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The Big Picture
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Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Nick thought his career was made after the award, but discovers Hollywood isn't as easy as it seems.
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Nick thought his career was made after the award, but discovers Hollywood isn't as easy as it seems.
Actors:
Sue-Ann Leeds,
Beth Chamberlin,
Suzy Cote,
Stephen Collins,
Eddie Albert,
Bruce Kirby,
C.W. Hemingway
Sue-Ann Leeds
Beth Chamberlin
1 October 1963, Danville, Vermont, USA
Suzy Cote
17 September 1968, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Stephen Collins
1 October 1947, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Eddie Albert
22 April 1906, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Bruce Kirby
24 April 1928, New York City, New York, USA
C.W. Hemingway
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United States
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Apollo Guide
October 29, 2003
The Movie Machine is skewered and lampooned with an impressive accuracy, but it never crosses the line into becoming an outright bash.
February 02, 2016
A failed attempt to spoof the wheelers and dealers behind the scenes in Hollywood.
February 09, 2006
The movie references may strike some as in-jokey, but Guest's likeable film has enough jaundiced sideswipes and lighter chuckles to see it through its slacker spells.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
August 13, 2003
If only it was as clever as it believes itself to be.
New York Times
August 30, 2004
A consistently genial, intermittently funny send-up of the current Hollywood scene as demonstrated by the rise and fall of an award-winning film student.
February 02, 2016
Partly romance, partly fantasy, partly satire on what passes for life in Hollywood -- and all charm -- this movie even has a perfect title.
February 02, 2016
[A] hilariously canny 1989 satire about contemporary filmmaking in Hollywood.
April 09, 2007
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes chilling anti-Hollywood comedy.
May 12, 2001
You keep rooting for this Hollywood sendup to make it, even as the bad ideas start gaining on the good.
Zap2it.com
November 20, 2005
Very slight, but it hits most of its Hollywood targets with a certain degree of savvy.
March 11, 2009
Befitting two of the co-authors of This is Spinal Tap, Guest and Michael McKean, The Big Picture displays a keen eye for the silliness of film biz customs, lingo and attitudes.
March 21, 2016
A genial and funny satire/comedy about an up-and-coming student filmmaker.