''Showboy'' is a 2002

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film that was produced by Jason Buchtel, directed by Christian Taylor and Lindy Heymann, and written by and starring the three. It has cameos by

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, Siegfried & Roy, Alan Ball (screenwriter), Alan Ball and the cast of the television series ''Six Feet Under (TV 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 Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas to pursue a dream of becoming a professional showboy (a chorus line 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 Coming out, come out of the closet and pursue romance.

Credits

(Note: cast is playing fictional versions of themselves) * Christian Taylor as himself * Lindy Heymann as herself *Marilyn Milgrom as a producer in London *Joe Daly as himself *Erich Miller as himself *Jason Buchtel as himself *Aaron Porter as a dance instructor *Adrian Armas as himself *Billy Sameth as Billy

Reception

''Showboy'' won the British Independent Film Award – The Douglas Hickox Award, The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Directorial Debut at the British Independent Film Awards and Best Film at the Milan Film Festival.

References

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