Best movies:
Analyze This (1999)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
The Scout (1994)
Jesse Jackson
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Barry Melton
Best movies:
More American Graffiti (1979)
Gahan Wilson
USA
Gore Vidal (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Roma (1972)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)