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The Big Picture

Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.

1989 · PG-13 · 1h 40m

Directed by Christopher Guest

5.9

TMDB audience score
113 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Kevin Bacon
    Nick Chapman

  • Emily Longstreth
    Susan Rawlings

  • J.T. Walsh
    Allen Habel

  • Teri Hatcher
    Gretchen

  • Michael McKean
    Emmet Sumner

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Lydia Johnson

  • Kim Miyori
    Jenny Sumner

  • Dan Schneider
    Jonathan Tristan-Bennet

  • Jason Gould
    Carl Manknik

  • Tracy Brooks Swope
    Lori Pressman

  • Don Franklin
    Todd Marvin

  • Gary Kroeger
    Mark

  • Alice Hirson
    Mrs. Chapman

  • Grant Owens
    Mr. Chapman

  • Fran Drescher
    Polo Habel

  • Suzy Cote
    Mindy Habel

  • Eddie Albert
    M.C.

  • June Lockhart
    Janet Kingsley