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''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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,
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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
chorus line A chorus line is a large group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. Sometimes, singing is also performed. While synchronized dancing indicative of a chorus line was vogue during the first half of th ...
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
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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 Aaron Ross Porter (born 11 January 1985) is a board director and trustee and a former president of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom; he was elected with a 65% majority and took office in June 2010 for one year. Backgroun ...
as a dance instructor *Adrian Armas as himself *Billy Sameth as Billy


Reception

''Showboy'' won the The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Directorial Debut at the
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and Best Film at the
Milan Film Festival Milan Film Festival (''MFF'', ') is an annual independent film festival held since 1996 in Milan, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local short films, but grew to have a feature film competition program along with numerous other sect ...
.


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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