Man of the Year

Man of the Year

86 mins | Comedy | Sept. 15, 1995

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?

Man of the Year

86 mins | Comedy | Sept. 15, 1995

Man of the Year
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?
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers
Original title Man of the Year
Directors Dirk Shafer
Writers Dirk Shafer

Cast

Dirk Shafer

as Dirk

Mary Stein

as Angela Lucassy

Claudette Sutherland

as Tammy Shafer

Cal Bartlett

as Ken Shafer

Vivian Paxton

as Vivian

Michael Ornstein

as Mike Miller

Beth Broderick

as Kelly Bound

Cynthia Szigeti

as Betty Levy

Dennis Bailey

as Howie Diadone

Charles Sloane

as Ed, the photographer

Phyllis Franklin

as Dr. Marsha Demarkey

Bill Brochtrup

as Pledge Cartwright

Fort Atkinson

as Buck Hallren

Felix Montano

as Jimmy Morgan

Thom Collins

as Thom

Rex Chandler

as Rex

Lu Leonard

as Dee Dee

Mindy Sterling

as Cindee

Phil Donahue

as Himself