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The Girl Next Door

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Christine Fugate's look into the porn career of Stacy Valentine begins during the marriage that led her to the industry. When Stacy wins a Hustler magazine contest that her husband urged her to enter, she's thrust into a world of opportunities. She leaves her husband and moves to Los Angeles, where she pursues acting in hardcore porn films. Candid footage from Valentine's life explores her multiple plastic surgeries, her tumultuous relationship with a fellow actor and her personal issues.
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Desson Thomson Washington Post As a behind-the-scenes life of the sex industry, you get the same fascinating bird's-eye view that Paul Thomas Anderson gave you in Boogie Nights. Jun 13, 2003 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 3/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review Sarah Hepola Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 3, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Stacy Valentine, a successful porn star, started as an Oklahoma housewife. This documentary's behind-the-scenes reveals about Stacy Valentine are fascinating, but when Valentine wonders about why she's so depressed and where all her personal, emotional, and professional strife comes from, it becomes evident that she isn't a remarkably deep or intelligent human being. She's interesting because she's hot and willing to fuck in any and every which way people can imagine. She's interesting because she's in an interesting industry (say what you want about porn, but it's at least interesting that people pay money to watch other people do something that is generally considered private). But her context is where her fascinating qualities begin and end. Overall, there are interesting parts about this documentary, but its central subject can wear on anyone's patience. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting bio of a woman goaded into sending pics to Gallery, who then ends up divorcing her douche-bag husband when her career takes off as first a nude model, then an adult film star. Interesting watch, though it never really goes anywhere surprising. Worth a rental. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting documentary about a porn star. Kind of like a well-made episode of HBO's REAL SEX, basically. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting. A seemingly candid introspective on the life of late 90's porn star Stacy Valentine, I found this reality TV to be borderline depressing. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A documentry about a porn star in the late 90's. It focuses on a woman battling insecuries and feeling lonely. It is not a "tradgedy story" but It can be pretty insightful in terms of physcology. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Christine Fugate

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Stacy Valentine

Self

Jack Gallagher

Self

Russell Hampshire

Himself

Veronica Hart

Herself (as Jane Hamilton)

Brandon Iron

Self

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Synopsis Christine Fugate's look into the porn career of Stacy Valentine begins during the marriage that led her to the industry. When Stacy wins a Hustler magazine contest that her husband urged her to enter, she's thrust into a world of opportunities. She leaves her husband and moves to Los Angeles, where she pursues acting in hardcore porn films. Candid footage from Valentine's life explores her multiple plastic surgeries, her tumultuous relationship with a fellow actor and her personal issues.
Director
Christine Fugate
Producer
Adam Berns, Christine Fugate, Eren McGinnis
Screenwriter
Mel Frohman, Russ Firestone, Mel Frohman
Distributor
Indican Pictures
Production Co
Berns Brothers Productions, Cafe Sisters Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$769.5K
Runtime
1h 23m
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