Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Oct 1 1992 R 1h 31m
Biography, Documentary

Plot

Early in the 1990s, Hefner and others are interviewed on camera about Hefner's childhood and youth, the beginnings of Playboy and its later empire, what those enterprises meant to society, troubles with pundits, censors, and the government, and two crises within Hefner's world, the arrest and prosecution of a close associate and the murder of a model. Susan Brownmiller provides the basic critique of Hefner's businesses (women are objects); Hefner says he wanted to break repression, question traditional values, and present the healthy, wholesome, and real eroticism of the girl next door. By 1992, Hefner is extolling the virtues of marriage, children, and family life.

Written by

Gary Grossman, Michael Gross, Robert Heath

Directed by

Robert Heath

Production Countries

United States of America

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
175
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA