Showboy [DVD]

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When Christian Taylor a writer on HBO s wildly popular Six Feet Under agrees to let a British Television crew film him for a documentary he doesn't realize that they will hear it when Executive Producer Alan Ball unexpectedly fires him.Rather than admit he s been canned Christian tells the crew he s got a new project and has them follow him as he begins an unusual quest to fulfill a life long dream to bee a Vegas Showboy. As the bewildered crew follows him from strip-mall studios to the stages of top shows they meet a cast of wild and wonderful characters who are the true life and soul of Las Vegas Other Information: Running Time 93 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE

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With dry humor, the mockumentary Showboy turns a portrait in self-delusion into the pursuit of a dream. A British documentarian wants to make a short movie about Christian Taylor, a writer on the cable series Six Feet Under--only she arrives just as Christian is abruptly fired while the show is shooting in Las Vegas. Humiliated and depressed, Christian stays in Vegas and starts pursuing jobs as a chorus boy; he tells the documentarian that he's doing research for a screenplay. Showboy plays its cards very close to the chest; the agents, dance teachers, and casting directors that Christian meets with could well be genuine--the deadpan performances never wink at the camera. The humor springs from a mixture of embarrassing awkwardness and the fundamental absurdity of life in Las Vegas. With cameos by Whoopi Goldberg, Siegfried and Roy, and Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under). --Bret Fetzer