''Orgazmo'' is a 1997 American superhero

sex comedy Sex comedy, erotic comedy or more broadly sexual comedy is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sex comedy" is primarily a description of dramatic forms such as theatre and film, literary works such ...

film written, directed and edited by

Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...

and produced by

Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...

Jason McHugh Jason McHugh (born October 10, 1968) is an American television producer and actor, best known for his work with Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He produced both ''Cannibal! The Musical'' and ''Orgazmo'' and played Frank Miller in ''Cannibal!'' and par ...

, and Fran Rubel Kuzui. It stars Parker, Stone,

Dian Bachar Dian Bachar (; born October 26, 1970) is an American actor most notable for his roles in various films by or starring his friends Trey Parker and Matt Stone, such as '' Cannibal! The Musical'' (George Noon), ''Orgazmo'' (Ben Chapleski) and his mo ...

, Robyn Lynne, and Michael Dean Jacobs. The plot follows Joe Young (Parker), a devout

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missionary who, to pay for his and his fiancée's dream wedding and home, hesitantly participates in a pornographic film for an abusive director. ''Orgazmo'' is Parker and Stone's second film, following 1993's ''

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''.

Plot

Mormon missionary Joseph Young, assigned with his mission partner to

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, finds the city to be a hostile and unenthusiastic place for their work. The problems worsen when they knock on the door of sleazy porn director Maxxx Orbison, and several security guards are sent to dispose of them. Joe defeats all of them singlehandedly with a variety of martial arts skills. Impressed by his performance and bored of his current project's lead actor, Orbison attempts to hire Joe to be the title character and lead of his pornographic superhero film, ''Orgazmo''. Joe is conflicted because of his beliefs because he is a missionary, but the salary offered would pay for a wedding in the temple in

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where his fiancée Lisa has expressed a strong desire to wed. Joe reluctantly accepts despite being given a sign from God. Joe finds the crew of the film intimidating but befriends co-star Ben Chapleski, a technical genius and graduate from

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who works in the pornographic industry to satiate his overactive libido. He plays Orgazmo's sidekick Choda Boy, who assists Orgazmo with specially designed

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, including Orgazmo's signature weapon, the Orgazmorator, a ray gun that forces orgasm upon whomever it is fired. Ben invites Joe to his home later on and shows Joe a real, working Orgazmorator Ben has built, and he and Joe spend an evening using it on unsuspecting citizens for amusement. At a sushi bar owned by Ben's Japanese friend G-Fresh, the two witness a group of thugs vandalizing the bar to force out G-Fresh so their dance club next door can expand. Later on, when Ben and Joe are gone, G-Fresh is coerced to leave after being assaulted by the same thugs. Upon finding this out, Joe and Ben don costumes and use their film props and the Orgazmorator to sneak into the club and steal back the contract G-Fresh was forced to sign. Joe is agitated after nearly being shot in the head, but Ben is excited by being a real superhero. ''Orgazmo'' becomes an amazing success, both financially and critically, and Orbison withholds Joe's paycheck to keep him in town long enough to announce a sequel. Tempted with a doubled salary, Joe is confronted by his fiancée, who has found out what he has been doing and leaves him. Facing production difficulties and harassment from Orbison's unsympathetic nephew A-Cup, Joe tries to back out of the project, but Orbison refuses. When Joe stands up to him, Orbison has Lisa kidnapped. Ben realizes the thugs who assaulted G-Fresh are also working for Orbison, and he joins Joe in storming Orbison's mansion before Lisa can be forced to perform in one of Orbison's films. Fighting through Orbison's group of henchmen, Joe and Ben meet their match in A-Cup. Joe encourages Ben to unleash his long- repressed Hamster Style discipline of martial arts, allowing Ben to beat A-Cup. After repairing his damaged Orgazmorator, Joe repeatedly shoots Orbison with it, incapacitating him and capturing all the henchmen. Ben blows up the mansion with another device, the "Cock Rocket", destroying Orbison's base of operations. Joe and Lisa reconcile, and she gives him her blessing to remain in Los Angeles and continue being a hero alongside Ben. A doctor tells Orbison that after so many orgasms in a row, his testicles have swollen to the size of oranges, and surgical removal is the only option. A now insane Orbison declares revenge on Orgazmo and becomes the personification of A-Cup's character, who is immune to the Orgazmorator: Neutered Man.

Cast

as Joe Young/Orgazmo *

as Ben Chapleski/Choda Boy ** Robert Lansing as Young Ben * Robyn Lynne Raab as Lisa * Michael Dean Jacobs as Maxxx Orbison *

as Dave The Photographer * Masao Maki as G-Fresh * Toddy Walters as Georgi *

Ron Jeremy Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic m ...

as Clark/Jizzmaster Zero * David Dunn as A-Cup/Neutered Man * Chasey Lain as Candi *

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as Saffi * Shayla LaVeaux as Greek porn actress * Jill Kelly as Nurse *

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as Doctor *

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as Award show presenter * Christi Lake * Jeanna Fine * Jacklyn Lick * Mike Eaton as Meatfish *

Melissa Hill Melissa Hill (born January 8, 1970) is a former pornographic actress and director. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2014 and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2015. Career Hill began her career in the adult entertainment industry in 1992 by fir ...

* Serenity

Release

''Orgazmo'' premiered at the

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in 1997. The

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gave the film an

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rating, resulting in a very limited release in the US. There is an 'Unrated' version that was released on the two-sided DVD set along with the theatrical version; it runs two minutes shorter than the original 94-minute release. The film was released via

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on May 12, 2015. This includes both versions of the film and all the features from the DVD.

Critical reception

As of September 2022, the review-aggregation website

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gave the film a score of 48% and an average rating of 4.90/10 based on 33 reviews. The website's critical consensus read: "More juvenile than provocative, ''Orgazmo'' may have enough good-natured raunch to satisfy writer-director Trey Parker's fans, but its satire is too soft to compete with the ''South Park'' co-creator's best work." As of September 2020, the film had a score of 48 out of 100 on

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based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert gave the film half a star out of four, arguing that ''Orgazmo'' had little of the clever wit Parker and Stone brought to ''South Park'', and furthermore describing the film as "callow, gauche, obvious and awkward, and designed to appeal to those with similar qualities". ''Orgazmo'' has been deemed a cult film, mostly by fans of '' South Park'', which creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone subsequently released to critical acclaim. Its reception and rating by the

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is discussed in the 2006 documentary '' This Film Is Not Yet Rated''.

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