The Private Pleasures Of John C Holmes
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What can you say. The 4 lead actors in the purported only "Gay" movie porno king John Holmes starred in, died of AIDS. This was 1983 and it's unclear if Holmes was already infected with the AIDS virus or caught it.
A lousy film with a lousy script and some "strong" Gay sex scenes. There is one scene where John Holmes performs unprotected anal intercourse on Joey Vale. Joey died of AIDS in 1986.
John Holmes was supposedly so disturbed by making this film, that the sex scenes took all day. As in anything relating to the John Holmes legend, you wonder if any of the details surrounding the making of this movie are true. Regardless, seeing this film is like going back in history and watching how AIDS destroyed a whole generation of people.
As the only all male adult film the King (i.e. the late John Curtis Holmes, he of the 14 inch or thereabouts appendage) ever made, this has a certain amount of historical importance. One just wishes it were a much better movie, in just about every respect ! Rumors abound about this flick, including elaborate assumptions as to why Holmes made it in the first place, blackmail being one possibility. Though he had done a couple of solo loops for Falcon and a strictly soft-core short with another guy (not to mention his well-known availability to both sexes on an escort basis), he had never penetrated a member of the same gender on screen. If that's all you're looking for, then this should satisfy, even if the star looks like he would rather be anywhere else but here. The indiscriminate size queen will have a field day, of course, but romantics hoping for even the merest glimmer of affection between performers Β completely absent even in the non-Holmes scenes Β would be better off watching another video. Credited to "J.J. English" (who contributed the very minor gay genre classic THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GAY), though its slapdash approach suggests little directorial interference whatsoever, this is ultimately a rather sorry affair, played out amidst chintzy, vaguely Middle Eastern sets, scored with tone-deaf synthesizer (the instrument du jour) with glaring lighting Β which serves to make already pale performers look positively pasty Β and ugly cinematography to match.
Holmes "plays" a sultan and if I hadn't seen him in movies like the classic ERUPTION or Jack Remy's enjoyable GIRLS ON FIRE I'd swear the guy was the worst actor bar none ever to appear in front of the cameras. The rest of the cast is simply paraded in front of him to fulfill his every desire, his lack of enthusiasm suggesting he barely has any. Take note of the bearded boy who "assists" John in most of his sex scenes. That's actually the quite female Sharon Kane (her face never clearly visible to uphold the illusion) who does her darnedest to keep the star at least semi-aroused. Best of the King's boy/boy encounters is probably the one with the very accommodating Chris Burns (of Bill Higgins' THESE BASES ARE LOADED fame) who ignores his partner's verbal and mild physical abuse and rides him for all he's worth. Fred Halsted's longtime lover Joey Yale (with whom he appeared in his classic L.A. PLAYS ITSELF) is the insatiable wild-eyed blonde (courtesy of the white powder ?) in the first Holmes homo hardcore number. The bearded temple dancer is a somewhat sad character by contrast but his penultimate scene with Holmes does supply the most graphic penetration shots this flick has to offer so you decide whether this constitutes a highlight of sorts. Johnny Dawes, to whom I once referred as "the Richie Cunningham of gay porn" and who really does look like a very young Ron Howard, has a barely more animated threesome on the sidelines. Sad to think this shining star of Arch Bressan's sublime PLEASURE BEACH and Tom De Simone's marvelous SKIN DEEP got stuck in such a dispiriting low rent stinker. Much has been made of Holmes, Dawes, Burns and Yale subsequently all dying of AIDS-related illnesses. If this pathetic movie was somehow instrumental in their contracting the disease, this would make their untimely passing all the more heartbreaking.
I saw this piece of cinematic feces when it first came out. I read John was "challenged" in performing the gay sex scenes.
"Challenged" is a very nice word for it. Holmes has trouble maintaining an erection longer than five minutes. He engages in unprotected anal sex -- not very well at that -- four or five times. He appears to have trouble even showing any enthusiasm for the movie. He didn't need to do this one; John had over 350 porn classics to his name by the time he'd passed on, this was unneeded.
Despite the necessities of the script, Holmes is wearing a sultan's outfit. This was shot on an off day, awful, awful, awful.
Forget the "spoiler" warnings, there isn't anything to spoil.
Granted this is not the best gay porn film made, but you have to admit it is noteworthy in that it features the great John Holmes in his only, to my knowledge gay film. For the most part, it is evident Holmes is not enthused with this project. I'm not sure why he made it. It could be money, etc. Lackluster performances aside, it does boast some raw sex scenes. While it's been said by some Holmes should not have made it, this also makes it more unique and somewhat campy. Some may want to view it for it's novelty as both a John Holmes gay flick or an example of really bad gay cinema. Most of the primary performers eventually succumbed to AIDS. That being Chris Burns, Joey Yale, etc. I'm sure a lot of gay men have fantasized about desirable straight men interacting sexually with other men, albeit with a little more exuberance. Yes, a bad film, but still worth a look.
Only speculation why he did this movie and about his AIDS, one has to remember that Holmes was making a come back at this time. He stood trial for the Wonderland Murders, was acquitted and needed money fast since he was somewhat black balled after the trial. He even had to go over seas to do some flicks (this all coming after he made this gay flick). He may of infected quite a few women in the business It has never really come out whether he did or not. I am 50/50 on the idea that he might of infected Lisa De Leeuw during the filming of "Scandel In The Massion" (1985). There was still a lot of unprotected sex scenes with Holmes during his last few years in porn and I don't hear a lot about women making claims that Holmes infected them. To when and where he became HIV/AIDS infected is still anyone's guess. One thing for sure, he did know about his infection and still continued to do porn. His own agent (who said Holmes was the biggest liar in the business) knew of his HIV positive tests, as well. Overall, in my opinion, Holmes was a bad person, using people, especially his estranged wife, his girlfriend (whats her name) and he was a big coke head, so this gay flick just may of been a means to support his addiction.
Looking at this dismal failure of a film leaves one with a bad taste in their mouth.Terrible acting aside, the fact that the four main stars of this film died of Aids back in the time when the virus was virtually slaughtering people leaves one to wonder if any pornographic film is worth dying over. In this case it clearly was. Who infected who, will never be known, but sadly this film may have resulted in the deaths of the actors involved. The only reason to view this film is to catch a time in history when the sexual revolution was oblivious to what was just around the corner; its demise.
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What can you say. The 4 lead actors in the purported only "Gay" movie porno king John Holmes starred in, died of AIDS. This was 1983 and it's unclear if Holmes was already infected with the AIDS virus or caught it.
A lousy film with a lousy script and some "strong" Gay sex scenes. There is one scene where John Holmes performs unprotected anal intercourse on Joey Vale. Joey died of AIDS in 1986.
John Holmes was supposedly so disturbed by making this film, that the sex scenes took all day. As in anything relating to the John Holmes legend, you wonder if any of the details surrounding the making of this movie are true. Regardless, seeing this film is like going back in history and watching how AIDS destroyed a whole generation of people.
As the only all male adult film the King (i.e. the late John Curtis Holmes, he of the 14 inch or thereabouts appendage) ever made, this has a certain amount of historical importance. One just wishes it were a much better movie, in just about every respect ! Rumors abound about this flick, including elaborate assumptions as to why Holmes made it in the first place, blackmail being one possibility. Though he had done a couple of solo loops for Falcon and a strictly soft-core short with another guy (not to mention his well-known availability to both sexes on an escort basis), he had never penetrated a member of the same gender on screen. If that's all you're looking for, then this should satisfy, even if the star looks like he would rather be anywhere else but here. The indiscriminate size queen will have a field day, of course, but romantics hoping for even the merest glimmer of affection between performers Β completely absent even in the non-Holmes scenes Β would be better off watching another video. Credited to "J.J. English" (who contributed the very minor gay genre classic THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GAY), though its slapdash approach suggests little directorial interference whatsoever, this is ultimately a rather sorry affair, played out amidst chintzy, vaguely Middle Eastern sets, scored with tone-deaf synthesizer (the instrument du jour) with glaring lighting Β which serves to make already pale performers look positively pasty Β and ugly cinematography to match.
Holmes "plays" a sultan and if I hadn't seen him in movies like the classic ERUPTION or Jack Remy's enjoyable GIRLS ON FIRE I'd swear the guy was the worst actor bar none ever to appear in front of the cameras. The rest of the cast is simply paraded in front of him to fulfill his every desire, his lack of enthusiasm suggesting he barely has any. Take note of the bearded boy who "assists" John in most of his sex scenes. That's actually the quite female Sharon Kane (her face never clearly visible to uphold the illusion) who does her darnedest to keep the star at least semi-aroused. Best of the King's boy/boy encounters is probably the one with the very accommodating Chris Burns (of Bill Higgins' THESE BASES ARE LOADED fame) who ignores his partner's verbal and mild physical abuse and rides him for all he's worth. Fred Halsted's longtime lover Joey Yale (with whom he appeared in his classic L.A. PLAYS ITSELF) is the insatiable wild-eyed blonde (courtesy of the white powder ?) in the first Holmes homo hardcore number. The bearded temple dancer is a somewhat sad character by contrast but his penultimate scene with Holmes does supply the most graphic penetration shots this flick has to offer so you decide whether this constitutes a highlight of sorts. Johnny Dawes, to whom I once referred as "the Richie Cunningham of gay porn" and who really does look like a very young Ron Howard, has a barely more animated threesome on the sidelines. Sad to think this shining star of Arch Bressan's sublime PLEASURE BEACH and Tom De Simone's marvelous SKIN DEEP got stuck in such a dispiriting low rent stinker. Much has been made of Holmes, Dawes, Burns and Yale subsequently all dying of AIDS-related illnesses. If this pathetic movie was somehow instrumental in their contracting the disease, this would make their untimely passing all the more heartbreaking.
I saw this piece of cinematic feces when it first came out. I read John was "challenged" in performing the gay sex scenes.
"Challenged" is a very nice word for it. Holmes has trouble maintaining an erection longer than five minutes. He engages in unprotected anal sex -- not very well at that -- four or five times. He appears to have trouble even showing any enthusiasm for the movie. He didn't need to do this one; John had over 350 porn classics to his name by the time he'd passed on, this was unneeded.
Despite the necessities of the script, Holmes is wearing a sultan's outfit. This was shot on an off day, awful, awful, awful.
Forget the "spoiler" warnings, there isn't anything to spoil.
Granted this is not the best gay porn film made, but you have to admit it is noteworthy in that it features the great John Holmes in his only, to my knowledge gay film. For the most part, it is evident Holmes is not enthused with this project. I'm not sure why he made it. It could be money, etc. Lackluster performances aside, it does boast some raw sex scenes. While it's been said by some Holmes should not have made it, this also makes it more unique and somewhat campy. Some may want to view it for it's novelty as both a John Holmes gay flick or an example of really bad gay cinema. Most of the primary performers eventually succumbed to AIDS. That being Chris Burns, Joey Yale, etc. I'm sure a lot of gay men have fantasized about desirable straight men interacting sexually with other men, albeit with a little more exuberance. Yes, a bad film, but still worth a look.
Only speculation why he did this movie and about his AIDS, one has to remember that Holmes was making a come back at this time. He stood trial for the Wonderland Murders, was acquitted and needed money fast since he was somewhat black balled after the trial. He even had to go over seas to do some flicks (this all coming after he made this gay flick). He may of infected quite a few women in the business It has never really come out whether he did or not. I am 50/50 on the idea that he might of infected Lisa De Leeuw during the filming of "Scandel In The Massion" (1985). There was still a lot of unprotected sex scenes with Holmes during his last few years in porn and I don't hear a lot about women making claims that Holmes infected them. To when and where he became HIV/AIDS infected is still anyone's guess. One thing for sure, he did know about his infection and still continued to do porn. His own agent (who said Holmes was the biggest liar in the business) knew of his HIV positive tests, as well. Overall, in my opinion, Holmes was a bad person, using people, especially his estranged wife, his girlfriend (whats her name) and he was a big coke head, so this gay flick just may of been a means to support his addiction.
Looking at this dismal failure of a film leaves one with a bad taste in their mouth.Terrible acting aside, the fact that the four main stars of this film died of Aids back in the time when the virus was virtually slaughtering people leaves one to wonder if any pornographic film is worth dying over. In this case it clearly was. Who infected who, will never be known, but sadly this film may have resulted in the deaths of the actors involved. The only reason to view this film is to catch a time in history when the sexual revolution was oblivious to what was just around the corner; its demise.
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