Man of the Year

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?

Directed by Dirk Shafer

Top cast

Dirk Shafer

Dirk

Mary Stein

Angela Lucassy

C

Claudette Sutherland

Tammy Shafer

Cal Bartlett

Ken Shafer

V

Vivian Paxton

Vivian

Michael Ornstein

Mike Miller

Beth Broderick

Kelly Bound

Cynthia Szigeti

Betty Levy

D

Dennis Bailey

Howie Diadone

C

Charles Sloane

Ed, the photographer

P

Phyllis Franklin

Dr. Marsha Demarkey

Bill Brochtrup

Pledge Cartwright

Hal Fort Atkinson

Buck Hallren

F

Felix Montano

Jimmy Morgan

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Thom Collins

Thom

Rex Chandler

Rex

Lu Leonard

Dee Dee

Mindy Sterling

Cindee

Phil Donahue

Himself

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