Playboy Presents Sex at 24 Frames Per Second - The Ultimate Journey Through Sex in Cinema

UPC: 726283909129

Studio: Playboy Home Video

Summary: Directed by Kevin Burns, this documentary from Playboy Home Video examines the oftentimes tense relationship between sex, women, and popular Hollywood culture. With a particular focus given to Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow, and Sharon Stone, Sex at 24 Frames Per Second studies the role of female sexuality in film throughout the years. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Category: Adult

Features: Interviews with Anthony Quinn, Hilary Swank, Ang Lee, Donna Deitch, Adrian Lyne, James Petersen, Tom Rothman, Roger Ebert, and others
Movie scenes from American Pie, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Boys Don't Cry, The Full Monty, One Million Years B.C., Peyton Place, Planet of the Apes, Valley of the Dolls, and more

Playboy Presents Sex at 24 Frames Per Second - The Ultimate Journey Through Sex in Cinema

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/01/2003

Audio: DD Dolby Digital

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Introduction [2:16]
2. Sex in America [3:57]
3. Controversial Moments [3:05]
4. Silver-Screen History [13:01]
5. New Era of Sex [4:44]
6. Pin-Up Queens [3:24]
7. Sex and TV [6:38]
8. Erotic Euro [3:12]
9. Sex Icons [7:15]
10. Sexy Sixties [6:50]
11. Different Reality [5:24]
12. X Was Never Like This [3:58]
13. Suspense, Sex, and Porn [9:35]
14. Sex in the '80s [7:55]
15. The New Face of Sex [8:26]
16. Sex in the '90s [4:33]
17. The Outcome [2:02]
18. End Credits [1:55]

Buzz McClain

Don't expect anything too explicit here, even though it's a Playboy production. This documentary is as teasing as the actresses depicted, as they saunter and shimmy in skirts and bikinis but never bare it all, which is OK, since it lets a wider audience take in this comprehensive examination of sex in cinema. Director Kevin Burns is no Ken Burns, but he does get his points across, using footage harkening back to the earliest crude projections -- directors wasted no time in getting scantily clad women to dance in front of hand-cranked cameras -- to pristine images of today's hottest stars. Along the way, notable sex-in-cinema movers and shakers, including Hugh Hefner himself, help explain what obstacles had to be overcome in order for sex to be realistically portrayed on screen. There's an unrated version that's three minutes longer than the R-rated one, so perhaps there's something more, um, penetrating in that one. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Anthony Quinn  Actor 
Diane Lane  Actor 
Paul Schrader  Actor 
Sharon Stone  Actor 
Hilary Swank  Actor 
Donna Deitch  Actor 
Paul Verhoeven  Actor 
Raquel Welch  Actor 
Roger Ebert  Actor 
Marilyn Monroe  Actor 
Ang Lee  Actor 
Robert Culp  Actor 
Burt Reynolds  Actor 
Adrian Lyne  Actor 
Richard Roeper  Actor 
Kevin Burns  Director 
Kevin Burns  Executive Producer 
Kevin Burns  Screenwriter 

Country: USA