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A Labor of Love

01/01/1976

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1hr 10min

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Documentary

STORY

In 1975, Chicago filmmakers Flaxman and Goldman got carte blanche to film the shooting of a local film called THE LAST AFFAIR. Neither AFFAIR's director (who envisioned the film as "a combination of Fellini and Bergman") nor its cast (which included then-unknowns Betty Thomas and Ron Dean) had ever worked in the industry before. Made in the classic cinema-verité style of Drew and Leacock, A LABOR OF LOVE is a revealing and often hilarious exposé of the hidden side of adult film: onscreen partners despise each other offscreen, male performers can't "get wood," an actress has her period, Ivory Liquid is substituted for semen, and the director declares, "I really dislike every minute of this!" (Gene Siskel Film Center)

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Anna Welsh
  • Robin T. Ruthledge
  • Joel Cohn
  • Larry Hovde
  • Henri Charr

    Directors

  • Robert Flaxman
  • Daniel Goldman

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Anna Welsh

Herself - Production Manager

Joel Cohn

Himself - Runner

Larry Hovde

Himself - Grip

Mark Lynch

Himself - Grip

Craig Summer

Himself - Gaffer

Charles Zeiler

Himself - Soundman

Debbie Dan

Herself - Star Actress

William Derl-Davis

Himself - Acting Coach

Leslie Peller

Himself - Make-up Man

Sissel Hansen

Herself - Script Girl / Hooker

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