Orgazmo

Plot

Trey Parker, creator of the TV series South Park, wrote, directed, and stars in this cheerfully vulgar comedy. Joe Young (Parker) is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa (Robyn Lynne Raab). Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A scuffle breaks out, and Joe's martial arts skills impress Maxxx Orbison (Michael Dean Jacobs), who directs pornographic movies. Maxxx offers Joe 20,000 dollars to star in his latest skin flick as X-rated superhero Captain Orgazmo. While Joe is wary, he agrees under the condition that a body double is used during the sex scenes. Ben Chapleski (Dian Bachar), who plays the good captain's sidekick, Choda-Boy, has invented a real-life version of Orgazmo's secret weapon, a gun that stuns people with spasms of sexual ecstasy. When Joe and Ben learn that Maxxx is involved in organized crime, they leap into action to see that justice is served. Meanwhile, their film becomes a surprise crossover success, which means that Joe has a lot of explaining to do to Lisa. Trey Parker cast Orgazmo with a number of real-life adult film stars, including Ron Jeremy, Julie Ashton, and Chasey Lain. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Review

Right as his irreverent cartoon sensation South Park was starting to win a television following, Trey Parker directed and starred in this project of equal cheeky audacity, which didn't see the light of day until after South Park became a huge hit. Parker never met a taboo he didn't want to tweak, but never let it be said that he's laughing at his material rather than with it. He plays Joe Young totally straight, which elevates Orgazmo beyond a bundle of inside jokes meant for his friends, to the higher plane of an enthusiastic parody that happens to make liberal use of the inherent vulgar humor of a porn set. Parker judges neither the porn kings nor their polar opposites, the fundamentalist Christians, so everyone is along for the same silly ride. Childish and clearly meant for South Park's teen audience, Orgazmo nonetheless refuses to win its viewers by showing skin. In fact, the film's few glimpses of breasts are immediately eclipsed by a man's hairy rear end -- Parker's teasing rebuke of those who rented the movie for prurient reasons. Consistent with Parker's naughty word fetish, the film earned an NC-17 rating more for its relentless use of industry terminology, much of it unprintable here. Although sex toys and other surprise shocks appear throughout, Parker prefers the imagination to fill in the gaps, as with one hilarious shot of the tangle of writhing legs attending to a particularly gymnastic starlet. South Park collaborator Matt Stone is also on hand as an on-set errand boy amusingly confused about his sexuality. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast

• Trey Parker - Joe Young
• Dian Bachar - Ben Chapleski
• Robyn Lynne - Lisa
• Michael Dean Jacobs - Maxxx Orbison
• Ron Jeremy - Clark

Andrew W. Kemler - Rodgers

Credit

Anthony Mindel - Associate Producer, Farrell Timlake - Associate Producer, T. Edwin Klohn - Casting, Katy Wallin - Casting, Kristen Anacker - Costume Designer, Keith L. Shaw - First Assistant Director, Trey Parker - Director, Trey Parker - Editor, Michael R. Miller - Editor, Mark Damon - Executive Producer, Kaz Kuzui - Executive Producer, Jacobus Rose - Executive Producer, Noriaki Nakagawa - Executive Producer, Gyongyi Wilkins - Hair Styles, Paul Robb - Composer (Music Score), Christopher Violette - Musical Direction/Supervision, Gyongyi Wilkins - Makeup, Tristan Paris Bourne - Production Designer, Kenny Gioseffi - Cinematographer, Fran Rubel Kuzui - Producer, Jason McHugh - Producer, Matt Stone - Producer, Mandana Yamin - Set Designer, Jon Ailetcher - Sound/Sound Designer, Trey Parker - Screenwriter

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