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A narrated history/documentary (by Mark Woodward) of Hand-in-Hand Films, the pioneer gay movie company that first appeared in 1972. Unlike Erotikus, which is a history of the gay movie, this flick is a history of Hand-in-Hand and how its three founders (Jack Deveau, Robert Alvarez and Jaap Penraat) dedicated themselves to moviemaking. In addition to the sex segments, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes explanations of how adult films are made; segments from several films, and unreleased material (including bloopers and out-takes). Sex, sex, sex, both romantic and frantic, include classic segments and copulating lust. The action is hot, post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS fucking! Interviews, masculine men having sex and/or making love, humor, selected highlights, and much more. Films featured include Left-Handed (Hand-in-Hand's first and also the first gay film to be fully scripted and include a musical score), Peter de Rome's Hot Pants (a go-go boy jacking off), Ballet Down the Highway, Adam and Yves, Wanted: Billy the Kid, The Night Before, Drive, Bagdad, and several others. The narrator also reminds us that after Left-Handed, movies began to include story to draw the audience in, and that the camera no longer just photographed sex -- it now became a part of it.
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