Jump to content

Man of the Century

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bender the Bot (talk | contribs) at 05:02, 3 November 2016 (top: http→https for Google Books and Google News using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Man of the Century
Directed byAdam Abraham
Written byAdam Abraham
Gibson Frazier
Produced byAdam Abraham
Gibson Frazier
StarringGibson Frazier
Cara Buono
Susan Egan
Dwight Ewell
Anthony Rapp
Alan Davidson
Kevin Weisman
Lester Lanin
CinematographyMatthew Jensen
Edited byFrank Reynolds
Music byMichael Weiner
Distributed byFine Line Features
Release date
1999-10-29 (New York City & Los Angeles)
Running time
77 min (USA release)
80 min (Slamdance Film Festival)
LanguageEnglish
Box office$34,857[1]

Man of the Century is a 1999 comedy film directed by Adam Abraham and written by Abraham and Gibson Frazier. The film stars Frazier, Cara Buono, Susan Egan, Dwight Ewell and Anthony Rapp. It is a farce about the attitudes, values, and slang displayed in the popular culture of the 1920s (and, to some extent, the early 1930s). Man of the Century was filmed in black and white. Its working title was "Johnny Twennies".[2][3]

Characters

The main characters include:

  • Johnny Twennies – (Gibson Frazier) A lovable, good-looking, fast-talking newspaper reporter whose manner is similar to that of a 1920s pulp character.[4]
  • Virginia Clemens - (Cara Buono) A sweet girl who has an innocent school-girl crush on Johnny.
  • Samantha Winter - (Susan Egan) Johnny's modern girlfriend.

References