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A Labor of Love
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In 1975, Chicago filmmakers Flaxman and Goldman got carte blanche to film the shooting of a local film called THE LAST AFFAIR. Neither AFFAIR's director (who envisioned the film as "a combination of Fellini and Bergman") nor its cast (which included then-unknowns Betty Thomas and Ron Dean) had ever worked in the industry before. Made in the classic cinema-verité style of Drew and Leacock, A LABOR OF LOVE is a revealing and often hilarious exposé of the hidden side of adult film: onscreen partners despise each other offscreen, male performers can't "get wood," an actress has her period, Ivory Liquid is substituted for semen, and the director declares, "I really dislike every minute of this!" (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Cast
![Anna Welsh](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anna Welsh
Herself - Production Manager
![Robin T. Ruthledge](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robin T. Ruthledge
Himself - Cameraman
![Joel Cohn](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joel Cohn
Himself - Runner
![Larry Hovde](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Larry Hovde
Himself - Grip
![Henri Charr](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xeUTgPdsWXQL3KWlePpPp2w9yDV.jpg)
Henri Charr
Director of The Last Affair
![Mark Lynch](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mark Lynch
Himself - Grip
![Craig Summer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Craig Summer
Himself - Gaffer
![Charles Zeiler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charles Zeiler
Himself - Soundman
![Debbie Dan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Debbie Dan
Herself - Star Actress
![William Derl-Davis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Derl-Davis
Himself - Acting Coach
![Leslie Peller](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leslie Peller
Himself - Make-up Man
![Sissel Hansen](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sissel Hansen
Herself - Script Girl / Hooker
![Alex Boas](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alex Boas
Himself - Producer of The Last Affair
![Betty Thomas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y9K6S2TsiLpcQoIwDM1qigx1VJ4.jpg)