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Man of the Year

Man of the Year

He as a centerfold who revealed everything ... but the truth.

1995•1h 26m•2.8/10
Comedy

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2.8/10(7)

First-time director Dirk Shafer also penned this raucous "mockumentary," a blend of fact and fiction that re-creates his 1992 reign as Playgirl magazine's Centerfold of the Year. When Shafer chooses to keep the fact that he's gay a secret from the magazine's editors, he finds himself living the ultimate lie -- and incapable of giving female readers what they really want. Will he succumb to his lover's pressures to come out of the closet?

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Dirk Shafer

Dirk Shafer

Dirk

Mary Stein

Mary Stein

Angela Lucassy

Claudette Sutherland

Tammy Shafer

Cal Bartlett

Cal Bartlett

Ken Shafer

Vivian Paxton

Vivian

Michael Ornstein

Michael Ornstein

Mike Miller

Beth Broderick

Beth Broderick

Kelly Bound

Cynthia Szigeti

Cynthia Szigeti

Betty Levy

Dennis Bailey

Howie Diadone

Charles Sloane

Ed, the photographer

Phyllis Franklin

Dr. Marsha Demarkey

Bill Brochtrup

Bill Brochtrup

Pledge Cartwright

Hal Fort Atkinson

Buck Hallren

Felix Montano

Jimmy Morgan

Thom Collins

Thom

Rex Chandler

Rex Chandler

Rex

Lu Leonard

Lu Leonard

Dee Dee

Mindy Sterling

Mindy Sterling

Cindee

Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue

Himself

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