Showboy (2002) directed by Lindy Heymann & Christian Taylor

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Directors: Lindy Heymann
Christian Taylor

Writers (WGA): Christian Taylor (written by)
Lindy Heymann (written by)
Jason Buchtel (written by)

Genre: Comedy

Tagline: Your future starts here
No dream is crazy if you want to live it

Plot: 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 document the moment 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 become a Vegas Showboy.

From strip-mall dance studios to the stages of Vegas' top shows, from Siegfried & Roy to Whoopi Goldberg, the crew observes Christian's erratic passion-fueled journey. Along the way, they meet a cast of wild and wonderful characters who are the true life and soul of Vegas.

Stars Christian Taylor (writer, Six Feet Under and the hit series Lost) and director Lindy Heymann. Features cameos by Whoopi Goldberg and Siegfried & Roy!

"Terrifically funny!" -- Entertainment Weekly

"Clever, amusing and wistful . . .knockout cameos by Alan Ball, Whoopi Goldberg and Siegfried & Roy" –Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Awards: 2002 Douglas Hickox Award to Lindy Heymann & Christian Taylor, British Independent Film Awards
2002 Best Film Award to Christian Taylor & Lindy Heymann, Milan International Film Festival

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Cast (in credits order)
Christian Taylor ... Writer "Christian"
Adrian Armas ... Model / Dance "Adrian"
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
Billy Sameth ... Close Friend "Billy"
Alan Ball ... Himself
Alan Connell ... Himself
Lauren Ambrose ... Herself
Peter Krause ... Himself
Rachel Griffiths ... Herself
Frances Conroy ... Herself
Michael C. Hall ... Himself (as Michael Hall)
Freddy Rodríguez ... Himself
Jeremy Sisto ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Siegfried Fischbacher ... Himself (as Siegfried)
Whoopi Goldberg ... Herself
Roy Horn ... Himself (as Roy)


Christian Taylor & Adrian Armas

Comments

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I saw this factional movie since Adrian Armas will be in the sequel to A Four Letter Word, Violet Tendencies, that Jesse Archer and Casper Andreas are producing just now (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/adopt+a+movie). He will be the "love interest" of Jesse Archer's character. So, truth be told, I was not expecting for it to be so nice, it was more a research work I was doing.

And instead, Showboy is a very nice movie. At the beginning, Christian Taylor was so good, that I was almost believing that it was his real story I was looking at. He is a mix of innocence and reality, has a way to pass you his feelings without word.

Adrian Armas' character is again, the dream date, he has two/three scenes, but everytime he is on the screen, he shines. He has not actually a nice character, he is selfish and uncaring, he doesn't realize Christian's feelings, but well, this is what most "dream date" are, unreachable, isn't it?

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

ETA from an insider ;-)

Adrian Armas toured with Michael Jackson dancing in his concerts...and was also the star of a very famous GAP commercial/ad with swing dancers from about 1999.