Hustler Video

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Hustler Video
Company typePrivate
Industry Pornography
Founded1998;26 years ago (1998)
Founder Larry Flynt
Headquarters
United States
Products Pornographic films
OwnerLarry Flynt
Parent Larry Flynt Publications
Subsidiaries VCA Pictures
Website hustler.com
Hustler Booth at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7, 2010. Hustler Booth AVN 2010.jpg
Hustler Booth at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 7, 2010.

Hustler Video is an American independent pornographic film studio. It is owned by Larry Flynt's Larry Flynt Publications, and is part of its Hustler-branded range of enterprises, which includes Hustler magazine, the Hustler Casino and the Hustler Hollywood retail outlets. [1] In 2003 Hustler Video bought VCA Pictures, [2] which maintains a separate brand identity within the LFP conglomerate. [2]

Contents

Hustler Video is known for their parodies of mainstream movies, and of celebrities, like Paris Hilton, David Hasselhoff or Lindsay Lohan, and TV shows, like "Happy Days", "Star Trek" and "Glee". In response to 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain selecting Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, Hustler placed a classified ad on Craigslist, seeking a Sarah Palin doppelgänger willing to star in a pornographic film while portraying the governor. [3] The film, Who's Nailin' Paylin , was released November 4, 2008 eventually starring Lisa Ann.

Awards

The following is a selection of some of the major pornography awards the studio has won.

In 2011, Hustler Video was fined $14,175 in workplace safety charges for three separate complaints: a failure to provide protective devices to workers, failure to maintain proper health policies, and failure to provide vaccinations to workers. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "IT'S NOW OFFICIAL: HUSTLER ACQUIRES VCA; DEAL COMES A YEAR AFTER VIVID PACT, CEMENTING HUSTLER AS..." AVN . Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
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  6. 1 2 "THE 2009 AVN AWARDS WINNERS". AVN . Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  7. 1 2 3 XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ , February, 2011
  8. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ , January, 2012
  9. ↑ XBIZ Nominees 2013 Archived 2012-01-31 at the Wayback Machine , XBIZ , January, 2013
  10. ↑ AVN Staff (2014-01-19). "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2014 AVN Awards". AVN . Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  11. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners 2014, XBIZ , January, 2014
  12. ↑ "Hustler fined $14K for not using condoms in porn". Associated Press. 2011-03-31. Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
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