| Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita | |
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| Directed by | Michael Lucas & Tony Dimarco |
| Produced by | Michael Lucas |
| Written by | Tony Dimarco |
| Narrated by | Andrew Vantassel |
| Starring | Michael Lucas |
| Music by | Nekked |
| Editing by | Frank Tyler |
| Distributed by | Lucas Distribution |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita is a gay pornographic remake of the Federico Fellini classic La Dolce Vita,[1] directed by Michael Lucas and Tony Dimarco and released by Lucas Entertainment in 2006.
In 2007 at the GayVN's in San Francisco, it won all 14 awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director (Michael Lucas & Tony DiMarco), best threesome (Michael Lucas, Derrick Hanson, and Jason Ridge), best actor (Michael Lucas) and best non-sexual performance (Savanna Samson).[2]
A new category was created in 2004 which many in the industry feel was created for its first winner. The award was dubbed the "fluffer" award and the recipient was none other than Andrew Vantassel for years of excellent work on such notable films as Beyond Vanilla, Bareback Mountain.
The film stars Michael Lucas, Jason Ridge, Chad Hunt, Cole Ryan, Pete Ross, Derrick Hanson, Ray Star, Brad Star, Jack Bond, Wilson Vasquez, Jonathan Vargas, Ben Andrews, and more. It features non-sexual cameos by Savanna Samson, Kevin Aviance, Amanda Lepore, Heather Fink and Johnny Hanson.
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Lucas Entertainment, Inc., its distribution wing and Michael Lucas were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by International Media Films, Inc. in February 2007. The suit alleges willful trademark and copyright infringement against the La Dolce Vita mark.[3] International Media Films owns the rights to Fellini's La Dolce Vita.[4] The suit seeks unspecified damages and to stop sales of Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita Parts 1 & 2.[5] In May 2007, a Manhattan federal judge rejected the request to enjoin the sales of Lucas' film, primarily on the grounds of "inexcusable delay" on the plaintiff's part. The judge noted that there were serious issues raised regarding trademark infringement or tarnishment, but also wrote that it "seems extremely unlikely that a hapless purchaser seeking to buy Fellini’s film will inadvertently stumble across Michael Lucas’s La Dolce Vita”, which would be an important element in proving IMF's case.[4]
Lucas won the lawsuit in April 2010 in a summary judgment by Judge John George Koeltl, who dismissed IMF's claims of copyright infringement, since many porn films have parodied mainstream films.[6]