former Screw writer and editor Mike Edison documents Goldstein's rise and fall against the successes of his peers Larry Flynt of Hustler, Bob Guccione of Penthouse, and Hugh Hefner of Playboy. Edison also lauds Goldstein as a staunch fighter for the First Amendment, quoting Gay Talese, who referred to Goldstein in his book Thy Neighbor's Wife, saying, "We need a free society, and freedom is not won by literary tea parties and well-meaning, virtuous publishers, it is won by disreputable people like Al Goldstein." Edison also quotes the New York reporter Jimmy Breslin as saying, "Al Goldstein is one of four people in the last 35 years who has effectively protected the First Amendment rights of reporters who bring the news to you. The others are Ralph Ginzburg, Larry Flynt, and Lenny Bruce. I know you don’t want to meet them, but you owe them.” Filmography Unless otherwise noted, Goldstein appeared as himself in the following movies: Dynamite Chicken (1971) It Happened in Hollywood (1973) Let My Puppets Come (1976) Denial (1998) Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes (1998) Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999) Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001) Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001) Al Goldstein and Ron Jeremy are Screwed (2003) (X-rated) Inside Deep Throat (2005) Obscene (2007) American Swing (2008) Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story (2013) Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story (2014) Bibliography References External links Rotten Timeline The Villager (September 15–21, 2004) 118-minute discussion of Goldstein by Steven Heller (Screw collaborator), Goldstein's biographer Josh Alan Friedman, and Goldstein's attorney Herald Price Fahringer 1936 births 2013 deaths Adult magazine publishers (people) American pornographers American magazine founders Businesspeople from Queens, New York People from Pompano Beach, Florida Jewish American writers American public access television personalities American autobiographers Free speech activists Obscenity controversies in literature Pace University alumni United States Army soldiers American taxi drivers Homeless people People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn American photojournalists Deaths from kidney failure Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni People convicted of obscenity People from Far Rockaway, Queens People from the Upper East Side Writers from Brooklyn 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American Jews