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ERA
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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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The Fluffer
"Watch what you wish for."
2001 1h 35m EN
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5.8
MID
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49%
ROTTEN
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53
METACRITIC
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5.6
IMDB
★5.8TMDB · 45🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 3,085
Drama
Synopsis
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Self-effacing, boyish Sean moves to LA to pursue a career in movies but finds it tougher than he imagined. He stumbles onto porn star Johnny Rebel - a handsome, muscled dream of men and women alike - who awakens Sean’s deep obsession.
“Watch what you wish for.”
Cast
Scott Gurney
Johnny Rebel
Michael Cunio
Sean McGinnis
Roxanne Day
Babylon
Taylor Negron
Tony Brooks
Debbie Harry
Marcella
Penn Badgley
Young Sean
Adina Porter
Silver
Richard Riehle
Sam Martins
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Richard Glatzer
- Writers
- Wash Westmoreland
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Richard Glatzer, shot by Mark Putnam. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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CAST
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Scott Gurney and Michael Cunio and Roxanne Day carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Watch what you wish for.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0245115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Richard Glatzer directs. Mark Putnam behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Richard Glatzer, shot by Mark Putnam. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Scott Gurney and Michael Cunio and Roxanne Day carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "Watch what you wish for.".
- 5IMDB entry: tt0245115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 7Classified under 10 themes, including "stripper", "porn star", "los angeles, california", "porn industry".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Mark Putnam
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 49% 🥫 Rotten
- Metacritic
- 53/100
- IMDB rating
- 5.6/10 · 3,085 votes
- MPAA
- R
- US box office
- $563,373
Awards
1 win
Also by
Richard Glatzer
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- FL
Fluff and Fold LLC
Key crew
- Editorial ConsultantGeraldine Peroni
- Wardrobe SupervisorBethany Ritz
- ProducerVictoria Robinson
- ProducerJohn Sylla
- CastingElisabeth Jereski
- Executive ProducerRose Kuo
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- stripper
- porn star
- los angeles, california
- porn industry
- lgbt
- gay for pay
- gay pornography
- pretending to be gay
- gay theme
- sex
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2001-02-11R
Also known as
International titles
- El estimuladorES
- ハードコア・デイズ ゲイビデオ・カメラマンの恋JP
