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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 27, 2011
The first release in Gorilla Factory Productions’ The Films of Wakefield Poole series of DVDs, Moving!/One, Two, Three... presents two classic works of vintage gay porn plus specially produced documentaries featuring Wakefield Poole and others revealing the stories behind the films.
Moving!, Wakefield Poole’s fourth feature film, was originally made for 8mm mail order, but proved so successful that it was released theatrically as well. Told in three vignettes based in homes, motels, and apartments, Moving! reunited Poole with his Boys in the Sand stars Casey Donovan and Peter Fisk, and proved highly controversial.
Presented uncut for the first time on DVD and remastered from the original 16mm negative, Moving! is a visual feast. It was one of the first gay films to show graphic scenes of fisting and was censored almost immediately after its initial release. Since then, it has rarely screened intact.
The first section, “House for Sale,” features an intense encounter between Casey Donovan and Val Martin around a lush pool on a Los Angeles estate. In “Rooms for Rent,” two young man share a motel shower and bed. And in the final sequence, “Apartment for Rent,” Peter Fisk materializes in an empty San Francisco apartment to initiate a young man into the pleasures of extreme sexuality.
Another example of Wakefield Poole’s stunning erotic film work, Moving! is once again available to thrill a new generation of audiences.
The last completed film of Wakefield Poole, One, Two, Three... is both simple and experimental. With no sets to distract the viewer, One, Two, Three... contains a hot solo by J.D. Slater, a duo between Dave Connors and young, blond Steve Kaye (who also appears in Poole’s Split Images), and ends with an intense three way featuring a trio of stunning men.
Originally intended as a fund-raising vehicle for AIDS organizations, One, Two, Three... quickly vanished from theaters after star Dave Connors committed suicide. With its minimal visual style, dramatic lighting, and innovative soundtrack, One, Two, Three... makes its DVD debut and invites viewers into a world of pleasure that is anything but simple.
The mini-documentaries included on the Moving/One, Two, Three… DVD include outtakes and excerpts from the upcoming feature-length documentary, Dirty Poole, being produced by Gorilla Factory Productions. The documentary is directed by Jim Tushinski, whose previous documentary That Man: Peter Berlin proved a hit at film festivals, on DVD, and on cable.
Both Moving! and One, Two, Three… have appeared in low quality, pirated versions over the years, often cut without the director’s permission. Gorilla Factory Productions has teamed with legendary filmmaker Wakefield Poole to remaster and distribute his films on DVD, many for the first time.
Future releases in The Films of Wakefield Poole series will include a special edition of Wakefield Poole’s Bible (1973) and a new director’s cut of the long unavailable Take One (1977). Gorilla Factory Productions also remastered Poole’s classic films Boys in the Sand and Bijou and have made these new versions available on DVD as Thank You Gifts to anyone making a tax-deductible donation to help complete the Dirty Poole documentary.
Moving!/One, Two Three… DVD contains:
· Two digitally remastered uncut feature films
· Mini-documentaries on the films featuring interviews with Wakefield Poole and others
$14.99 Retail ~ NTSC ~ All Regions ~ Total Running Time: approx. 2 hrs. 30 mins.