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How Playboy Changed the World

  • TV Movie
  • 2012
  • 2h
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How Playboy Changed the World (2012)
Documentary

Peeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventio... Read allPeeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex and nudity, and helped galvanize attitudes about civil liberties ... Read allPeeks behind the centerfolds and reveals just how Hugh M. Hefner's men's magazine became a worldwide empire. But more than that, it makes the case for how Playboy challenged social conventions about men, women, sex and nudity, and helped galvanize attitudes about civil liberties and civil rights.

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    • Kevin Burns
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    • Count Basie
    • Tony Bennett
    • James J. Brophy
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    • Director
      • Kevin Burns
    • Writer
      • Kevin Burns
    • Stars
      • Count Basie
      • Tony Bennett
      • James J. Brophy
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    Count Basie
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    Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett
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    James J. Brophy
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    Lenny Bruce
    Lenny Bruce
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    William F. Buckley
    William F. Buckley
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    Jack Burns
    Jack Burns
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    George Carlin
    George Carlin
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    Ray Charles
    Ray Charles
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    • (archive footage)
    Diablo Cody
    Diablo Cody
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    Marilyn Cole
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    • (archive footage)
    Nat 'King' Cole
    Nat 'King' Cole
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bill Cosby
    Bill Cosby
    • Self
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    Sammy Davis Jr.
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    • (archive footage)
    Alan Dershowitz
    Alan Dershowitz
    • Self
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    Phyllis Diller
    Phyllis Diller
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    • (archive footage)
    Alice Echols
    • Self
    • (as Alice Echols PhD)
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald
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    • (archive footage)
    Jamie Foxx
    Jamie Foxx
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      • Kevin Burns
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      • Kevin Burns
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