{"product_id":"showboy-dvd","title":"Showboy [DVD]","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProduct description\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWhen 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\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eWith dry humor, the mockumentary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShowboy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShowboy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Bret Fetzer\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Dvd","offer_id":45915989835967,"sku":"a7358dfd-d3fb-4bcf-a0c4-dc16f1c1f5f8","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/5fcea4868507cc6d1bc92e56cadf071d.jpg?v=1785086109","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/showboy-dvd","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}