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Playboy: The Story of X

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The Story of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through the movie house years to the arrival of the home video business, and now the Internet.…

DirectorChuck Workman
ProducerJohn Leonetti

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Cast · Directed by Chuck Workman

BHBuck Henry
Buck Henry
Self - Host
SASamuel Z. Arkoff
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Self - Distributor
HHHugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Self
ZKZalman King
Zalman King
Self - Producer
JMJayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield
Self (archive footage)
RMRuss Meyer
Russ Meyer
Self - Producer and Director
RPRoman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Self (archive footage)
BBBernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Self - Director
MM
Michael Medved
Self

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Playboy: The Story of X — streaming FAQ

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Playboy: The Story of X isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

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Playboy: The Story of X hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1998. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.