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Lucky Bastard (2013)

Lucky Bastard poster
Directed by
Robert Stuart Nathan
Genre
horror film, found footage film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NC-17
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A porn site owner hires a seemingly shy young man to perform on camera. The shoot turns dangerous when the man reveals a violent side.

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What happens

Lucky Bastard is a 2013 found footage horror film and the directorial debut of American producer Robert Nathan. The film had its world premiere in May 2013 at the Monaco Film Festival and was given a limited theatrical release on February 14, 2014 in the United States. It stars Don McManus as a porn site owner that finds more than he anticipated when he hires a seemingly docile young man (Jay Paulson) to have sex on camera. The film's sexual content resulted in the movie gaining a NC-17 rating. The film staff was given recommendations on how to change this to an R rating, but they declined because "if we recut it there won’t be any movie left". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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