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Claire Makes It Big (1999)
Directed by Jeremy Workman
Overview
Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman’s award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.
Actors
Mara Hobel | Clancy Brown | Stuart Fratkin | Paige Turco | James DiSalvatore | Michelle Lieberman | Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt | Charles Mandracchia | Wali Collins | Amy Sohn | Michael Emil | Gary Dennis | Peter Bogdanovich | Elizabeth Meadows Rouse | Don LaFontaine | Phil Mao | Mike Skloot | John Di Benedetto | Vince Viverito