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Darth-Morpheous
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3/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 2:25PM
Just read this on Lukeford.com. I don't think it really makes any sense. Can anyone confirm this rumor? Luke Ford usually does a good job with there posts. Usually if I read it there it is true.

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balabala
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8/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 2:31PM
I've read it on Luke Ford web site too and I find it very intriguing. It would be nice if someone could confirm it or is it just a rumor? If its true, I wonder if it was this way from the get go or did Dion simply decide to acquire and/or become co-owner of it later on. HEHE!!! Dion Giarusso could be seen as a Bill Gates/Microsoft, buying all the other companies and getting lots of the good directors.

Edited by - balabala on 2/21/2003 2:31:59 PM

BIGmike
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3/01
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 4:54PM
from AVN.com [copy and pasted below], but here's the link, if you want it... Red Light's Giarrusso To Consult for Platinum X

Red Light's Giarrusso To Consult for Platinum X
By: Heidi Pike-Johnson
2-20-2003


CHATSWORTH, Calif.- Platinum X Pictures has hired Red Light District head Dion Giarrusso to assist the company in setting up operations.

"Dion will be giving us advice on sales- he helped us hire (sales manager) Bonnie Kail- and he is also going to be training my father [Larry Schwarz] in how a porn company operates," Platinum X director/co-owner Jewel De'Nyle told AVN.com. De'Nyle co-owns the company with her husband (director Michael Stefano), and directors Manuel Ferrara, Steve Holmes and Brandon Iron.

"Dion is like family to Michael and I, he has a great reputation with all of the distributors, and he knows what he is doing. He has done so well with Red Light that we figured that we couldn't go wrong having his help," De'Nyle said.

"Everyone at Platinum X owns their own product and hiring Dion doesn't change that," she added..

"In this business, it's more than just buying a camera and shooting a video and thinking you are going to make it," Giarrusso said. "You have to have structure, you have to pay your taxes, have to have a bookkeeper, an accountant, people answering your phones

"You have to advertise and there are a lot of things that have to be done and none of these people have ever dealt with that kind of thing before. I am very close to Mike Stefano and Brandon Iron. I really wanted to bring Michael over to Red Light District but he wanted to own his own stuff so I said I would help them start their own company for a fee. I didn't want too much of a fee and I am not going to get paid until the company shows some profits."

"I am a big fan and friend of Michael and they are all good people. Jewel is a smart girl. I hope it works for these guys. I think they are going to make something better than a lot of the garbage that is out there," Giarrusso said.

On the subject of aiding a company that could potentially give his company some competition, Giarrusso said, "I have been in business for a little over a year and - not to toot my own horn, but - I don't think anyone else has done what I have done in a year with a gonzo company.

"I compare Red Light District with In-N-Out Burger - It's the best burger in town for the best price and I don't care how many hamburger stands are around In-N-Out Burger, In-N-Out is going to survive."

Platinum X Pictures' first release, Iron's I Love It Rough has an April 1 street date.

Pontus Maximus
Senior Member

Man of Steel, meet your match.
1346 Posts
9/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 6:20PM
No, no, no, it's Sonic Drive-In with the best burgers for the best price. But I don't care anymore, I gave up meat.

Pontus

Plus, I thought Evil Angel was the best. And no, I haven't given up porn.

T Mac
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166 Posts
1/03
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 6:26PM
Yo Pontus, where the hell do you find a Sonic Drive-In?? I'm from upstate New York, and I've never seen one in my life. However, I do see the commercials for them all the time, and they do look quite good. I ask my friends, and no one knows either. Later!
 
Cyberchicken
Member

900 Posts
4/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 7:11PM
Sonic, frito pie...mmmmmmmmm.

Hey that would be a great title for an all hispanic lesbian series )

Cyberchicken

Pontus Maximus
Senior Member

Man of Steel, meet your match.
1346 Posts
9/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 8:08PM
Sonic Drive-In Locator

Sorry, Mods, I didn't mean to derail this thread.

Getting back on topic, and in all seriousness, I really do think it was a wise move on the part of Platinum X Pictures to hire Dion as a consultant.

Pontus

dion
Combat Zone

438 Posts
7/02
Posted - Feb 21 2003 : 8:08PM
I don't own Platnium Pictures, I'm very close to Mike Stefano, and Brandon, they have asked me to help them for a fee, and I will just do that, there great guys, and I want good for them,I have my hands full over here at RLD.

Thanks Dion.




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