Brush with Greatness 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2004 So I just watched Wonderland (it's out on DVD) Anyone else seen it (or at least heard about it for that matter)? Anyways it has Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth and is the "true" story about the Wonderland murders and John (Johnny Wadd) Holmes. You might have saw it the first time when it was called Boogie Nights (as Boogie Nights lifted a lot of aspects from Holmes life and put them in the movie). It's a decent movie, nothing special. I like the whole angle the movie takes, sort of giving you the same story twice from two different point of views (don't worry that doesn't spoil anything) but overall it just seemed to be lacking something. If you have nothing else to watch it is worth a rent. The DVD is a 2 discer, with disc 2 being the documentary Wadd: The Life of John Holmes. I'll weigh in with my thoughts on that later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2004 does the movie feature the duration of Holmes's porn career, or does the story pickup when he was already an addict and doing gay porn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted February 19, 2004 The movie has nothing to do with his career. It picks up when he's a complete basketcase from the drugs and has been kicked out of the porn industry. He only did one or two gay porns and I think that was at the beginning of his career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brush with Greatness 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2004 Yeah, like Satanico said it takes place after his career was established. The movie actually starts around June 29, 1981, two days before the Wonderland murders. Anyways, the documentary somewhat covers his whole career but was rather dull. And yeah, according to the documentary he only did one gay porn and that had nothing to do with him getting aids. The best part of the documentary was seeing the different people close to Holmes talking and then and going, "okay, thats who they based this guy on in Boogie Nights", etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2004 Yeah, like Satanico said it takes place after his career was established. The movie actually starts around June 29, 1981, two days before the Wonderland murders. Anyways, the documentary somewhat covers his whole career but was rather dull. And yeah, according to the documentary he only did one gay porn and that had nothing to do with him getting aids. The best part of the documentary was seeing the different people close to Holmes talking and then and going, "okay, thats who they based this guy on in Boogie Nights", etc. did they have anyone to compare Reed Rothchild/Chest Rockwell too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2004 Yeah, like Satanico said it takes place after his career was established. The movie actually starts around June 29, 1981, two days before the Wonderland murders. Anyways, the documentary somewhat covers his whole career but was rather dull. And yeah, according to the documentary he only did one gay porn and that had nothing to do with him getting aids. The best part of the documentary was seeing the different people close to Holmes talking and then and going, "okay, thats who they based this guy on in Boogie Nights", etc. Proving that I know WAY TOO MUCH about John Holmes' gay porn career, he actually did 2. The first was a silent one at the very beginning of his career, and the second was a full-length normal one after he'd already been blackballed from the hetero porn community. I'm pretty sure the second one was called "The Private Pleasures of John Holmes". (Please, please, please don't hold it against me, but I've seen parts of the second one. WITH A GIRL THOUGH, and I didn't enjoy it. I swear. Scouts honor) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
