The best Julie Strain’s documentary movies
Julie Strain (born February 18, 1962) is an actress who was Pet of the Month in June of 1991 and later chosen as Penthouse's Pet of the Year in 1993.
Julie Strain was born in Concord, California. A graduate of Diablo Valley College, she had an extensive athletic background. Much of her youth was wiped from her memory, however, when she was left with a case of retrograde amnesia due to a severe head injury suffered in a fall from a horse. She eventually made her way to Las Vegas and later Hollywood, California and her acting career took off.
Strain has come to be known as the "Queen of the B-movies". She has over 100 films to her own credit. She has also had herself attached to numerous comic book characters and animation items. For example, she was the basis for the third person shooter item Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.².
Popatopolis
7/10
In 20 years, he's directed more films than Martin Scorsese, He's produced more profitable movies than Jerry Bruckheimer, And he's infuriated more actors than Alfred Hitchcock. The ultimate B Movie Documentary, focusing on B Movie Giant Jim Wynorski (and B Movie Celebration Mentor) and his attempt to make a feature film in 3 days. He's directed seventy feature films, but he's never made one... in THREE DAYS. Jim cuts the shooting schedule, has the actors cook their own food. A documentary featuring B-Movie legends Roger Corman, Andy Sidaris, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith and Stormy Daniels, Popatopolis follows Jim Wynorski as he begins to film one of his many opuses "Witches of Breastwick" Jim's frenetic pace demands 100 setups per day (the Hollywood standard is 20), and he reduces his electric package to just two lights so he can concentrate on the task at hand.A great overview of a true master at work and in many ways a laser sharp dialectic on the state of B filmmaking today.
Frogtown News
People often ask the question, "Just what is Zen Filmmaking?" To answer that question, Scott Shaw created this documentary. Cameras rolled on Shaw, Donald G. Jackson, Julie Strain, Kevin Eastman and others at the 1997 and 1998 American Film Markets. In this documentary, Shaw presents deep insight into Zen Filmmaking, from the words of people who have made Zen Films. Plus, there is never before released scenes from some of Scott Shaw's Zen Films.
Some Nudity Required
5.4/10
Odette Springer is working in the B movie industry as a singer/composer, hating it but needing the work. She begins making this documentary about the low budget sex and slasher flicks and the people who work on them. Along the way, she meets unrepentantly boorish producers, directors arguing the legitimacy of what they're doing and numerous actresses who feel trapped, with no other way to succeed in Hollywood. The project is eye-opening to the viewer...and to Odette herself.
Playboy: Sexy Lingerie IV
6.4/10
Gorgeous women in and out of lingerie.
Malibu Hardbodies
5.8/10
Bikinis are brief and the bodies hard in Malibu. Cover model Julie Strain, a former Penthouse Pet of the Year, and her girlfriends including Playboy Book of Lingerie Models Lori Jo Hendrix, Heidi Lynne Staley and Amy Rochelle Weiss show you how they work and play on the beautiful beaches of the California Riviera.
Boobs: An American Obsession
5.6/10
We call them by a hundred different names: boobs, knockers, jugs, hooters. We wonder if they're real or fake, too small or too big, too exposed or too covered. And every year Americans spend millions of dollars on breast enhancement, from push-up bras to surgery. Why is our culture so captivated by this particular part of the female form? "Boobs: An American Obsession" is a revealing, humorous, often poignant investigation involving everyone from anthropologists to porn stars as we explore our culture's fascination with breasts.
Hollywood Scene
Join Penthouse Pet of the Year Julie Strain and Playboy Playmates Christy Sandoval, Heidi Lynn Staley, and Lisa Comshaw as they tour the stars' mansions with 25 of their uninhibited fellow starlets. These girls put on a show at every mansion they visit, with the wild abandon only close proximity to Hollywood superstars can inspire.
The Dark Side of Hollywood
6.8/10
Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the spawning ground of today's and tomorrow's stars. They started the careers of Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone among many others, as well as now super star directors Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and James Cameron. The film examines the evolution of starry-eyed newcomers arriving in Hollywood and discovering the harsh reality of getting into pictures.
