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, Mary Stein, Claudette Sutherland, Cal Bartlett, Vivian Paxton, Michael Ornstein, Beth Broderick, Cynthia Szigeti

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What is "Man of the Year" about?

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?

When was "Man of the Year" released?

Man of the Year was released in 1995.

Who stars in "Man of the Year"?

The cast includes Dirk Shafer, Mary Stein, Claudette Sutherland, Cal Bartlett.