''The World's Biggest Gang Bang'' is a pornographic film staged in a

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Annabel Chong Grace Quek (), known professionally as Annabel Chong, is a Singaporean former pornographic actress who became famous after starring in an adult film that was promoted as the ''World's Biggest Gang Bang''. The film was commercially successful ...

and billed as her having sex with 300 men. In reality, the participants were far fewer than advertised. They are said to have engaged with Chong in a total of 251 sex acts. The event was organized by

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John T. Bone John Gilbert Bowen (11 February 1947 – 26 January 2019) was a British pornographic film director who used the name John T. Bone. He is best known for directing two large gang bang movies: '' World's Biggest Gang Bang'' in 1995 starring Annab ...

. The resulting video, released in 1995, is one of the highest-grossing pornographic films ever. The record attempt caught the attention of film director Gough Lewis and Chong became the subject of his

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'' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story''. Lewis's documentary was a hit at the

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and was nominated for the

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Synopsis

The event begins with a few interviews with some of the participants. Annabel Chong arrives later and is greeted by the event director. Bone briefs Chong on the format and then gives a briefing to the rest of the participants. The footage cuts to an interview Chong gives to the

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(host of the event) introduces the fluff girls and commences the

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. Chong, changed into a

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, emerges from a side entrance and climbs onto the stage. The stage, built to look like a

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.Voice: An Interview with Annabel Chong
by Amy Goodman, 1999 Bone, using a loudspeaker, calls for the first five participants. Chong engages in sex acts with the participants for five to ten minutes until the next group is called. Chong had insisted on the use of

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for the event, but those of the men who were professional performers were allowed to participate without using them.

Criticism

Criticism was levied against the producers of ''The World's Biggest Gang Bang'' for the level of risk Chong unknowingly exposed herself to. There was no requirement for the men to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases other than AIDS. It later emerged that they had not provided proof of testing negative for HIV – contrary to what Chong had been led to believe. A number of men participated without the use of a condom. A seeming failure to pay Chong also attracted criticism. The movie is one of the highest-grossing pornographic films, but as alluded to in the documentary '' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story'', Chong was never paid the

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10,000 she was promised, and apparently did not receive any money at all from the video.Lewis, Gough (director). (1999). ''Sex: The Annabel Chong Story'' (documentary film).

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* *{{AFD movie, 35336, World's Biggest Gang Bang 1990s pornographic films 1995 films Erotic events Films shot in Los Angeles

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