Rated X (2000)

Directed by

Emilio Estevez

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the true story of the Mitchell brothers who built a porn empire in San Francisco. It focuses on their rise to fame and one brother's struggle with drug addiction.

downbeatbiographicaldramatictenseunsentimentalgrittyfast-pacedbleak

What happens

Rated X is a 2000 American television film starring brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, with the latter also directing. Based on the nonfiction book X-Rated by David McCumber, the film chronicles the story of the Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, who were pioneers in the pornography and strip club businesses in San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s. The film focuses on the making of their most profitable film, Behind the Green Door. It also portrays Artie's descent into drug addiction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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