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Beefcake

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Beefcake (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 5  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Synopsis:
A fascinating look back in time at the beefcake and muscle magazines of the 1950s and '60s, highlighting the life of Bob Mizer, a photographer and magazine publisher in the days when gay erotica had to be disguised as fitness material. Includes dramatizations of Mizer's life and the stories of... [More]
A fascinating look back in time at the beefcake and muscle magazines of the 1950s and '60s, highlighting the life of Bob Mizer, a photographer and magazine publisher in the days when gay erotica had to be disguised as fitness material. Includes dramatizations of Mizer's life and the stories of some of the young men he photographed, plus interviews with such figures as fitness legend Jack LaLanne and actor/ model Joe Dallesandro. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman, Jack LaLanne, Joe Dallesandro

Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Producer: Shandi Mitchell, Thom Fitzgerald

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Dec 12, 2000

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Beefcake makes a good effort; ultimately, though, it's a little too wooden even for camp.

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