Man of the Year

The story

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 & crew

Dirk ShaferDirk

Mary SteinAngela Lucassy

Claudette Sutherland

Claudette SutherlandTammy Shafer

Cal BartlettKen Shafer

Vivian Paxton

Vivian PaxtonVivian

Michael OrnsteinMike Miller

Beth BroderickKelly Bound

Cynthia SzigetiBetty Levy

Dennis Bailey

Dennis BaileyHowie Diadone

Charles Sloane

Charles SloaneEd, the photographer

Phyllis Franklin

Phyllis FranklinDr. Marsha Demarkey

Bill BrochtrupPledge Cartwright