Produced by the Emmy Award-winning Stephen
David Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment, the Amazon
Original Series draws from unprecedented access to Hefner's archive
of thousands of hours of footage and his Guinness World
Record-holding collection of over 2,900 scrapbooks
SEATTLE, March 15, 2017 /CNW/ - (NASDAQ: AMZN) — The
Amazon Original Series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner
Story will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200
countries and territories on Friday, April
7. The series tells the story of Playboy magazine's
charismatic founder, Hugh Hefner,
who set out to disrupt the status quo and created one of the most
recognizable brands in history. The docuseries combines archival
footage, pulling from thousands of hours from Hefner's personal
archives; interviews with notable figures including Jesse Jackson, Gene
Simmons and Bill Maher; and
cinematic reenactments.
Produced by the Emmy Award-winning Stephen David Entertainment
and Alta Loma Entertainment, American Playboy begins in
post-war America and takes us through the launch of Playboy
magazine in 1953 and the next six decades of Hefner's life and
career. As he built his empire, Hefner became both a social justice
advocate and a target of the conservative movement while becoming
an outspoken defender of civil rights, freedom of speech, gay
rights and, of course, sexual freedom. The series is the result of
unprecedented access to thousands of hours of never-before-seen
footage from both Hefner's and the Playboy archives and
Hefner's personal scrapbooks, which number more than 2,900 and
constitute a Guinness World Record. The 90-year-old Hefner has been
deeply involved in the development and production of American
Playboy, imbuing the series with rich first-person accounts and
never-before-told stories.
Prime members will be able to stream all 10 episodes of the
docuseries exclusively via the Amazon Prime Video app on Android
and iOS phones and tablets, popular LG and Samsung Smart TVs,
Android TV by Sony or online at PrimeVideo.com—and can also
download the series to mobile devices for offline viewing. Members
can watch in English with French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
subtitled versions available soon.
"At a time when civil rights are more in the news than ever,
Prime members will be delighted to learn more about the
Playboy brand and its contributions in that area," said
Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted,
Amazon Originals. "This series will offer the unprecedented,
behind-the-scenes story of Hefner's life and his fight to protect
and advance essential American rights, including free speech."
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story is produced by
the Emmy award-winning Stephen David Entertainment, a Banijay Group
company, and Playboy Enterprises' production company Alta Loma
Entertainment, and executive produced by Stephen David (The Men Who Built America,
The World Wars, The Making of the Mob, The
American West), Peter Jaysen
(You Me Her, Fired Up, Dateline NBC) and longtime Playboy
executive Dick Rosenzweig (The
House Bunny, The Playboy Club) with co-executive
producers Shirley Escott (Shadow
of Doubt, The Making of the Mob: New York) and Tim
Kelly (NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed,
American Genius).
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About Stephen David Entertainment
Stephen David
Entertainment (SDE) – a Banijay Group Company – is an
Emmy® Award-winning, New
York-based production company. SDE counts The Men Who
Built America, The World Wars and The Making of the Mob:
New York among its popular,
hybrid documentary series. In the six years since its inception,
SDE has developed numerous docudrama mini-series and select
scripted projects, utilizing high-end production techniques and
cutting-edge VFX. In 2014 and 2015, SDE was named to Realscreen's
Global 100 list of top production companies. SDE's upcoming
productions include American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
and Frontiersmen.
About Alta Loma Entertainment
Alta Loma Entertainment
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a media
and lifestyle company that markets the brand through a wide range
of media properties and licensing initiatives. The company
developed the successful series You Me Her, which has been
picked up for three seasons by DirecTV's Audience channel. Other
credits include E!'s The Girls Next Door, NBC's The
Playboy Club, Columbia Picture's The House Bunny, and
the documentaries Why Be Good: Sexuality & Censorship
in Early Cinema and Gangland: Bullets Over Hollywood.
Playboy is one of the most recognized and popular consumer brands
in the world. The company publishes Playboy magazine in
the United States and licenses
foreign editions of Playboy around the world; operates
Playboy.com, a leading men's lifestyle and entertainment site; and
creates content for distribution via feature films, television
networks, websites, mobile platforms and radio. Through licensing
agreements, the Playboy brand appears on a wide range of consumer
products in more than 180 countries, as well as retail stores and
entertainment venues. For more information about Playboy
Enterprises, please visit www.PlayboyEnterprises.com.
SOURCE Amazon.ca