Real Porn Stars of Chatsworth

Penthouse dabbled in the 3-D craze, with this loss leader proving to be underwhelming. It's become hard to find (out of print) but not worth the hunt.

All-sex format is harmed by the intervention of director Cash Markman, who's written unbelievable interview answers for the cast, total b.s., and keeps interrupting the vignettes, first with his self-serving tongue-in-cheek "directing porn talent" spiels and then with extraneous inclusion in the 3-D frame of cameramen, to remind us "it's only a movie". We don't need reminding and his usual ego-trip is pointless and annoying.

To make sure some poor soul isn't accidentally fooled into believing this is a portrait of the actual porn stars (like on TV reality crap), he included his favorite flunky Slick Rhodes portraying Ash Hollywood's aged voyeuristic husband. The problem with Cash's endless quest to make fun of his profession is that it is never funny, merely stupid and embarrassing. When Slick acquiesces and lets Ash do a boy/girl scene (important for her career -close to truth) his presence merely shifts "Chatsworth" into the dreaded Cuckold humiliation genre.

Markman misses the mark on the 3-D process. Sold as a 2-DVD set, providing both flat and depth versions, the 3-D cut is anaglyph, meaning the color is nearly absent due to watching through red & blue lenses at home. He shoots mainly in medium or long-shot in stagy fashion, so the chance for big dicks pointing out at the camera is missed (as is any cum shooting outwards). The big boobs of Lisa Ann and Nikki Benz look the same as usual -no "girl in your lap" effect like those early '50s 3-D movies promised. Very briefly feet and limbs reach out towards the viewer but this is also marginal -missing a golden opportunity, especially for foot fetish action in the foreground. As 3-D it is nearly a total bust.