| | American Swing DVD
| Category | Docudrama DVDs, Education Movies, Documentary Videos, New York City, Sex, 1970s, Historical, 1980s, Big City, AIDS (Disease) | | Director | Jon Hart, Mathew Kaufman | | Composer | Jim Coleman | | Director of Photography | Christian Hoagland | | Interviewee | Buck Henry, Irwin Corey, Annie Sprinkle, Helen Gurley Brown, Betty Dodson, Al Goldstein, Ed Koch, Howard Smith | | Producer | Gretchen McGowan, Jon Hart, Christian Hoagland, Mathew Kaufman | | Source Writer | Jon Hart |
A look at the rise and fall of '70s New York nightclub Plato's Retreat. In 1970s New York City, Plato's Retreat was an epicenter of sensual excess. The renowned sex club was a thriving destination for patrons who wanted to leave their inhibitions at the door. This colorful documentary recounts the creation of the club by Larry Levenson, and its ultimate demise during the AIDS era. American Swing Reviews: "Directors Matthew Kaufman and Jon Hart assemble a creditable account of Plato's ambitions and how human nature, social changes, and Levenson's mistakes brought it down."-- Scott Tobias, A.V. Club
This is the only Mathew Kaufman video. American Swing | List Price | $26.98 (You save $5.03) | | Studio | Magnolia Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  94388  | | CD Universe Part number | 7859804 | | Catalog number | 10182 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 14, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 81 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Subtitled |
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The Seventies were sexy and sleazy. At the epicenter of it all was Plato’s Retreat, the controversial, first-ever swingers club. In New York’s conservative Upper West Side, Plato’s embraced adventurous couples who came to dance, to swim, and… to swap. It was the start of a revolution. The brainchild of Larry Levenson, the self-proclaimed “King of Swing,” Plato’s Retreat quickly emerged as the mainstay of public sex for the “me” generation, welcoming anyone and everyone. For only $35, couples checked their judgments and pedigrees at the door; debutantes got it on next to bus drivers, as movie stars gave secretaries the “starlet treatment.” For Levenson and others, Plato’s was a utopia. However, this wild party did not last. American Swing brings this enigmatic epic of excess to the screen for the first time by Directors Mathew Kaufman & Jon Hart.
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