From the 1998 movie 54 (Directors Cut), which was released in 2015 and quickly became a Gay Cult Classic. In the theatrical version, the main characters .brAdmittedly when 54 -- the risqué ensemble drama about the Studio 54 starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers and Salma Hayek -- came out in 1998, it was a flop.brShane works his way up to bartender at work and starts to climb the New York social ladder. For more from 54: In this scene: Shane .brAs Greg (Breckin Meyer) captures a new market as a dealer at the club, Shane (Ryan Phillippe) finds out hes in need of some drugs himself for an STD.