Beefcake (1998)
1h 31m
Running Time
September 1, 1998Release Date
Beefcake (1998)
1h 31m
Running Time
September 1, 1998Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which 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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Daniel MacIvor
Bob Mizer
Joshua Peace
Neil E. O'Hara
Jack Griffin Mazeika
Red
Jonathan Torrens
David
Carroll Godsman
Delia Mizer
Thom Fitzgerald
Director
Thomas Wayne Harris
Mizer's Attorney
Valentine Hooven
Writer
Jaime Robertson
Prosecuting Attorney
Shandi Mitchell
Producer
Dick Sircom
Judge
John Roby
Composer
Thomas M. Harting
Cinematographer
Orest Ulan
Defence
Susan Shanks
Editor
Glen Deveau
Soldier Just Off the Bus
Andrew Miller
Tiny
Marla McLean
Cabaret Singer
Daniel McLaren
AMG Model
Bernard Robichaud
Jukie
Marc St. Onge
Drug Addict
Steve MacLaughlin
LaFleur
Andy Smith
Arthur Bob
Michael Weir
AMG Model / Editor / Casting Director
Marc Le Blanc
AMG Model
Timothy Phillips
Bob Mizer (age 12)
Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin
Neil's Brother
Lucy Decoutere
Champ's Wife
Renee Penney
Court Stenographer
Joe Dacey
Attorney
Megan Richards
Doris' Date
Liz Anderson
Doris
Sarah Dunsworth
Blonde Kitten
Kathy Pederson
Brunette Kitten
Mark Burt
AMG Model
Brian Breau
AMG Model
Mitchell Landzaat
Arresting Officer
Stephen Arnold
Newsstand Clerk
Jane Kansas
Neil's Mother
Wayne Bedwell
AMG Model
Reuben Lee Aulos
AMG Model
Larry Dunn
AMG Model
Bobby Lawrance
AMG Model
Dick Scholer
Satyr with Panpipes
Brad Allen
AMG Model
Gary Herman
AMG Model
Ed James
AMG Model
Ray Vallejo
AMG Model
Bob Wilson
AMG Model
David Stubbs
AMG Model
Mitch Hadin
AMG Model
David Jones
AMG Model
Larry Cotrell
AMG Model
Chuck
AMG Model
Johnnie Dylan
AMG Model
Ed McMahan
AMG Model
Dave Gable
AMG Model
Lester Frank
AMG Model
Paul Jackson
AMG Model
Eddie Stevens
AMG Model
Larry Ahrendt
AMG Model
Dave Connly
AMG Model
Johnny Stacy
AMG Model
Boris Demitroff
AMG Model
Kenny Aloha
AMG Model
John Menendez
AMG Model
Lou La Venture
AMG Model
John Stinson
AMG Model
Lucky Rand
AMG Model
Robert Akron
AMG Model
Bob Kennedy
AMG Model
Gerald Jones
AMG Model
Terry Caldwell
AMG Model
Jerry Silvey
AMG Model
Lenny Schwartz
AMG Model
John Manning
AMG Model
Ron Thompson
AMG Model
Skeeter Block
AMG Model
Bob Sheahan
AMG Model
Jim Wisdom
AMG Model
Bob Glennon
AMG Model
Mike Brooks
AMG Model
Bob Jackson
AMG Model
Dino Ferzanno
AMG Model
Eddie O'Malley
AMG Model
Casey Parker
AMG Model
Billy
Billy the Goat
Blackie Preston
AMG Model
Jim Johnson
AMG Model
David Mineric
AMG Model
Guy Michols
AMG Model
Don Brandon
AMG Model
Larry Murdoch
AMG Model
D'Arcy Poultney
Joe Mizer / Production Design
Tom Romard
Indignant Man
Ann Marra Shaftel
Happy Reader
Shaun D. Richardson
Chuck
Jeffery Pocock
Ramon
Raymond Kettless
Rudolph
Phil Greyson
Goin' my way guy...
Fernando Arias
Extra
Dreux Ellis
Extra / Associate Producer
Darren Nauss
Extra
Randy Boliver
AMG Model
Luc Bouille
Extra
Adam Cuvilier
Extra
Anthony Helpard
Extra
Jack LaLanne
Self
Jim Lassiter
Self
Joe Leitel
Self
Dave Martin
Self
Bob Mizer
Self (archive footage)
Wayne Stanley
Self
Russ Warner
Self
Joe Dallesandro
Self
James MacSwain
Mr. Summers (Max of Hollywood)
Buddy Love
AMG Model
Michael Schaefer
Production Assistant
Brian Power
ADR Recordist
Alastair Gray
Dialogue Editor
Jason Shipley
Assistant Director
Lou Solakofski
Sound
Randy Wilson
ADR Mixer / Foley Recordist
Virginia Storey
Foley Artist
Kayla Popp
Second Assistant Director
Clive Turner
Sound Effects Editor
Craig Mann
Sound
Orest Sushko
Sound
Keith Power
Musician
Chris Baxter
Dolly Grip
Barbara Badessi
Associate Producer
Marc Betsworth
Associate Producer
Jennifer Stewart
Art Direction
James A. Worthen
Costume Designer
Christopher Mitchell
Music
Trevor Wentzell
Musician
Margaret Harrison
Assistant Production Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Box Office$276,379
Filming LocationsNova Scotia, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Beefcake (1999) is a docudrama homage to the muscle magazines of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s—in particular, Physique Pictorial magazine, published quarterly by Bob Mizer of the Athletic Model Guild. It was inspired by a picture book by F. Valentine Hooven III (published by Taschen) and was directed by Thom Fitzgerald.
The film stars Daniel MacIvor, Carroll Godsman, Jack Griffin Mazieka, Jonathan Torrens, and Joshua Peace in pastiche recreations of life at the Athletic Model Guild, mixed with interviews with models and photographers whose work actually appeared in the early magazines, including Jack LaLanne and Joe Dallesandro. The film was shot in Nova Scotia.Beefcake was a follow-up to The Hanging Garden, also produced by Thom Fitzgerald.
Beefcake premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and was released by Strand Releasing in the United States; it was nominated for three Genie Awards.
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