 The film made its U.S. debut at the Sundance Film Festival.His second project, which was actually in progress prior to "The Hanging Garden", was the muscle magazine docu-comedy "Beefcake" (1999).The story of fitness photographer Bob Mizer (played by Daniel MacIvor) and the wave of fitness magazines in the 1950s, it was commissioned for television by Channel 4 in the UK and Arte in France and Germany.