Love Shack (film)

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Love Shack
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Directed byGregg Saccon
Michael B. Silver
Written byGregg Saccon
Michael B. Silver
Produced byGregg Saccon
Michael B. Silver
Rick Jaffa
Amanda Silver

Steven Long Mitchel
Ivan H. Migel
Gregg Sacon
Thaddeus Wadleigh
Starring Diora Baird
CinematographyThaddeus Wadleigh
Music by Matt Rollings
Distributed by Strand Releasing
Release date
  • November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love Shack is a 2010 mockumentary about the adult film industry written, produced and directed by Gregg Saccon and Michael B. Silver. Other producers include Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.

Contents

Love Shack reunites a dysfunctional "family" of adult film stars for a memorial porn shoot following the death of a legendary producer, Mo Saltzman. [1]

Plot

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References

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