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Man of the Year
3.1
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1h 26m
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1995
Overview
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
![Dirk Shafer pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F6QYncrryONalcrm5j9DmIGJkmIS.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Dirk Shafer
Dirk
![Mary Stein pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FvrV6Fqwu8jby0DXzg3ldNL7qCjE.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Mary Stein
Angela Lucassy
![Claudette Sutherland pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Claudette Sutherland
Tammy Shafer
![Cal Bartlett pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fc2AfPZPN53O89gBLQtK7sNsmvqo.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Cal Bartlett
Ken Shafer
![Vivian Paxton pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Vivian Paxton
Vivian
![Michael Ornstein pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FhZoD2myizEpkM7FoB7FQKbqBucd.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Michael Ornstein
Mike Miller
![Beth Broderick pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FaXgETSCjZlvlzdhAiOjhepMdxqR.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Beth Broderick
Kelly Bound
![Cynthia Szigeti pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fov6fmxPmQFmc0UGrr4uc4oXo2IQ.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Cynthia Szigeti
Betty Levy
![Dennis Bailey pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Dennis Bailey
Howie Diadone
![Charles Sloane pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Charles Sloane
Ed, the photographer
![Phyllis Franklin pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Phyllis Franklin
Dr. Marsha Demarkey
![Bill Brochtrup pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F91v5Mw1e7rsUiO4pj8o3h0KSukb.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bill Brochtrup
Pledge Cartwright
![Fort Atkinson pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Fort Atkinson
Buck Hallren
![Felix Montano pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Felix Montano
Jimmy Morgan
![Thom Collins pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Thom Collins
Thom
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