Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon is a 2008 American documentary film about the life of Jack Wrangler, produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of Automat Pictures. It had its premiere at the 2008 New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival (Newfest) and is distributed by TLA Releasing.
The documentary chronicles the life of Jack Wrangler, the professional name of John Robert Stillman in his role as a gay porn star who rapidly became one of the first performers in gay pornography to achieve star status and a cult following. The documentary also features his transitioning to roles such as straight porn star, his romantic relationship with and later marriage to singer Margaret Whiting, his activism in supporting and promoting AIDS charities and his later career as a theatrical producer and director.
Appearances Jack Wrangler Margaret Whiting - Songbird Joe Gage - Director, Kansas City Trucking Co. Bruce Vilanch - Actor & author Chi Chi LaRue - Gay adult film director Robert Alvarez - Cofounder, Hand in Hand Films Brooks Ashmanskas - Friend / costar in Dream Michael Bronski - Author & historian Spring Byington - Actress Gino Colbert - Adult actor & director / Asst. to Chuck Vincent Durk Dehner - Tom of Finland Foundation Samuel Delaney - Author Michael Denneny - Friend and Christopher Street editor Jack Deveau - Cofounder, Hand in Hand Films, director of A Night at the Adonis Andy Devine - Actor Casey Donovan - Actor Jerry Douglas - Gay adult film director Kevin Duda - Actor / costar in Dream
Reception The documentary won a GayVNAward in 2009 for Best Alternative Release."WRANGLER: Anatomy Of An Icon Wins GayVN Award For Best Alternative Release" BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved April 11, 2009. Wrangler died on April 7, 2009, at the age of 62 due to emphysema."Porn star, theater producer Jack Wrangler dies" San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
See also List of gay porn stars
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Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon Facebook page