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Beefcake
(1999) |
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93
minutes
Rated: NR
Country: Canada
Studio: Strand Releasing
Cast: Joe Dallesandro, Jack
LaLanne, Daniel MacIvor
Director/Screenwriter: Thom
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Beefcake, Thom Fitzgerald's (The
Hanging Garden) provocative blending
of fiction and documentary, tells
the story of Bob Mizer, the
pioneering founder of the Athletic
Model Guild, a company which
produced still photographs and short
films extolling the beauty and
chiseled physiques of men. The
fiction story follows photographer
and enterprising businessman Mizer,
who teamed up with his mother in
1945 to film his beefy star-wannabes
around his sun-drenched pool. It is
here that Neil, a naive,
right-off-the-bus teen is lured into
using his handsome looks to become a
model. The wide-eyed Neil soon
learns about the world of sex and
prostitution. But a police raid and
ensuing criminal trial soon threaten
both of the men's worlds.
Interspersed with the story are rare
archival footage and interviews with
former co-workers, customers and
models. |
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