Reel People (film)

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Reel People
Directed by Anthony Spinelli
Written byAnthony Spinelli
Produced byRichard Frazzini
StarringJohn Leslie, Richard Pacheco, Paul Thomas, and Aunt Peg
CinematographyJim Babb
Production
company
Ricston Productions
Distributed byArrow Film & Video
Release date
1984
Running time
82 min
CountryUnited States

Reel People is a 1984 pornographic film directed by Anthony Spinelli. It was a seminal film as it was the first major movie to feature sex between professional pornographic performers and amateurs, ushering in "Pro-Am Porn", which became a porn genre. It is also a precursor of the reality porn genre. It was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2008. [1]

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The professional performers in the film include John Leslie, Richard Pacheco, Paul Thomas, and Aunt Peg.

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References

  1. "XRCO Hall of Fame" . Retrieved 25 August 2014.