This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut who is the iconic Peter Berlin.This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut who is the iconic Peter Berlin.This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut who is the iconic Peter Berlin.
- Awards
- 1 win
Daniel Nicoletta
- Self - Photographer
- (as Dan Nicoletta)
Marc Majors
- Self - James (Peter's longtime friend)
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe footage of Sal Mineo is taken from Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965).
- GoofsWhen showing the black and white still photo of young Peter with his parents and brother, the camera pans up and focuses in on Peter's brother, not Peter himself. Peter is actually the boy on the far right of the screen.
- Crazy creditsExcerpts From Nights in Black Leather (1973), That Boy (1974), Blueboys, Ciro and Peter Courtesy Peter Berlin
- SoundtracksCaptain Groovy and His Bubble Gum Army
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Featured review
He Wants to Be Alone-really!
I caught a festival screening of THAT MAN PETER BERLIN with really no knowledge of him or his place in either queer or porn history. I was drawn by the Garbo aspect of his life; basically walking away from a film 'career'(such as it was) and onto the streets of San Francisco, where sightings of him evoke the kind of response one heard about the Swedish Sphynx in New York. Apparently well off financially (or maybe just thrifty) his story is never tipped to the tragic, nor is it ever truly comic. What WAS incredible was to see icons I admire,John Waters and Armistead Maupin, have the same sort of giddiness towards spotting Berlin that I might have towards spotting them(although that doesn't happen in my town). As for the film, the pace moved swiftly and succinctly, and the color of the 70's footage was spectacular. I felt the filmmakers presented the facts, but ultimately lets the viewer judge Peter Berlin and draw our own conclusion; is he crazy, or merely the quaint and eccentric archetype you'd expect to find in San Francisco? Was he ahead of his time, or an aspect of a time we're just re-discovering? The footage of 'vintage' Peter(in that glorious color) interspersed with Peter today were not as jarring or 'Norma Desmond-y' as you might fear,and in that respect the film never fell into either camp celebration or spiteful mockery, which I found refreshing. Considering so many men of Peter's era were lost to the AIDS crisis, THAT MAN is an 'essential': a filmed document of a time in queer history nearly lost. We should be thankful this story has been recorded.
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- ReWriteMan62
- Jan 29, 2006
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- La historia de Peter Berlin
- Filming locations
- The Castro Theatre - 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, California, USA(The movie marquis out in front of the theater is seen several times)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $65,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $55,398
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,511
- Jan 15, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $55,398
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was That Man: Peter Berlin (2005) officially released in Canada in English?
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