THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN Opens Friday, January 13 - 26, 2006 at Cinema Village • 22 East 12th Street in NYC

Gorilla Factory Productions presents THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN, a new multi award-winning feature-length documentary directed by Jim Tushinski, produced by Jim Tushinski and Lawrence Helman. THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN will have its theatrical world premiere in NYC opening Jan. 13 - Jan. 26, 2006, in New York, for an exclusive limited two week engagement at the Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street, 212/ 924- 3363. http://www.cinemavillage.com

With his trademark Dutchboy haircut, Tom of Finland physique, and oh-so-tight trousers, Peter Berlin was the poster boy for the hedonistic and sexually-liberated 1970s. In this new documentary, THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN, filmmaker Jim Tushinski traces the story of Mr. Berlin over the past 40 years, from his birth in wartime Germany to his current life in San Francisco.

Photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe and Andy Warhol, drawn by Tom of Finland, and lusted after by countless fans, Peter Berlin was more than just a piece of eye candy. A talented artist, photographer, and filmmaker, he starred in two underground gay erotic classics from the early 1970s, NIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER and THAT BOY, which he also directed. But he was his own biggest creation, a carefully constructed, unattainable icon awash in eroticism.  
 
Interviews with notables including director John Waters, author Armistead Maupin, adult film legend Jack Wrangler, director Wakefield Poole, artist Robert W. Richards, and more, plus interviews with friends, fans, and, of course, Peter Berlin himself, still looking remarkably boyish in his early 60s, are complemented perfectly with an phenomenal archive of photos (all self-portraits by Berlin) and film clips that reveal the full scope of Berlin’s impressive body of work.
 
In conjunction with the two week limited theatrical engagement, the first ever American retrospective of Peter Berlin's photographs and hand-painted prints will be shown at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery in NYC (127-B Prince St. 212/ 673- 7007) Jan. 10 - Feb. 25. The exhibition will also feature full length triptych drawings by renowned artist Robert W. Richards.
 
THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN will be released on January 13 - 26, 2006 in New York at the Cinema Village, (22 E 12th St. 212/ 924-3363 ).  Running Time is 80 minutes and it is not rated.
 
The DVD of THAT BOY (1974) is now available as a special edition DVD - remastered and remixed - http://www.peter-berlin.com