Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where she can use the skills she so finely honed, Jody must edit adult entertainment to make ends meet. The uncompromising desire to make her movie, leads Jody to secretly film in the porn studio facilities at night - until she is caught in the act.
Acting
Leelee Sobieski's earnest chaos carries every scene
Direction
Julie Davis walks the comedy-drama tightrope with guts
Director
Julie Davis
Leelee Sobieski
Jody Balaban
Matthew Davis
Jeff Drake
Denise Richards
Bliss / Laura
Jamie Kennedy
Richard 'Dick' Harder
Tim Bagley
Alan Balaban
DonnaMarie Recco
Kathleen
Kristen Johnston
Irene Fox
Mircea Monroe
Sindi
P.J. Byrne
Gary
Caroline Aaron
Debra Balaban
Christa Campbell
Kato
Mr. Marcus
Jake B. Bigg
Sammi Hanratty
Little Jody
Garry Marshall
Himself
Stormy Daniels
Herself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Julie Davis based this loosely on her own experience editing adult films to fund her first movie.
This bombed in 2009 but predates the 'Hustlers'/'Pleasure' wave of sex-work-as-labor stories by a decade.
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