Another Side of Aspen: Sneak Peak at Falcon Documentary

Posted April 15, 2011 4:49 PM by with 19 comments

When Chris Ward announced that he was relaunching the Aspen gay porn series, he asked if we’d consider pulling together a short piece from our upcoming documentary about Falcon founder Chuck Holmes to commemorate it.

“Aspen” was a seminal piece for Falcon — the movie which not only changed the company’s fortunes, but also helped establish the Falcon look. It’s also one of our all-time favorite sex films.

Since Ben Leon, Jack and I are still in production on the feature, we’d love any feedback — and if you like it, feel free to click the button at the top left of the player to get the code to embed this on your site!

(Special thanks to directors like Steven Scarborough and John Rutherford, who not only helped make Falcon what it is, but have also given us their time and encouragement while we work on the project.)

Other Side of Aspen (1978)
Other Side of Aspen II (1986)
Other Side of Aspen III (1996)
Other Side of Aspen IV (1996)
Other Side of Aspen V (2002)
Other Side of Aspen VI (2011)

 

Mike

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19 responses to Another Side of Aspen: Sneak Peak at Falcon Documentary

  1. franly April 15th, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Great job guys!

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  2. Boris April 15th, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    This is fantastic, bittersweet, sexy, and informative all at once. Great job.

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  3. Jonathan April 16th, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE FULL MOVIE. GREAT JOB. I WISH PORN WAS LIKE THAT NOW.

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  4. Rich April 16th, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    It’s funny that they added moronic dialogue to a scene that began with actual spontaneous sex.

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  5. Max April 16th, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    The first one was great, the second was good, and well, they should have just stopped there. How many can there be? It’s not the same, and the guys today don’t have that same sexual energy – it’s just hustlers doing it on film, UGH, yawn.

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  6. Cam April 16th, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    also, this may not be popular among the purists, but when you look at the footage of the new Aspen, it make the earlier films pale a little. Maybe its just the transfers though because some of those old colors look muddy. you’d think that falcon would want to fix this

    for feedback otherwise on the doc part, i was entirely entertained.

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  8. Raul April 17th, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    My favorite is No. IV.
    Looooove all the actors there… Jackson Phillips, Ken Ryker, Daryl Brock, Carl Erik (uff), Trent Reed, Eric Stone….uff its just too much….

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  10. gpcrush April 17th, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    I love the look and feel of your pornumentary. It was nice to see OSOA from it’s foundations and evolvement into today’s series with the hottest guys!

    Every man should have an Aspen. “Let me tell you about my weekend in Aspen!!!…”

    Great work!

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  11. Jett Blakk April 18th, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    After seeing their documentary short SMUT CAPITAL OF AMERICA, with which I was very impressed, I am doubly so to see this clip. Mike and Ben are major new voices in the documentary field, and I can see a huge future ahead of them. Awesome job, guys.

    JBK

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  12. Mark F. April 18th, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Interesting clip. However, I really disliked the direction Falcon went in for at least 20 years after the first Aspen video: lots of shaved Jocks and only rarely did they feature anyone with body hair. That may have reflected Chuck Holmes’ taste, but it wasn’t mine. Thank goodness that has changed.

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  13. Casey April 21st, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    Definitely love the first half of this, though I wish there were more talking heads or voices discussing the actual shooting of the earlier installments, especially II. But I know you guys edited this together to promote the new one. A definite tease for the full-length piece which I cannot wait for!!

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  14. Dan Hulse April 23rd, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    I used to always go to the Falcon section of the video store first, because for my money, it always got me off. Not anymore, I sometimes down load their movies for free from the internet and always delete them right after watching them. A falcon movie movie couldn’t get me off if the actors were to come to my house and have sex with me. Falcon is dead to me and it use to be my best friend.

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  15. John April 25th, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    I purchased my first VHS recorder back in 1985 just to watch “The Other Side of Aspen” I. I must have seen this video over 100 times the first two months. Sadly, most, of not all of the actors have died from AIDS. I belive when this move first came out, little was known of HIV/AIDS. Since we knew very little of HIV during the late seventies and early eighties, there were a lot of poor guy men (and others) who didn’t even know it were geting infected. I miss Al, Cassey, and the early men of pron. I don’t mean to sound like a party spoiler, and I do love good sex, but we do have to face facts and protect one another.
    John

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  16. Jay June 13th, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    I remember the LaRue “Boot Black” series with about 15 or 20 of the hottest and best porn stars in the business all in the same film. Tom Katt, Jake Andrews, Spike ect…Those were hot. Why don’t we see those big productions today?

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    • Mike June 13th, 2011 at 5:40 PM

      Not only have the economy changed, so has the economics. When DVD sales were exploding (before piracy, before online, before the recession), it made financial sense to make big budget productions. Today — you see it very rarely: Falcon’s recent Other Side of Aspen VI was an exception. But yes — ah, the good old days …

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  17. Ian July 1st, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    IMO an Aspen movie isn’t complete without a fisting scene since Al in the first one. You’ve got to be kidding that was totally improv… I mean they just fisted right there and then? Also why did they have to draft Roman Heart in? Such an annoying squealer. I believe there was no watersports in Aspen yet, could be one for the 7th…

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