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Showboy
- Director: Lindy Heymann; Christian Taylor
- Writer: Christian Taylor; Lindy Heymann
- Producer: Jason Buchtel; Blair Farrington
CGiii Comment
A mockumentary – not in the vein of Christopher Guest – because, this is far better, more intelligent and bloody funny (unlike Guest’s drivel).
Mockumentary is a genre that most film-makers presume to be easier than all the rest – wrong.
For the joke to work – you have to make the audience squirm, doubt what’s going on and stop the actors from doing the unforgivable: over-acting.
This avoids all the pitfalls - good stuff.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Christian Taylor, a writer on the hit TV series Six Feet Under (2001), is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's fired, although he doesn't know the doc crew overheard the firing. They follow him around Las Vegas, where Six Feet Under was filming on location, and where he is now ostensibly doing "research" for a script he claims to be writing, but is actually pursuing a dream to become a dancer in a Vegas show.
Cast & Characters
Christian Taylor as Writer 'Christian';
Lindy Heymann as Director 'Lindy';
Marilyn Milgrom as London Producer 'Marilyn';
Joe Daley as Roomate 'Joe';
Erich Miller as Showboy 'Erich';
Jason Buchtel as Vegas Producer 'Jason';
Aaron Porter as Dance Instructor;
Adrian Armas as Model / Dance 'Adrian';
Billy Sameth as Close Friend 'Billy';
Alan Ball as Himself;
Alan Connell as Himself;
Lauren Ambrose as Herself;
Peter Krause as Himself;
Rachel Griffiths as Herself;
Frances Conroy as Herself