Beefcake (1998)
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.
- Date of release
- 1998-09-01
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Documentary
- Director
- Thom Fitzgerald
Casting
- Daniel MacIvor — Bob Mizer
- Joshua Peace — Neil E. O'Hara
- Jack Griffin Mazeika — Red
- Carroll Godsman — Delia Mizer
- Jonathan Torrens — David
- Thomas Wayne Harris — Mizer's Attorney
- Jaime Robertson — Prosecuting Attorney
- Dick Sircom — Judge
- Thom Fitzgerald — LaFleur's Attorney
- Orest Ulan — Defence
- Glen Deveau — Soldier Just Off the Bus
- Andrew Miller — Tiny
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Nova Scotia
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 and was directed by Thom Fitzgerald.
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