Movie: Shakespeare In... And Out

Top 5 Billed Cast

Roger Shank
Roger Shank

Rich Longfellow (as Roger William)

Lawrence Trilling
Lawrence Trilling

Harold Asailian Jr

J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith

Lee Fernandez

William Neenan
William Neenan

Carmichael Astune

Randall Slavin
Randall Slavin

Duane Brickton

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    Shakespeare In... And Out

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    In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.

  • Release Date

    1999-09-21

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    The "Spinal Tap" of the porno industry!

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    English
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