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Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon

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Catalog #: DV2683212

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Synopsis

Long before Jeff Stryker and Michael Lucas, Jack Wrangler was the number one name in gay porn. His wildly unpredictable career and life is recounted in this terrific, funny, smart and sexy (non-hardcore) documentary.

3 Reasons To buy this film

  • Lots of juicy rare footage.
  • A life story that demands to be heard.
  • The incredible story of the creation of a gay porn legend.

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Born into a showbiz family, John Robert Stillman found a different sort of stardom as the sandy blonde gay porn icon Jack Wrangler. Openly gay, Wrangler tapped into the '70s gay zeitgeist, personifying many a homo’s sex fantasy. He starred in some 80-plus porn films, including Kansas City Trucking Co., Heavy Equipment, and Wanted, and became a genuine brand name (at least one product was modeled from his own equipment). He even conquered straight porn, famously playing the fire-shooting Beelzebub in The Devil in Miss Jones II.

Offscreen, Wrangler's life was equally sensational - at 33 he fell in love and married Margaret Whiting, a 55-year-old '40s pop star. When he told Ms. Whiting that he was gay, she replied "Just around the edges, dear." Retiring from porn at Whiting's insistence, Wrangler narrowly escaped the AIDS epidemic, and he turned to the legitimate stage.

Director Schwarz has assembled an absolute must-see with priceless archival footage - both sexy and hysterically campy - interviews and the utterly delightful account by Wrangler himself. He’s a brilliant raconteur, and his yarn is spun from pure (or not so pure) gold.

 -- Lawrence Ferber

Awards

  • Winner - Best Alternative Release — 2009 GayVN Awards

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DVD : $16.99

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  • Close Caption:  No
  • Region Code:  1
  • Catalog #: DV2683212
  • Studio: TLA Releasing
  • Languages:  English 2.0 (Primary)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78, Widescreen
  • Features:
  • Photo gallery
  • Interview(s): Jack Wrangler interview outtakes
  • Audio commentary: Producer/Director Jeffrey Schwarz, Editor Jaime Meyers Schlenck and Composer Michael "The Millionaire" Cudah
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Keywords

Age: Daddies/Men,  Documentary,  Interview/Talking to the Camera,  Porn Stars Off-Camera (As 'Themselves'),  Softcore (Erotica),  Under $20.00 DVD

Genres

Behind-the-Scenes/Porn Shoot,  Documentary

Features

Jack Wrangler 1946-2009,  2009 GayVN Award Winners

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  A pleasant little romp down my memory lane!

Jaycbird wrote on 11/20/2008:

TLA Releasing has released on DVD, WRANGLER: ANATOMY OF AN ICON (dir. Jeffrey Schwarz, US, 2008, 82 mins.), which was one of the hits of the past year's GLBT film festival circuits, as well as a pleasant little romp down my memory lane! Twenty-odd years ago, I saw KANSAS CITY TRUCKING COMPANY, and I was "in love"! It was at the end of the "film era" of pornography, before "video" took over, so the graininess of the image only added to the mystique and fantasy of the situations of the film. Not to mention the unique contribution that Jack Wrangler brought to the medium, in which he was actually performing, more than prostituting himself. He was a much more accessible erotic performer than Peter Berlin, in that the persona he created was an "everyman" more than a "fantasy man", while playing against any prevailing cinematic stereotypes. He magnified "butch appeal", and was as gritty as the situations in which he was filmed. What makes Wrangler such a compelling documentary subject, however, has to do with his life before and after his success as a porn star.

The film is divided into three sections: his boyhood, his stardom, and his atypical career and marriage to Margaret Whiting. I resist to detail any of his life story here, as it would spoil the film and the surprises that he has to tell. However, I will say it is the way he tells his story, the charm and wit which has served him so well, that elevates the film. He interviews with such joy as he looks back at his sometimes notorious life, both in front and behind the camera, for the opposite of reasons (he received a great deal of 'gay backlash' for appearing in straight films, as well as his marriage to Margaret Whiting), that the film becomes infectious! In fact, in the "Extras" there are out-takes, which are just as entertaining (if not MORE so!) than the interviews that are in the final cut! I was glued to the extra half hour of interviews after the actual film had ended.

Interviews include various figures from his life, i.e. Margaret Whiting, her daughter Debbie, theatrical stars and designers with whom he has worked with as a writer and director, as well as some social commentary (i.e. Bruce Vilanch and Michael Musto). There is a plethora of video and stills that illustrate his life and career, and it is noted within the accompanying commentary track (featuring the director, Jeffrey Schwartz, the editor, Jaime Meyers) about how difficult the decision it was to maintain a modicum of taste, without denying his pornographic past. After all, the sex is what he is and will probably always be known for, though he has moved so far beyond that.

The transfer includes film and video elements, and though some of those elements have obviously worn a bit with age, there is a fairly decent balance in color and brightness, though there is minimal correction and perhaps nearly no restoration of historical elements. The sound features an unusual soundtrack, which is almost overly analyzed in the commentary by composer, Michael Cudahy. The commentary is a bit repetitive, since it is talking about the subject talking about itself, so it is fairly unnecessary. It continues to refer to outtakes that are included in the Extras, anyway, so I would skip the commentary and go straight to the outtakes. Also, there is a picture gallery that will save you from having to hit the pause button during playback of the film.

  Every Gay Man Should See This!!

Art wrote on 10/26/2008:

I received my copy and watched it right away....
It was a real eye opener about the 70's (an era that I grew up and came out in). So much insight through Jack's eyes, and those who participated in making this film.
This is a MUST SEE for every gay man who enjoys his adult films. Where it started to where we've come today, to maybe where it is going. Don't forget to take time for the extras in this DVD, especially the interview out-takes of Jack.
GREAT FILM!!!

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4 Stars

TLA Rating: 4 Stars

Rating: Not Rated

2008, 82 min

Country:  US

Studio :  TLA Releasing

Cast:  Jack Wrangler, Margaret Whiting, Bruce Vilanch, Marc Shaiman, Michael Musto, Chi Chi LaRue, Gino Colbert, Joe Gage

Director:  Jeffrey Schwarz

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