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?

Director: Dirk Shafer

Cast: Dirk Shafer, Mary Stein, Claudette Sutherland, Cal Bartlett, Vivian Paxton, Michael Ornstein, Beth Broderick, Cynthia Szigeti

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