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Here! Films acquires festival favorite Showboy
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          Jul 03, 2003
          
        
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       The mockumentary Showboy, starring and codirected by Christian Taylor (Six Feet Under), has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Here! Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Here! Films is a division of Regent Entertainment specializing in gay and lesbian movies. Showboy follows the openly gay Taylor's comic quest to become a Las Vegas dancer. A fall release is scheduled.     

        
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