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  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary When Christian Taylor, a writer on HBO's wildly popular Six Feet Under, agrees to let a British Television crew follow him for a series about Brits working in Hollywood, he finds that his true calling may be in the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas' Stage and not in the harsh world of Hollywood show business. (Squeak Pictures)

Directed By: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor

Written By: Jason Buchtel, Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann

  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2004
  • Unrated
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m

Showboy

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
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Summary When Christian Taylor, a writer on HBO's wildly popular Six Feet Under, agrees to let a British Television crew follow him for a series about Brits working in Hollywood, he finds that his true calling may be in the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas' Stage and not in the harsh world of Hollywood show business. (Squeak Pictures)

Directed By: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor

Written By: Jason Buchtel, Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann

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Christian Taylor

Christian Taylor - Writer

Lindy Heymann

Lindy Heymann - Director

Joe Daley

Joe Daley - Christian's Roommate

Erich Miller

Erich Miller

Jason Buchtel

Jason Buchtel - Local Producer

Read Scot

Read Scot - Talent Agent

Minnie Madden

Minnie Madden - Callback Casting Magazine, Cocktails Strip Audtion Judge

Aaron Porter

Aaron Porter - Dancer

Bruce Merrin

Bruce Merrin - Manager, Publicist

Elise Vallee

Elise Vallee - Ballet Teacher

Blair Farrington

Blair Farrington - Vegas Show Producer

Adrian Armas

Adrian Armas - Model, Dancer

Gary Campbell

Host, Backstage Live

Connie Ross

Host, Backstage Live

Joe Cervantes

Cocktails Stripper

Gal Haran

Cocktails Stripper

Stephen G. McClelland

Cocktails Stripper

Bill Sammeth

Billy Sammeth - Close Friend

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Siegfried Fischbacher

Siegfried

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
13% Positive
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
13% Positive
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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70
The result is a deliberate conflation of fact and fiction that yields unexpected emotional impact.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
60
Taylor, while perhaps a little small to become a real Vegas showboy, makes for a very charismatic hero, while Joaquin Baca-Asay's cinematography captures all the glitz and slightly tawdry glamour of the Vegas strip.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
50
The film takes on unexpected weight when Christian cops to his intense personal loneliness. That's not the stuff of high comedy, but it's brave and, in these days of rah-rah, everyone's-in-love gay media, rather refreshing.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
50
It's a rich idea for a comedy, even if the filmmakers seem timid about making the pic the full-on satire it might have been.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
40
Unlike such similar efforts as "A Mighty Wind," this would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
20
So amateurish that its awkward Whoopi Goldberg cameo actually adds a touch of class, Showboy is an ill-conceived, often implausible hybrid of fact and fiction.
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0
Lethargically paced, badly edited and shot in hideous digital video.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company here! Films, Squeak Pictures, Fite Films, Faction Films, Farrington Productions
Release Date Apr 9, 2004
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline A Mockumentary by Lindy Heymann and Christian Taylor.
Website http://www.showboy-themovie.com/
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Awards

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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