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Overview

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5.2/10   177 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Christian Taylor (written by) &
Lindy Heymann (written by) ...
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Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Your future starts here more
Plot:
Christian Taylor, a writer on hit TV series Six Feet Under, is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's sacked... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
christopher guest this ain't more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Taylor ... Writer "Christian"
Lindy Heymann ... Director "Lindy"
Marilyn Milgrom ... London Producer "Marilyn" (voice)
Joe Daley ... Roomate "Joe"
Erich Miller ... Showboy "Erich"
Jason Buchtel ... Vegas Producer "Jason"
Aaron Porter ... Dance Instructor

Adrian Armas ... Model / Dance "Adrian"
Billy Sameth ... Close Friend "Billy"
Alan Ball ... Himself
Alan Connell ... Himself

Lauren Ambrose ... Herself

Peter Krause ... Himself

Rachel Griffiths ... Herself
Frances Conroy ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Company:
Fite Films more

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Movie Connections:
Featured in 2005 Glitter Awards (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Tainted Love more

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
christopher guest this ain't, 26 August 2004
Author: spooky_trix from nowhere

What? That's the question I kept asking myself while watching Showboy. I thought I was in for a great satirical mockumentary in the christopher guest tradition. What I got was an unfunny, depressing, and at times, boring movie full of gay stereotypes. Why in the world movies made by gay men have to be full of stereotypes still is beyond me. You want to know some of them? Okay lets go: Christian lives with numerous "roommates" most of which lisp. Multiple choice time, Christian gets fired from his job and tries to find work as a (a) construction worker (b) office professional (c) auto mechanic (d) vegas chorus dancer. Duh the answer is d! Christian is obsessed with the tiny itty bitty amount of extra skin he has in his mid section. Christian insists on wearing white socks and shorts. Do I have to go on? The other main annoyance was how mean spirited the whole movie was. Guest can take characters and basically tear them apart, making fun of them the whole way, but there is this over the top jest to the proceedings that make it funny, not harsh. This movie has a gritty voyeuristic quality to it that makes the constant failure of Christian and the impossibly cool nature of the documentary crew (example time, Christian pours his heart out telling the crew that the only reason he lets them follow him around is because he'd feel so empty and lonely without them, they continue letting him believe they are actually trying to film a nice documentary about him and his script) really really hard to take. I chuckled a few times, mostly during early scenes of an inappropriately attired Christian learning to dance, but mostly I sat through the whole thing tempted to turn it off and watch something else. .5 out of 10 stars

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