L. A. Tool & Die (1979 film)

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name = L. A. Tool & Die


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director = Tim Kincaid (as Joe Gage)vzct
producer = Sam Gage
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starring = Richard Locke
Will Seagers
Paul Barresi (as Paul Baressi)Fact|date=February 2008
Casey Donovan
music = Al Steinman
cinematography = Nick ElliotFact|date=February 2008
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distributor = Joe Gage Films Fact|date=February 2008
released = 1979 Fact|date=February 2008
runtime = 88 min.
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0125329

"L. A. Tool & Die" is a 1979 gay pornographic film and the concluding film in what has come to be known as director Joe Gage's "Working Man Trilogy"Fact|date=February 2008. The film stars Richard Locke, Will Seagers, and Paul Barresi (as Paul Baressi)Fact|date=February 2008. Gage's "Working Man Trilogy" begins with "Kansas City Trucking Co." (1976), continues with "El Paso Wrecking Corp." (1978), and concludes with "L. A. Tool & Die" (1979)Fact|date=February 2008.

Plot summary

Hank has to decide between sexual freedom or settling down with Wylie, "the man of his dreams."

Cast

"In El Paso"
"At the Shack"

*Richard Locke as Hank

*Michael Kearns as Jim
"On the Road"

*Joseph Kearns as Businessman

*Richard Youngblood as Businessman's Lackey
"At the Bar"

*Will Seagers as Wylie

*Joe Walsh as Friend of Hank
"In New Mexico"
*Terri Hannon as Raven (Woman with Gun)
*Casey Donovan as "Fred" (Motorist)
*Derrick Stanton as The Stranger (Fred's Boyfriend)"In Nogales"

*"At the Park"

*Shawn Victors as Backpacker

*Paul Barresi (as Paul Barressi) as the Man with the Red Car

*Becky Bitter as the Woman

*"At the Gas Station"

*Johnny Falconberg as the Attendant
"In Yuma"
*Dan Pace as The Coach

*Scott Sinclair as Mr. Carson

"In Oceanside"
*Roy Harwood Windstorm Man

*Greg Dale Windstorm Man

*Bob Damon Windstorm Man
"At L.A. Tool & Die"
*Bob Blount as Tank, Security Guard

*Chuck Cord as Gabe
"In Vietnam"
*Matthew Forde as Marine

*Steve Rideout as Marine
"On the Radio"
*Reverend Spoonball as the Radio Reverend
"With Wylie"
*Schutzen as Wylie's Dog
"And The Gage Men"
*Carlos Balajo

*Joe Gage

*Mr. Graham

*Mr. Guild

*Mr. Hitt

*Beau Lovejoy

*Max Osterhaut

*Jose Solica

*Nels Stensgaard

*Shelly York

Crew

*Tim Kincaid (as Joe Gage), (director)
*Tim Kincaid (as Joe Gage), (screenplay)
*Sam Gage, (producer)
*Al Steinman, (original music)
*Richard Youngblood, (cinematography)
*D.J. Davis, (film editor)
*Paul Monsanto, (costumes)
*Joe Walsh, (production manager)
*G. C. Ojisan, (sound re-recording mixer)
*Paul Bogner, (special effects supervisor)
*Jill Levy, (optical effects supervisor)
*Steven Arnold, (still photographer)
*Louis DeVris, (still photographer)
*Duncan Kahn, (key grip)
*D.J. Davis, (gaffer)
*Ross O'Loughlin, (still photographer)
*Chuck Walmesly, (assistant lighting cameraman)
*Chuck Thatcher, (musician: harmonica solos)
*Larry Scott, (transportation)
*Jon Denberg, (unit publicist)
*Lorman Stanley, (location manager)
*Jay Zimmer, (production accountant)
*Tom DeSimone, (acknowledgement)
*John Hood, (acknowledgement)
*Wakefield Poole (acknowledgement)
*Steve Scott, (acknowledgement)

Behind the scenes

* Michael Kearns, (who has appeared in mainstream films and television series such as "The Waltons"), has a cameo role in an orgy scene -- a rare instance of a "legitimate" actor performing explicit sex acts in a hardcore pornographic film.

*Paul Barresi's participation in this film is limited to a heterosexual sex scene.

* Richard Locke is the only actor to appear in all three "Working Man Trilogy" films.

* "Working Man Trilogy" was originally called "Kansas City Trilogy".

Influence

Historian John Burger notes it is "the story of an unrequited love, in which Richard Locke follows the man of his dreams across the country. They eventually live happily ever afterFact|date=February 2008." He adds that this film came at the very end of the pre-AIDS filmmaking, when "all levels of erotic experience were faithfully documented by the porn industry... men could be whores, men could be monogamous, or men could cruise the spectrum in between." [Burger, John R. "One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography." Haworth Press. p.24. (ISBN 1-56024-860-2)]

Awards

*Director Joe Gage became a 2001 GayVN Video Awards Hall of Fame inductee, largely because of the significance of this trilogy. James McCourt described Gage as "the Douglas Sirk of queer porn." [McCourt, James (2003). Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985. W. W. Norton & Company. p.326. (ISBN 0-393-05051-3)]

*In 2006, Adult Video News named the "Working Man" trilogy to the top ten most innovative, influential, and hottest gay movies of all time Fact|date=February 2008.

DVD releases

The films comprising "Working Man Trilogy" have been restored and are available on DVD Fact|date=February 2008.

ee also

* Tim Kincaid
* Gay pornography
* List of gay porn stars
* List of gay pornographic movie studios
* Bisexual pornography (genre)

References

*Burger, John R. "One-Handed Histories: The Eroto-Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography." Haworth Press ISBN 1-56024-860-2
*Kearns, Michael (1980) The Gage Boys are Rolling Again with L.A. Tool & Die. "Drummer," Issue 34, pp. 20-22
*McCourt, James (2003). Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985. W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 0-393-05051-3
*Ramone, Mike, Tim Connelly, Peter Stokes, Acme Anderson (2006). "The AVN Guide to the 500 Greatest Adult Films of All Time." Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN 1-56025-719-9.

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