Man of the Century

Man of the Century
Directed by	Adam Abraham
Written by	Adam Abraham Gibson Frazier
Produced by	Adam Abraham Gibson Frazier
Starring	Cara Buono Brian Davies Susan Egan Dwight Ewell Gibson Frazier Frank Gorshin David Margulies Anthony Rapp Marisa Ryan Bobby Short
Cinematography	Matthew Jensen
Edited by	Frank Reynolds
Music by	Michael Weiner
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release dates	1999-10-29 (New York City, Los Angeles)
Running time	77 minutes (USA release) 80 minutes (Slamdance Film Festival)
Language	English
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[]

External links[]

• Man of the Century at IMDb
• Man of the Century at AllMovie

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