Beefcake
- Director: Thom Fitzgerald
- Writer: Thom Fitzgerald
- Producer: Barbara Badessi; Marc Betsworth
CGiii Comment
The McCarthy era - what a shameful travesty...but, the spirit of entrepreneurialism shone through.
Oooh - cynics will hate this (get a life) - Fitzgerald has produced of tongue-in-cheek biopic, those who take this seriously or as gospel should find themselves a therapist pronto.
This is a gleeful romp through a dark time - colourful, informative and hugely entertaining with a hard edge, the sleaze, the drugs, the child abuse.
It is also a touching tale of growing-up and growing old.
A job well done.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
This film looks at the 1950's muscle men's magazines and the representative industry that were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs. At the end, the film moves into a court room drama as Mizer is tried for running a male-prostitute ring in the early 60's. Clips of Mizer's actual films starring individuals, such as Jack LaLanne and Joe Dallesandro, are included.
Cast & Characters
Daniel MacIvor as Bob Mizer;
Joshua Peace as Neil E. O'Hara;
Jack Griffin Mazeika as Red;
Carroll Godsman as Delia Mizer;
Jonathan Torrens as David;
Thomas Cawood as Mizer's Attorney;
Jaime Robertson as Prosecuting Attorney;
Dick Sircom as Judge;
Thom Fitzgerald as LaFleur's Attorney;
Orest Ulan;
Glen Deveau as Soldier Just Off the Bus;
Marla McLean as Cabaret Singer;
Daniel McLaren;
Bernard Robichaud as Jukie;
Marc St. Onge