After 'Deep Throat,' G-rated life (for Harry Reems in real estate)

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http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-harry22jan22,0,6753083.story
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
After 'Deep Throat,' G-rated life
A new film highlights Harry Reems' porn fame, but now he's a born-again Christian who sells real estate.
By Kenneth Turan
Times Staff Writer

Jan 22 2005

PARK CITY, Utah -- Let Harry Reems count his blessings. It is not a small list.

"I've been clean and sober for 15 1/2 years. I'm happily and faithfully married and I love my wife dearly. I've been blessed with a tremendous amount of success selling real estate. God is shining his light on me now; I don't think he did for a number of years."

Which is putting it mildly.

For when Harry Reems takes a poetic moment and says "What a ride this thing called life is," he is not being hyperbolic. As Linda Lovelace's costar in "Deep Throat," the most successful pornographic film ever made, he has gone from obscurity to celebrity to criminal notoriety to gutter-dwelling debauchery to born-again sobriety and success in one hectic lifetime.

"I've been through things most people never experience even vicariously, let alone for real," he says. "I'm truly proud of myself; I've overcome some major problems. I really believe God is at work in my life."

A resident of Park City for nearly 20 years with a house next door to the legendary Stein Eriksen, Reems and his wife, Jeannie, usually leave town when the frantic Sundance Film Festival takes over.

And though he has reached the point at which he has no regrets about it, Reems usually does not talk publicly about his past, "the life that nearly killed me," outside of church groups and 12-step programs. He's doing it now because of Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's comprehensive new documentary, "Inside Deep Throat," produced by Brian Grazer for Universal and HBO, which was scheduled to have its world premiere Friday night. He's doing it because he got paid "a nice chunk of money," because he wants his story to help people, and because of the opportunities it might open up for his first love, acting.<snip>

[tjdee]

1. Was just reading that, LOL--wow. Wes Craven started in porn too.

So many interesting stories about the older porn folks.

Have any women crossed over? Or for that matter, any men?

Beyond, like, Melrose Place?

I know David Duchovny did a few Red Shoe Diaries or whatever, but was there ever a major star who started out in porn?

If not, why do these people keep thinking they're going to be the one, LOL?

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. Sylvester Stallone, methinks.

Didn't he do some softcore thingy before "Rocky"?

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Tracy Lords went from porn to mainstream cinema too

and she's a better than half decent actress.