The Big Picture

Sep 15, 1989

1h 40m

★ 5.9

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

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Aspen Film Society

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Cast

Nick Chapman

Kevin Bacon

Susan Rawlings

Emily Longstreth

Allen Habel

J. T. Walsh

Lydia Johnson

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Emmet Sumner

Michael McKean

Jenny Sumner

Kim Miyori

Gretchen

Teri Hatcher

Jonathan Tristan-Bennet

Dan Schneider

Carl Manknik

Jason Gould

Lori Pressman

Tracy Brooks Swope

Todd Marvin

Don Franklin

Mark

Gary Kroeger

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