Man of the Century

Man of the Century
Directed by	Adam Abraham
Produced by	Adam Abraham Gibson Frazier
Written by	Adam Abraham Gibson Frazier
Starring	Gibson Frazier Cara Buono Susan Egan Dwight Ewell Anthony Rapp Alan Davidson Kevin Weisman Lester Lanin
Music by	Michael Weiner
Cinematography	Matthew Jensen
Editing by	Frank Reynolds
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release date(s)	1999-10-29 (New York & Los Angeles)
Running time	77 min (USA release) 80 min (Slamdance Film Festival)
Language	English

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".^[1][2]

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.^[3]
• 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

1. ^ New York Times
2. ^ The Advocate
3. ^ Haro-online.com

External links

• Man of the Century at the Internet Movie Database
• Man of the Century at AllRovi