Man of the Year

2.786

86 minutes

9/15/1995

Overview

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?

Cast List

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
Hal 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