''Showboy'' is a 2002

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film that was produced by star Jason Buchtel, directed by stars Christian Taylor and

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, written by and starring the three. It has cameos by

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, Alan Ball and the cast of the television series '' Six Feet Under''.

Plot

The film, a mockumentary that viewers are meant to believe is real, features around real-life screenwriter Taylor. Taylor is solicited by director Heymann to be the subject in a British television documentary series about British writers working in Hollywood. On the first day of filming this documentary, Taylor is fired from his real-life job as a screenwriter on the dramatic television series ''Six Feet Under''. He is unaware that the documentary crew knows this has occurred. He then relocates to

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to pursue a dream of becoming a professional showboy (a

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dancer). He lies to the documentary crew, purporting to be doing research for a film project. It slowly becomes evident that he is desperate to find a new career, and at the same time he slowly begins to come out of the closet and pursue romance.

Credits

(Note: cast is playing fictional versions of themselves) * Christian Taylor as himself *

as herself *Marilyn Milgrom as a producer in London *Joe Daly as himself *Erich Miller as himself *Jason Buchtel as himself *

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as a dance instructor *Adrian Armas as himself *Billy Sameth as Billy

Reception

''Showboy'' won ''Best Directorial Debut at the British Independent Film Awards'' and ''Best Film at the Milan International Film Festival''.

References

External links

* 2002 films 2002 comedy-drama films 2002 LGBT-related films American LGBT-related films Gay-related films LGBT-related romantic comedy-drama films American mockumentary films 2002 directorial debut films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{LGBT-film-stub