Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Documentary |
Menu Audio Theatrical Trailer Trailer-Backyard Wrestling Featurette-Ron On E! Featurette-Ron On The View Featurette-Ron On The Weakest Link Featurette-Ron On Nightline Filmographies-Cast Gallery-Photo |
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Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
Running Time | 76:37 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | No/No | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Directed By | Scott J. Gill |
Studio
Distributor |
Stomp Visual |
Starring | Ron Jeremy |
Case | C-Button-Version 2 | ||
RPI | ? | Music | Carvin Knowles |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame | English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s) | |
Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles | None | Smoking | Yes |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | No |
Porn Star is a fun documentary about the legend of Ron Jeremy - “the Story of America's Most Unlikely Sex Star”.
The transfer is grainy and of variable quality, as a variety of source material is used, ranging from home movies to cheap shot-on-video porn.
The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, full frame.
The transfer has the sharpness of a good VHS tape, and the shadow detail is often poor, for example at 6:15.
The colour of the non-archive footage is fine, and the skin-tones are accurate.
There are no obvious problems with MPEG artefacts.
Film-to-video artefacts appear in the form of aliasing, such as the slight shimmer on the car window at 28:01. While telecine wobble is not a problem, there is a lot of shaky camera work. Film artefacts appear throughout the archive footage, but not during the new passages.
There are no subtitles present on this single sided and single layered DVD.
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The quality of the audio is also variable, with many poor mono sources. Sometimes the clarity of the audio is awful, such as during the Kid Rock concert at 58:16.
The only audio option is English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo.
The dialogue quality and audio sync are fine.
The musical score is credited to Carvin Knowles, and it is porn-influenced, with plenty of bass and 70s twangy guitar.
There is no surround presence nor subwoofer activity.
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There are a few extras.
A very simple menu, presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
Theatrical Trailers
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, with Dolby Digital stereo audio, the trailers for Porn Star and Best Of Backyard Wrestling are included.
Ron's TV Spots (3:18)
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, with Dolby Digital stereo audio, these are a short collection of Ron's appearances on US television.
Ron's Filmography and Pornography
Text-based extras.
Photo Gallery
A series of photographic stills.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
Porn Star is to be released on DVD in Region 1 in March 2003; as yet the details of the R1 DVD have not been advised.
Porn Star is a reasonably light documentary that does little more than scratch the surface of the porn industry by spending a few days with one of its stars.
The video quality is disappointing but acceptable for a documentary.
The audio quality is limited, but again acceptable for a documentary.
The extras are not really worth mentioning.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Pioneer DV-535, using S-Video output |
Display | Grundig Elegance 82-2101 (82cm, 16x9). Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Sony STR DE-545 |
Speakers | Sony SS-V315 x5; Sony SA-WMS315 subwoofer |