Summaries

Early in the 1990s, Hefner and others are interviewed on camera about Hefner's childhood and youth, the beginnings of Playboy and its later empire, what those enterprises meant to society, troubles with pundits, censors, and the government, and two crises within Hefner's world, the arrest and prosecution of a close associate and the murder of a model. Susan Brownmiller provides the basic critique of Hefner's businesses (women are objects); Hefner says he wanted to break repression, question traditional values, and present the healthy, wholesome, and real eroticism of the girl next door. By 1992, Hefner is extolling the virtues of marriage, children, and family life.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • arrest
  • childhood
  • prosecution
  • federal drug investigation
  • reference to peter bogdanovich
Genres
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Sep 30, 1992
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Alta Loma Entertainment Lynch/Frost Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 31m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
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