L. A. Tool & Die (1979 film)
| L. A. Tool & Die | |
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| Directed by | Tim Kincaid (as Joe Gage) |
| Produced by | Sam Gage |
| Starring | Richard Locke Will Seagers Paul Barresi (as Paul Baressi)[citation needed] Casey Donovan |
| Music by | Al Steinman |
| Cinematography | Nick Elliot[citation needed] |
| Distributed by | Joe Gage Films[citation needed] |
| Release date(s) | 1979[citation needed] |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
L. A. Tool & Die is a 1979 gay pornographic film and the concluding film in what has come to be known as director Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy". The film stars Richard Locke, Will Seagers, and Paul Barresi (as Paul Baressi). Gage's "Working Man Trilogy" begins with Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976), continues with El Paso Wrecking Corp. (1978), and concludes with L. A. Tool & Die (1979).[1]
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[edit] Summary
[edit] Plot
Hank has to decide between sexual freedom or settling down with Wylie, "the man of his dreams."[1]
[edit] Influence
Historian John Burger notes it is "the story of an unrequited love, in which Richard Locke follows the man of his dreams across the country. They eventually live happily ever after." He adds that this film came at the very end of the pre-AIDS filmmaking, when "all levels of erotic experience were faithfully documented by the porn industry... men could be whores, men could be monogamous, or men could cruise the spectrum in between." [2]
[edit] Behind the scenes
- Michael Kearns, (who has appeared in mainstream films and television series such as The Waltons), has a cameo role in an orgy scene -- a rare instance of a "legitimate" actor performing explicit sex acts in a hardcore pornographic film.[1]
- Paul Barresi's participation in this film is limited to a heterosexual sex scene.
- Richard Locke is the only actor to appear in all three "Working Man Trilogy" films.[1]
- "Working Man Trilogy" was originally called "Kansas City Trilogy".
[edit] Cast[1]
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In El Paso
On the Road
At the Bar
In New Mexico
In Nogales
In Yuma
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In Oceanside
At L.A. Tool & Die
In Vietnam
On the Radio
With Wylie
And The Gage Men
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[edit] Crew[1]
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[edit] DVD releases
The films comprising "Working Man Trilogy" have been restored and are available on DVD.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f L. A. Tool & Die (1979 film) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ (Burger, 1995) p.24
[edit] References
- Burger, John R. (1995) One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography. Haworth Press ISBN 1-56024-860-2
- Kearns, Michael (1980) The Gage Boys are Rolling Again with L.A. Tool & Die. Drummer, Issue 34, pp. 20-22
- McCourt, James (2003). Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0-393-05051-3
- Ramone, Mike, Tim Connelly, Peter Stokes, Acme Anderson (2006). The AVN Guide to the 500 Greatest Adult Films of All Time. Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN 1-56025-719-9.
[edit] See also
- Tim Kincaid
- Gay pornography
- List of gay porn stars
- List of gay pornographic movie studios
- Bisexual pornography (genre)
