The Fluffer
Richard Glatzer & Wash West, directors.
USA, 2000, 35mm, 94 min.
Official Web site: www.fluffer.com

Johnny Rebel (Scott Gurney from Turbulence) is a porn star with a paradox. Although he is a hot-blooded heterosexual male, he makes his living as a gay porno star. The reason: money.

Sean McGinnis (Michael Cunio) is young, naïve, adventurous, and pure. Moving to L.A. to pursue a career in movies, he becomes diverted to working for Hollywood's illegitimate stepchild, the porno industry. The reason: Johnny Rebel.

Julie Disponzio (Roxanne Day), better known as Babylon, is the hottest dancer at the strip club, Leggs. She and Johnny have been in a relationship for three years. She's hard as nails, willful and charismatic, and can play power games at Johnny's level, but ultimately she's at a disadvantage. The reason: she loves him.

Hoping to be near his porn idol, Sean gets a job as a cameraman. The first day on the set, he strikes a curious connection and steps beyond the bounds of his job to become Johnny's "fluffer", which means that is his job to get Johnny going prior to each take. While Sean fixates on his icon Johnny Rebel and the task in hand, Babylon is seething. She's furious at the way Johnny just focuses on himself. Then, Johnny Rebel starts to implode...

Featuring strong performances by the leading cast and surprising cameos by Deborah Harry, Guinevere Turner, Chi Chi La Rue and a few real porn actors, The Fluffer is a story of obsession, submission, money and sex that looks at the gay adult entertainment business in much the same way The Player looked at mainstream Hollywood.

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