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Documentary |
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Strand Releasing |
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| rating out of 4 |
non rated |
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U.S. |
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credits |
| director |
Thom Fitzerald |
| cinematography |
Thom Harting |
| editor |
Susan Shanks
Michael Weir |
| producer |
Shandi Mitchell
Thom Fitzerald |
| writer |
Thom Fitzerald |
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| source: promotional material |
Daring, visually exciting and wildly enjoyable, Beefcake is Thom Fitzgerald's provocative follow-up to The Hanging Garden. With a seamless blending of fiction and documentary, he tells the story of Bob Mizer, the pioneering founder of the Athletic Model Guild (AMG), a company which produced still photographs (for muscle mags like "Adonis" and "Tomorrow''s Man") and short films, all of which extolled the beauty and chiseled physiques of men.
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.
Additional material:
Original Athletic Model Guide loops: "Little Joe" starring Joe Dallesandro, "Ganymede and the Spacemen", "Kangaroo Court", "Strip Poker", "Talent for Sale", and "Blackie Preston as Narcissus". |
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100. Little Joe
Joe Dallesandro |
101. Ganymede and the Spacemen 6min.
Art Capp nonsex, Art Gilligan nonsex, Gerald Sullivan nonsex
AMG promo:
Two spacemen discover a human specimen, bring him on board and examine him. He proves to be quite interesting to them, poses for them, they do friendly wrestling, and he goes on a tour of their ship.
see also AMG film loops - G series |
102. Kangaroo Court 10min
Arthur Pruett nonsex, Shan Daymar nonsex, Terry Caldwell nonsex, Howard Frame nonsex
AMG promo:
The film tells the story of a young convict thrown in the special isolation cell with a bunch of hardened cons. They reject his overtures for friendship, and when the prison guard brings their meager allotment of bread, they try to take Terry's away from him. He refuses so the hold "Kangaroo Court" and decide on certain punishments he must undergo. They gang up and take turns swatting him, make him do push ups etc. When they get too rough Terry rebels and fights the whole group, winning the battle.
see also AMG film loops - K series |
103. Strip Poker (AMG) 8min
Bill O'Neill nonsex, Bob Switzer nonsex, Jerry Lewis nonsex, Bob Holland nonsex, Ron Salada nonsex
AMG promo:
BOB HOLLAND and BILL O'NEILL play the roles of two hoodlum cyclists who drive their cycle right into a poker game being played by three other youths. After a brief scuffle the intruders are allowed to join the game. With Bob acting as his schill, Bill soon wins all of the other boys' money and then begins to win their clothing too. When one boy is about to have to give up his last garment, a jock strap, he becomes suspicious and jumps Bill and finds a card up Bill's sleeve. The other angry boys join and they strip Bill of all his clothes finding cards stashed everywhere. Bob tries to get the cycle started so they can get away, but the other boys get all of their clothing and money back. The two hoodlums are allowed to escape (clad only in underwear) on their cycle and they flee down the street.
found in collection The Wild Ones!, Story Film Classics
see also AMG film loops - S series |
104. Talent for Sale
Bill Nolan nonsex, Bill Mahrer nonsex, Bill Stevens nonsex, Wayne Byrd nonsex, Jim Panama nonsex
AMG promo:
A talent scout brings three prospects into a film producer's office and causes them to display their talents, but things get out of hand and soon a mad brawl ensues.
Fairly good picture.
see also AMG film loops - T series |
105. Narcissus (DSI) 200'
Blackie Preston nonsex
Looks like one of AMG's sets.
see also DSI loops |
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Athletic Model Guild. "Beefcake" Torso Vol. 17 No. 1 Aug. 1999 pg. 64 (Pictures) |
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Note: All names credited on this website, whether for performance or production should be considered fictional stage names. Any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead or otherwise, is purely coincidental. |
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