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The Big Picture (1989)
Directed by Christopher Guest
Overview
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it’s all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Rated PG-13 | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Kevin Bacon | Emily Longstreth | J.T. Walsh | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Michael McKean | Kim Miyori | Teri Hatcher | Dan Schneider | Jason Gould | Tracy Brooks Swope | Don Franklin | Gary Kroeger | Alice Hirson | Grant Owens | Fran Drescher | Suzy Cote | Eddie Albert | June Lockhart | Stephen Collins | Roddy McDowall | Vladimir Skomarovsky | Holly Fields | Yvonne Peattie | Stan Ivar | C.W. Hemingway | David Hayward | Caitlin Clarke | Nancy Valen | Martin Short | Robert Bauer | Wesley Pfenning | John Cleese | Richard Blake | Walter Olkewicz | Scott Coffey | Bruce Kirby | Richard Belzer | Beth Chamberlin | Mike Miller | Michael Jocum | Tim Landers | Martin Lund | Novi Novog | Tom Maier | Valen Watson | Jennifer Karr | Sue-Ann Leeds | Buddy Garion | Jim Pollack | Scott Williamson | Victor Steinbach | Arlene Lorre | George Rogan | Perla Walter | Pamela Morris | Lulie Newcomb | Patty Howeth | Britta Wilson | Suzee Slater | Brad Zutaut | Matthew Eichler | Nadine Lenore Patterson | Elliott Gould