Man of the Year (1995 film)
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| Man of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dirk Shafer |
| Produced by | Matt Keener |
| Written by | Dirk Shafer |
| Starring | Dirk Shafer Vivian Paxton Bill Brochtrup Beth Broderick |
| Music by | Peitor Angell Barry Stich Eric Vetro |
| Cinematography | Stephen Timberlake |
| Editing by | Barry S. Silver Ken Solomon |
| Distributed by | Seventh Art Releasing |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 1995 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Man of the Year is a 1995 mockumentary written, directed by and starring Dirk Shafer. The film is a fictionalized account of Shafer's reign as Playgirl magazine's 1992 "Man of the Year" and his struggle with reconciling his public persona as a sex symbol to women with his identity as a gay man. Shafer combines mock interviews (both with some of the actual people involved and with actors standing in for the actual people) with archive footage from Shafer's appearances on talk shows like Donahue, The Maury Povich Show and The Jerry Springer Show (along with an early appearance on Dance Fever) and recreations of events like his Playgirl photoshoots and "fantasy date" with a Playgirl reader to relate the story.
[edit] DVD release
Man of the Year was released on Region 1 DVD on February 23, 1999.
