The Matinee Idol – (1995) Director: Gino Colbert
Speaking of Hank Hightower…..
I’ve sold this tape at least 3 times – the top pic is the actual big box from what I sold; below one of the boxless cassettes.
From my notes: Ken Ryker is The Matinee Idol, a Hollywood heartthrob with a dark past: he starred in gay porn before making it in the straight world. The plot concerns the nefarious desire of a tabloid journalist (shady Rob Cryston) to out Ryker and destroy his career. First scene you are teased with a naked Ryker, but he has to leave the set of the porno movie – poor hairy hunk Hank Hightower must fill in and give oral to Vince Rockland; then hairy legs in the air!”
Hank’s acting isn’t bad, but his co-stars? especially when they get to the sex part!
the sexy dialogue – at the height of 90’s dirty-talking porno guys –
“do that”
“you want me to do that?”
“yeah, do that!”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah!”
YorjYefferson’s The Matinee Idol review on reddit
if you don’t get the title reference, check out – I’m Ryan Idol!
One reply on “I’m The Matinee Idol!”
This film was originally supposed to star Ryan Idol and be another of his titles that included his porn surname (Idol Eyes, Idol Worship, Idol Thoughts…) but he backed out for some reason. So they gave Ken Ryker the lead role. I mentioned this in my review, in the April 1996 issue of Manshots there’s an article by Lucas Kazan who was just starting his career behind the camera as a production manager, about the real life goings on while this was made. You may have even sent it to me before, I think I read it either before or after I wrote that but it’s fairly interesting. Not sure how much he talks about Hank, the Rockland brother with the blond streak and ponytail or the rest of the cast though. One page of that article (and a few others) are scanned at this link:
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I love how stagehand Hank is all like nope, not interested, fuck off… Until the director whispers an amount in his ear and then he says ‘cash or check?’ You’ve been on a Hank roll lately, he’s definitely worthy of admiration and content here.