Sean McGinnis (Michael Cunio), is a 22 year-old naive film student who enters the porn industry to get close to a straight star of gay porn videos, Johnny Rebel (Scott Gurney). He was going to watch "Citizen Kane" but accidentally rented "Citizen Cum" and became obsessed with the porn star. Turning down work in the mainstream film industry, he becomes a cameraman for Men of Janus, a Hollywood porn company. Besides manning the camera, he also becomes Rebel’s favorite fluffer--the person who keeps the porn actors hard by giving offscreen blow jobs to keep them hard and reach an orgasm for the "money shot". He learns that Johnny's real name is Mikey Racini, he is "gay for pay", and doesn't perform oral sex on other men or even kiss.
Meanwhile, Johnny's girlfriend Julie Desponsio (Roxanne Day), who works as a stripper under her stagename Babylon but who has tried to move into mainstream acting, learns she is pregnant. Sean begins dating an acupuncture student named Brian (Josh Holland). However, Brian breaks up with Sean because of his emotional unavailability. While Babylon navigates her clients and Sean negotiates the inhabitants of the porn underworld, both struggle to keep the man they love from falling further into a world of drugs and despair. Johnny's crystal meth use spirals out of control. He goes on a five-day binge and misses a scheduled film shoot. The film's producer Sam Martins (Richard Riehle) forces Sean to fluff Johnny's replacement for the shoot. Johnny shows up late on the set and is fired.
An expensive video camera goes missing at the studio and manager Chad Cox (Robert Walden) is found dead. The police seek Johnny for questioning. Johnny turns to Sean for help, and together they flee to Mexico. Once there, Sean sells his car for spending money. Johnny at first denies involvement in Chad's death but later confesses that he killed Chad accidentally during a fight over the payoff for stealing the camera for drug money. That night Johnny wants Sean to give him a blow job, but for the first time Sean declines. Sean shares memories of being sexually abused as a child by an adult male neighbor. Johnny starts to cry, saying he can relate because of some of the "fucked up shit" he's been through and that he was made to do things he didn't want to do. Sean comforts Johnny and for the first time calls him Mikey. They kiss.
When Sean wakes the next morning, Johnny is gone along with all of Sean's money. Sean tries to hitchike back to the United States, but ends up accepting an offer to go further south to the place he had previously suggested he and Johnny visit. Babylon vacates her apartment and drives north away from Los Angeles. Mikey survives in Mexico by committing armed robberies, his new gritty reality contrasted with Sean reading a fan letter to Johnny, who remains a figure of fantasy.
The cast also includes: Taylor Negron, Tim Bagley, Adina Porter, Ruben Madera, Mickey Cottrell, Guinevere Turner, Deborah Harry, Heather Shannon Ryan, David Pevsner, Gale Van Cott, Sharon McCormick, Andy Zeffer, Penn Badgley, Stephen Michael Pace, Zach Richards, Derek Cameron, John Sylla, Chad Donovan, Thomas Lloyd, Squishy, Jim Steel, Chi Chi LaRue, Karen Dior, Bradley Picklesheimer, Louis Re, Jay Lyons, Chris Green, Ron Jeremy, Ké, Lori Alan, Christopher Carroll, Cole Tucker, Rob Rumsey, Johanna Went, Judith Benezra, Trev Broudy, Franklin Hernandez, Katherine Connella, Selene Luna, and Tyler Roberts.
"The Fluffer" features cameos from some people in the adult entertainment industry, including Ron Jeremy, director Chi Chi LaRue, Karen Dior, Zach Richards, Derek Cameron, Chad Donovan, Thomas Lloyd, Jim Steel, Chris Green, and Cole Tucker.
This triangular drama about obsession, submission, sex, and money set against the backdrop of the adult video industry starts out breezy and funny but eventually develops into a thick melodrama. However, it is refreshing to see a movie about gay characters who are out of the closet and fully aware of which sex they prefer. The movie looks at the porn industry without awe or restraint. It shows that porn can be a psychological addiction, ruining one's judgment and perspective of real life, and doesn't shy away from the reality of the business. Drawing on his previous experience directing hardcore gay films, co-director Wash Westmoreland succeeds in satirizing an industry where appearances can be deceiving, and he doesn't have many nice things to say about it. John Vaughn composed the incidental music. Wash Westmoreland wrote the screenplay and the film was directed by Richard Glatzer and Westmoreland.
Meanwhile, Johnny's girlfriend Julie Desponsio (Roxanne Day), who works as a stripper under her stagename Babylon but who has tried to move into mainstream acting, learns she is pregnant. Sean begins dating an acupuncture student named Brian (Josh Holland). However, Brian breaks up with Sean because of his emotional unavailability. While Babylon navigates her clients and Sean negotiates the inhabitants of the porn underworld, both struggle to keep the man they love from falling further into a world of drugs and despair. Johnny's crystal meth use spirals out of control. He goes on a five-day binge and misses a scheduled film shoot. The film's producer Sam Martins (Richard Riehle) forces Sean to fluff Johnny's replacement for the shoot. Johnny shows up late on the set and is fired.
An expensive video camera goes missing at the studio and manager Chad Cox (Robert Walden) is found dead. The police seek Johnny for questioning. Johnny turns to Sean for help, and together they flee to Mexico. Once there, Sean sells his car for spending money. Johnny at first denies involvement in Chad's death but later confesses that he killed Chad accidentally during a fight over the payoff for stealing the camera for drug money. That night Johnny wants Sean to give him a blow job, but for the first time Sean declines. Sean shares memories of being sexually abused as a child by an adult male neighbor. Johnny starts to cry, saying he can relate because of some of the "fucked up shit" he's been through and that he was made to do things he didn't want to do. Sean comforts Johnny and for the first time calls him Mikey. They kiss.
When Sean wakes the next morning, Johnny is gone along with all of Sean's money. Sean tries to hitchike back to the United States, but ends up accepting an offer to go further south to the place he had previously suggested he and Johnny visit. Babylon vacates her apartment and drives north away from Los Angeles. Mikey survives in Mexico by committing armed robberies, his new gritty reality contrasted with Sean reading a fan letter to Johnny, who remains a figure of fantasy.
The cast also includes: Taylor Negron, Tim Bagley, Adina Porter, Ruben Madera, Mickey Cottrell, Guinevere Turner, Deborah Harry, Heather Shannon Ryan, David Pevsner, Gale Van Cott, Sharon McCormick, Andy Zeffer, Penn Badgley, Stephen Michael Pace, Zach Richards, Derek Cameron, John Sylla, Chad Donovan, Thomas Lloyd, Squishy, Jim Steel, Chi Chi LaRue, Karen Dior, Bradley Picklesheimer, Louis Re, Jay Lyons, Chris Green, Ron Jeremy, Ké, Lori Alan, Christopher Carroll, Cole Tucker, Rob Rumsey, Johanna Went, Judith Benezra, Trev Broudy, Franklin Hernandez, Katherine Connella, Selene Luna, and Tyler Roberts.
"The Fluffer" features cameos from some people in the adult entertainment industry, including Ron Jeremy, director Chi Chi LaRue, Karen Dior, Zach Richards, Derek Cameron, Chad Donovan, Thomas Lloyd, Jim Steel, Chris Green, and Cole Tucker.
This triangular drama about obsession, submission, sex, and money set against the backdrop of the adult video industry starts out breezy and funny but eventually develops into a thick melodrama. However, it is refreshing to see a movie about gay characters who are out of the closet and fully aware of which sex they prefer. The movie looks at the porn industry without awe or restraint. It shows that porn can be a psychological addiction, ruining one's judgment and perspective of real life, and doesn't shy away from the reality of the business. Drawing on his previous experience directing hardcore gay films, co-director Wash Westmoreland succeeds in satirizing an industry where appearances can be deceiving, and he doesn't have many nice things to say about it. John Vaughn composed the incidental music. Wash Westmoreland wrote the screenplay and the film was directed by Richard Glatzer and Westmoreland.
