The Assistants

Jun 24, 2009

1h 40m

★ 5.5

Overview

Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, con, and blackmail their way into producing their own movie. Though it's funny, certainly, there's also great truth in it. In the film, all these twentysomethings - wannabe actors, writers, directors, craftsmen, etc. - yearn, dream, hope and pray to one day be a success in the film business like those they work for and see all around them. Be careful what you wish for - particularly in Hollywood.

Genres

Comedy

The Assistants Trailers

Cast

Ben Goodrich

Aaron Himelstein

Jack Ryder

Chris Conner

Carl Dresden

Michael Grant Terry

Sandy Goldman

Jane Seymour

Sarah Bryant

Kathleen Early

Zack Cooper

Jonathan Bennett

Cassie Levine

Reiko Aylesworth

Gary Greene

Joe Mantegna

Bill Riley

Peter Douglas

Alex Cranford

Tate Hanyok

Sven

Steve Morris

Jamie Nach

Joe Hernandez-Kolski

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