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Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner (born April 9, 1926) is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.
Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, being the elder of two sons born to Grace Caroline (née Swanson; 1895–1997) and Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896–1976), both teachers. Hefner's mother was of Swedish descent and his father had German and English ancestry. On his father's side, Hefner is a direct descendant of Plymouth governor William Bradford. He has described his family as "conservative, Midwest, Methodist." He went to Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served as a writer for a military newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He later graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a B.A. in psychology with a double minor in creative writing and art in 1949, earning his degree in two and a half years. After graduation, he took a semester of graduate courses in sociology at Northwestern University but dropped out soon after.
Actors: Don McManus (actor), Richard Nixon (actor), Jeff Larson (actor), Dave Mallow (actor), Adam Brody (actor), Chris Noth (actor), Bob Hope (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Bobby Cannavale (actor), Brian Gattas (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Johnny Carson (actor), James Franco (actor), Eric Roberts (actor), Robert Patrick (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Jason Baustin (producer), Jason Baustin (editor), Greg Coale (actor), Rob Stull (actor), Tiffany Ariany (actress), Phil Piruzzi Filsoof (actor), Phil Piruzzi Filsoof (actor), Juan Eloy Carrera (actor), Melissa Panos (actress), Steven A. Webb (actor), Edward Robert Bach (actor), Alexis Barone (actress), Michelle Trout (actress), J.D. Wine (actor), Terry Ward (actor),
Plot: ROAD TRIPPIN' vampires transsexual nudityVenus de Milo cemetery gay detective Dirty FairyGoody Two Shoes death seat phobia an alien named Queer-O friendship (as in meaning of) ... drama, trauma & sick hilarity !!!HAIL TO THE GROUPIES (sound like fun?)A movie director's assistant and her friends faithfully search for the meaning of life and love amid the wasteland of contemporary Hollywood.
Keywords: farce, nudity, parody, sex-comedy, transgender, vampireActors: Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Tom Townsend (actor), Dave Cooperman (actor), Dave Cooperman (actor), Kendra North (actress), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Kevin Tan (actor), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress),
Plot: Lives and Deaths of the Poets spoofs and parodies incidents taken from the lives of famous writers, artists, and musicians (collectively "Poets") throughout history. Comprising a series of approximately 50 comic vignettes, the movie is the fictional story of what really did not happen to these famed Poets, who have so enriched all of our lives.
Keywords: emperor-nero, independent-film, musician, nudity, parody, poet, sketch-comedy, spoof, writerActors: Sherie Giehtbrock (miscellaneous crew), Hugh M. Hefner (actor), Francesca Zappitelli (actress), D.R. Farquharson (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Cardoni (composer), Tracy Scott (miscellaneous crew), Craig Robinson (actor), David Wells (actor), Josh Fadem (actor), Crystal Connell (miscellaneous crew), Carrie Keagan (actress), Seth Morris (actor), Veda Semarne (miscellaneous crew), Trevor Moore (actor), Trevor Moore (director),
Plot: A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross-country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl.
Keywords: absurdism, bare-breasts, baseball-bat, bikini, blunt, box-office-flop, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cleavage, coma, comedy-teamActors: Damian Chapa (director), Damian Chapa (writer), Cameron Arguelles (miscellaneous crew), Damian Chapa (actor), Charles Arthur Berg (actor), Damian Chapa (producer), Robert McAtee (actor), Christian Serritiello (actor), Arthur Patching (miscellaneous crew), Arthur Patching (actor), Tom Druilhet (actor), Silvia Suvadová (producer), Silvia Suvadová (actress), Paul James Saunders (actor), Madla Hruza (costume designer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Maurice LaMarche (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Hugh M. Hefner (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), J.J. Abrams (actor), Paul Dini (actor), Sid Caesar (actor), Ray Harryhausen (actor), Bruce Campbell (actor), Matt Groening (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Mark Hamill (actor), Stan Lee (actor),
Plot: A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for!
Keywords: colon-in-title, comic-book, convention, fake-documentary, fandom, four-word-title, hugh-hefner, man-with-glasses, mockumentary, movie-in-titleActors: Stu Richel (actor), Ricardo Cordero (writer), Ricardo Cordero (producer), Ricardo Cordero (director), Allene Quincy (actress), Allene Quincy (actress), John Nizzari (actor), Neil Stephens (editor), Matthew Rappaport (actor), Elysia Annacini (actress), Korey Knecht (actor), Dawn Vicknair (actress), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Craig Zisel (actor), Daniel Anthony (actor),
Plot: Ashley, a dancer working for a strip club that serves as a front for the mob sees her fortunes dramatically change when one of its patrons, a reputed and much investigated wiseguy, suffers a fatal heart attack as she performs her sultry show-stopping number. Welcome to Chez Risqué, a suspense thriller about one woman's journey through the seamy underworld of organized crime. Based on real-life events, the dancer is suddenly enriched by a mysterious woman who gives her a bundle of cash as a token of her appreciation. With the money, she opens her own high-class gentleman's club, free of mob influences. She quickly finds herself in a web of intrigue and suspicion, where she is the subject of an intensive FBI investigation, stalked by a serial killer and haunted by supernatural forces emanating from her past, all of which is driving her to the brink of insanity. As these multiple forces intersect, she is running from her past -- and running out of time.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, hugh-hefner, independent-film, murderActors: Joe Chrest (actor), Rebecca Romijn (actress), Randall Batinkoff (actor), Peter Manning Robinson (composer), Peter Werner (director), Pat Healy (actor), Pauly Shore (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Cate Hardman (miscellaneous crew), Jim Metzler (actor), Tod Feuerman (editor), Kyle Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Natasha Gregson Wagner (actress), Patrick Mignano (miscellaneous crew), Bill Bolender (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Bob Fosse (writer), Tina Tyler (actress), Carroll Baker (actress), Mariel Hemingway (actress), Eric Roberts (actor), Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor), Cliff Robertson (actor), Josh Mostel (actor), Terence Kelly (actor), Robert Picardo (actor), Roger Rees (actor), David Clennon (actor), Sidney Miller (actor), Bob Fosse (director), Albert Wolsky (costume designer),
Plot: 'Paul Snider (II)' (qv) is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets 'Dorothy Stratten' (qv) working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Dorothy is a pretty but naive high school senior. Paul immediately falls for Dorothy, who sees in Paul a wise, worldly person unlike herself. Paul believes Dorothy is Playboy material, the magazine he sees as only a springboard to bigger and better things. Paul's dream does become a reality: not only does Dorothy eventually marry him, she becomes the August 1979 Playboy Playmate and ultimately Playboy Playmate of 1979, which does indeed lead to the start of an acting career. As Dorothy's star rises, Paul's life is one of a hanger-on as those in Dorothy's new circle, including Playboy publisher 'Hugh M. Hefner' (qv) and movie director Aram Nicholas, don't much like Paul. Paul is unable to eke out a life of his own without using Dorothy's name, which she increasingly is reluctant to provide to her husband. Those that know the couple know their relationship cannot continue as is, and it's only a matter of how it will change or end is the question.
Keywords: ambition, anger, bare-breasts, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, bed, bedroom, blood, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cameraActors: Ferdy Mayne (actor), Bruce Weitz (actor), Mitch Ryan (actor), Luca Bercovici (actor), Robert Reed (actor), Bibi Besch (actress), Tim King (producer), Jamie Lee Curtis (actress), Robert Clotworthy (actor), Paul Pompian (producer), Hugh Gillin (actor), Rodney Saulsberry (actor), Larry Wilcox (producer), Gloria Gifford (actress), Belinda Mayne (actress),
Plot: TV version of the life and death of "Playboy" magazine centerfold Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), a starry-eyed Canadian teenager who moved to Hollywood in the late 1970's seeking stardom and found it with her seedy promotor Paul Snider who promised Dorothy a career both as a star and his wife.
Keywords: 1970s, actress, bikini, career, centerfold, character-name-in-title, conjugal-rape, cynicism, death, domestic-violence