We gathered around the dinner table one night on the patio at Maxine’s, a South Beach mainstay for late eats. We prepared to break bread with an eclectic group of industry stars including HotMovies spokesperson Ron Jeremy and the incomparable Sunny Lane.

As drinks were served, we took the opportunity to speak with Mr. Jeremy about the legendary Cecil Howard and the making of Scoundrels, Howard’s AVN Award-winning epic about to be released for the first time in 25 years on HotMovies.com and Ron Jeremy’s Video Theater.

HM: Ron, it’s great to see you, as always. Please talk a little about your experience working with Cecil Howard on Scoundrels.

RJ: I was always doing comedy. All the Chuck Vincent comedies, I was known for that. Sizzle, Fascination, you know…. And then Cecil Howard has me do this movie where he goes, “No jokes, no cracking jokes, no typical Ron Jeremy laughing…” and I went along with it. It was a very, very serious psychodrama…. People are gonna see this film and say, damn, they made movies as good as Pirates back in those days.

Cecil Howard was one of the really good filmmakers. He never compromised. He did Neon Nights, he did Babylon Pink. He didn’t sacrifice for the video market, which started to take over.

Howard is actually the Burt Reynolds character from Boogie Nights. He refused to jump on that shooting videos format. He wanted to make motion pictures on FILM, not video. Babylon Pink, with Ron Sullivan (AKA Henri Pachard) directing and Cecil Howard producing, won so many awards in that era.

HM: Scoundrels was the very first AVN awarded Best Picture winner ever in 1982.

RJ: It might have been. Scoundrels was with me and Lisa Be. We played a family. It was great! I’d love to see that movie again.

HM: Do you remember Copper Penny, the hot young Penthouse model that never did any porn again?

RJ: Very well. She was the fantasy girl. She was the girl we all fantasize about. She was a Penthouse Pet, she would never do porn, but she’s in this porn film as the ultimate dream girl. I love this film so much. I remember this. She plays a cigarette girl and I see her by my apartment and I start fantasizing about her…. Then I leave with her and get stopped by a cop. It’s great. Abstract, esoteric, avant-garde. Scoundrels is really a very, very classy, well-made movie. Everything Cecil Howard ever did was classy.

HM: He asked us to give you his best.

RJ: I love that guy. First he put me in Foxtrot, I had a small part. He goes, “God, Ron Jeremy can really act. I’ll give you a lead in my next film.” So he gave me the lead in his next film, which was Scoundrels, 28 years ago – which was before Sunny Lane was even born.

He was a real classy filmmaker. It’s important to remember that a lot of filmmakers back in those days really (lived) exactly the part Burt Reynolds played in Boogie Nights. Remember those scenes where they try to tell Burt Reynolds that, “Look, get with the program! Stop shooting these full-length feature films on film – the market’s going video!”

Cheap DVDs, no storyline, pro-amateur, gonzo. Here’s the dialogue: “Here’s a cup of coffee. Blow me.” Or “Electrician! I’m here to fix your electricity.” “Eat me.” There. There’s your dialogue.

But back in those days, in the early ‘80s, they did really classy films. Real movies with sex in ‘em. A lot of famous directors got started back then: John Avildsen, who went on to direct Rocky; Wes Craven, who did Nightmare on Elm Street…. Mainstream filmmakers that back then, they started out doing porn.

Cecil Howard, Ron Sullivan, Chuck Vincent, Anthony Spinelli, Riley Metzger are the few filmmakers who exactly portrayed the Burt Reynolds character. They didn’t want to cheapen their product and shoot on video. It was insulting to them. These are the guys who did these full-length feature films with budgets of over $150,000 and made classy movies. Even Gerard Damiano, who did Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones, he didn’t wanna do cheap porn. He never could adapt to that video style.

It’s a bad example but it’s like telling Steven Spielberg to direct a soap opera.

HM: Or a straight to video movie….

RJ: Exactly, he’s not gonna do it. For these guys, it was insulting to be asked.

These young kids of today, like the Rodnievisions, these guys can do it. But it was insulting to a Cecil Howard to ask him to do a wall-to-wall fuck film. Fred Lincoln adapted. Certain people adapted. Paul Thomas adapted to it. John Leslie adapted to it. The ones who didn’t often ended up obscure, poor, broke. Damiano, I think, died fairly poor. Made millions for the porn business and the mob, back in those days, but he died poor. But (the films they made) should absolutely be respected. Because they’re better than much of the crap you see today.

Pirates is a good example of a good movie. Pirates is a throwback to those movies. Porn film has become like Hollywood in that they’re divided into the B films and the A films. You could watch a high budget film by James Cameron or you could watch a (horror) film. You’ve got your As and Bs in Hollywood, in porn it’s the same thing.

HM: So is Cecil Howard like the James Cameron of porn?

RJ: Yes. I’d say he was.

HM: Talk for a minute about the dynamic of being an actor working with Cecil Howard.

RJ: You liked working with Cecil Howard or some of these other big directors because they had big story lines. Back in those days, when you worked on his films, you worked maybe ten days as an actor and then maybe one day of sex. Wake up in the morning and feel like an actor that day, (someone) who understood dialogue. In today’s day and age, every day you wake up, you’re fucking somebody.

HM: So it was in a different class.

RJ: Very classy. That’s why it was called the golden age of porn. The early ‘80s. The golden age of porn.

HM: It just isn’t the same anymore….

RJ: No. Though Cecil was in a way like John Stagliano. He wouldn’t whore out his product, you know? He claimed a high price for his product even if it caused him business problems. Same thing Stagliano would do…he maintained a certain reputation. He has the best directors. He’d hire Greg Dark, John Leslie, himself. He wouldn’t cheapen his product. Cecil Howard wouldn’t either. He’d rather not sell. He did his own editing and he took his project from start to finish. He kept a close watch on every aspect of that movie.

HM: Didn’t he rent out theaters? Did you ever go to any of openings, go watch porn in the theaters back then?

RJ: Back in those days certain filmmakers, they had the theaters back then. That shut down when everyone went video. Before there was video, you had to see a porn film in a theater. There was nowhere else to see it. Cecil Howard would go to play his films there and he knew he had the best product. He would do what’s called four-walling. When you four-walled a theater, you would buy the theater for a week or two…pay the rent and keep the profits. It was an investment, but you’d make the bigger money. That only happened until the end of that golden era.

With a part in “Finding Bliss,” adult movie legend Ron Jeremy is still seeking to show the world that he can do mainstream movies.

Even as “Bliss” depicts the life of an aspiring director (Leelee Sobieski) who is forced to edit adult movies for a day job, Jeremy manages to stay fully clothed on camera — while mainstream actors like Jamie Kennedy take it all off.

“In ‘Finding Bliss’ I spend my entire scene on stage in a tuxedo,” Jeremy tells PopcornBiz of the movie opening on Friday. “I actually kind of prefer it that way.”

Ron Jeremy has consulted Hollywood cast and directors during the odd foray into the adult world. On “Boogie Nights” he received a consulting credit and recalls that most every cast member sat in on one of his adult film sets to get an idea of the real world they were about to portray.

“They all showed up except for Burt Reynolds. He didn’t think he needed to,” Ron Jeremy laughs. “Julianne Moore was a good sport. She was in this small hotel room and had to keep moving out of the way of camera so she wouldn’t end up in the shot.”

He even gave consulting time to Jamie Kennedy who plays a dimwitted porn star in “Finding Bliss.”

“I gave him the ins and outs of the business,” says Ron Jeremy.

“Bliss” director Judy Davis says she wanted to give Ron Jeremy a bigger part in the movie, but he’s actually too well-known to play a adult film character other than himself. “There wasn’t a part for him, because he’s so famous,” says Davis. “He has to play himself.”

But Jeremy points to at least three films that he’s appeared in with his clothes fully intact which live on — “Detroit Rock City” (1999), “Orgasmo” (1997) and “Boondock Saints” (1999).

“These are three films I did that I kept my clothes on and they are huge films,” says Ron Jeremy. “They are cult films.”

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They were an odd couple: a porn star whose sexual partners number over 2,000 and a former child star who was a real-life 40-year-old virgin. But when news hit about the death of former child star Gary Coleman, his passing struck up some fond remembrances for Ron Jeremy.

“I loved his smile,” said Ron Jeremy, who worked with the diminutive star of Diff’rent Strokes professionally in four projects.

“Getting to know Coleman wasn’t easy,” Ron Jeremy told AVN. “Gary was very serious sometimes. … If he didn’t know you, he’d say hi and just keep walking. … He didn’t want to spend a lot of time with people he didn’t know.”

Underneath that shy exterior was a playful soul. “He loved toys,” Ron Jeremy said. “He didn’t experience a real childhood,” he added, as explanation for why Coleman found such satisfaction in such pursuits as playing with model trains.

The differences between the unlikely partners were highlighted when they both appeared on The Weakest Link in 2002. Talking about their stint on the game show, Jeremy recalled, “I voted him off, and then Corey Feldman voted me off. That was the show where after Annie announced that I had been with thousands of women, Gary said, ‘I’m the opposite of Ron Jeremy—I’m a virgin.’ ”

And, added Ron Jeremy, Coleman was “happy to be so.”

Coleman also shared a television set with Jeremy in 2004, when the porn star was on The Surreal Life with an oddball assortment of characters that included Tammy Faye Messner (formerly Bakker), Vanilla Ice and Erik Estrada. Gary Coleman had a guest-starring role, but he stormed off the set. According to Ron Jeremy, Coleman was annoyed when Vanilla Ice repeatedly repeated Coleman’s catch phrase from Diff’rent Strokes, “Whatchu talking’ ’bout, Willis?”…

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Are there any famous persons you had sex with outside adult-biz?

Ron Jeremy: Of course, yes! Very famous people!

Will you tell it?

Ron Jeremy: No. But you ll find a lot of good stories in my book. But I won’t rat on female friends.

If you were a rat,you wouldn’t have that many Hollywood friends, right?

Right. Especially women don’t like that… Who knows? Maybe they remarried and their hubbys find out, so maybe they break up and kids are affected. I don’t wanna be the cause of something like that…
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Like: “What YOU had sex with Ron Jeremy??? That s it! Divorce! LOL !

Or they get even closer because they think it s cool.Who knows? I’d find it cool if my mother had sex with Ron Jeremy. Maybe she had, I don’t know.

Ron Jeremy: LOL. Yeah! Like, “Come here!You did Ron Jeremy?? Eat me! Eat meeeee!
The book shows pictures of me with many female celebs and there are a lot of great stories. But I’m not mentioning names. That’s not fair. But I tell it when I m with male actors and a girl at the same time, like I had this threesome with Charlie Sheen.

What s a turn-on in women for you ?

Ron Jeremy: Your Mom !

LOL !So how about now? Are you single?girlfriend?Have you ever been married actually?

Ron Jeremy: Say it again ??? No,I ve never been married.I m single.I m dating.

Which of the adult-models are some of the best fucks ever for you?

Ron Jeremy: Christy Canyon, Debi Diamond, Tabitha Stevens, Veronica Rayne, Lexi Love, Taylor wayne, Teri Weigel, Sunny Lane…

I saw a lot of websites pretending to be Ron Jeremy’s.This can’t be true. Where’s the real one? What’s your website(s)?

Ron Jeremy: It’s only ronjeremy.com
and
myspace.com/ronjeremy
Any others are fakes, if there will be other ones it’s gonna be announced there.

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NEW YORK - American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy has revealed that a movie, which featured him doing a porn scene, was nominated for an Oscar.

Jeremy, 56, learnt recently that he had been briefly shown in the movie “Waltz With Bashir”, which was up for best foreign film.

“There’s a scene where one of the soldiers is watching a porno, and it’s me on the screen, you can tell . . . And they thank me in the end credits,” the New York Post quoted him as telling avn.com.

“[It's] pretty nice to be recognized like that, in an Academy ward-nominated film,” he added.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Ron Jeremy, known as the King of Porn, will lock heads with Pastor Craig Gross, founder of the XXXChurch, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh as part of the Speaker Series.

“Porn gets inside the brain like a parasite” Gross said. “There’s no such thing as ‘Please watch porn responsibly’.”

The porn industry often locks in their viewers by offering free clips, then charging to view. “They hook to get you back in for more” says Gross.

Ron Jeremy does not share the same views about the industry. “It’s just porn,” he says.

It’s apparent that both Gross and Jeremy have two different overall views. They do however agree on one thing; pornography is only for adults.

“We’re not opponents, we’re friends” Gross said. “We have a great friendship, even though we are not alike.”

Both Gross and Jeremy have been on the road doing debates across the country, and have gotten to know each other well.

“I really believe that Ron does not think porn hurts people…but he is an overall great guy that loves people,” says Gross.

Jeremy had nothing but positive things to say of his friendship with Gross; “I like what he’s doing,” Jeremy said. “Girls that don’t belong in the industry, he helps to save them.”

Sage-like words from the Pastor and the Porn Star…

Check out this interview where Ron discusses his non-technicial ways.

What’s your favourite piece of technology, and how has it improved your life?
This will sound corny, but I’ll say the cellphone. I’ve also got a foot massager, which has improved my dating life – the girls love it when they come over. It’s been really good for my romantic life.

When was the last time you used it, and what for?
The phone I use every day; the foot massager I last used yesterday.

What additional features would you add if you could?
To massage all the way up your leg. They do so many things now, I want mine to cook me breakfast.

Do you think it will be obsolete in 10 years’ time?
No, it will just be very much improved in 10 years’ time – both the cellphone and the foot massager. They will never be obsolete.

What always frustrates you about technology in general?
That when you buy something it’s obsolete in two weeks. It all changes so quickly.

If you had one tip about getting the best out of new technology, what would it be?
Keep abreast of the situation – read magazines about it, watch TV about it and learn it.

Do you consider yourself to be a luddite or a nerd?
Nerd – no, I take that back, I’m not good on computers. I’m slow, because when I was young, if you took typing class you were consisdered gay. We always took shop – the masculine thing. Back then, no one took typing. Now, everyone has to be a typist.

What’s the most expensive piece of technology you’ve ever owned?
A car. I’ve never had expensive cars, but it was a great one – a Plymouth Duster. It was my first car as a young boy at 16.

Mac or PC, and why?
Macs are better, but I own a PC. In my line of work, we get tested every month. Yet there’s no venerial tests for a computer. I want someone to invent a computer condom.

Do you still buy physical media such as CDs and DVDs, or do you download? What was your last purchase?
I probably buy DVDs more, of films that I’m in. The last one I bought was a couple of weeks ago, it was called National Lampoon’s Stoned Age.

Robot butlers – a good idea or not?
Excellent. I think robot butlers would be OK, but robot dogs? The ones they bring to old-age homes for people to play with? What a stupid idea – why not use a real dog?

What piece of technology would you most like to own?
A robot dog – just kidding! A robot butler.

What can we say, the guy is good at a lot of things.Technology isn’t one of them!

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