American Swing
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The parallel stories of Plato's Retreat, a Manhattan sex club for straight couples that operated from 1977 until the mid 1980s, and of Larry Levenson, the club's impresario. In present-day interviews, Larry's family talks about him, while writers, reporters, and clients talk about the club. Mixed with these interviews are still photographs and archival footage of the club, Larry's appearances on talk shows, and newspaper articles. By the late 70s, the club was in full swing, ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in American Swing:

Buck Henry
Melvin Van Peebles
Ed Koch
Abbie Hoffman
Irwin Corey

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The parallel stories of Plato's Retreat, a Manhattan sex club for straight couples that operated from 1977 until the mid 1980s, and of Larry Levenson, the club's impresario. In present-day interviews, Larry's family talks about him, while writers, reporters, and clients talk about the club. Mixed with these interviews are still photographs and archival footage of the club, Larry's appearances on talk shows, and newspaper articles. By the late 70s, the club was in full swing, with talk of Plato's Retreats in other cities. By the end of the decade, tax problems had Larry in trouble with the IRS and changing mores gave the club a different vibe. Then AIDS became an epidemic.

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DVDTalk.com - 9/10 by Brian OrndorfThe pearls of wisdom are best extracted from the minds of those who stood on the front line, people who walked into the seminal fluid line of fire and lived to tell the tale.
Film Journal International - 9/10 by Frank LoveceRepetitive, narratively fractured, and padded with more hardcore inserts than hardcore facts, this amateurish documentary about the disco-era Manhattan sex club Plato's Retreat skimps on context and basic information. It's a fan site on celluloid.
NewsBlaze - 9/10 by Kam WilliamsA scary reminder of the potentially-disastrous physical and emotional consequences of indiscriminate mating.
Entertainment Weekly - 9/10 by Owen GleibermanPlato's Retreat was a buffet of bodies, and the film catches the moment America could think that was tasty.
Movie Dearest - 9/10 by Fr. Chris CarpenterInteresting and concise documentary about the positive and destructive effects of casual sex.
NYC Movie Guru - 6/10 by Avi OfferA lively and moderately engaging documentary, but its lack of thorough explorations leave you feeling slightly empty, underwhelmed and yearning for more insights.
New York Times - 6/10 by Stephen HoldenAlthough American Swing pointedly goes out of its way to include positive testimonials from several women who patronized the club, it leaves you feeling queasy.
New York Daily News - 6/10 by Elizabeth WeitzmanDirectors Jon Hart and Matthew Kaufman don’t delve deeply enough into the psyche of club founder Larry Levenson or the culture he exploited. But they do present an entertaining snapshot of his brief reign as New York’s self-appointed King of Swing.
AV Club - 6/10 by Scott TobiasAmerican Swing could use the flair of similar portraits of disco-era debauchery like "Boogie Nights" or "Inside Deep Throat," but it’s even-handed in capturing the operation’s ambition and hubris. Just don’t bring an appetite.
Village Voice - 6/10 by Melissa AndersonThe film tries--and fails--to swing both ways, nostalgically glorifying its subject only to smugly revel in Levenson's ignominious demise.

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