Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Sep 27, 2021

0h 59m

★ 5.9

Overview

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Broke and Bones

Irony Point

Lowe Profile Productions

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! Trailers

Cast

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Rob Lowe

Self - Screenwriter

John August

Self - Comedian

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Self - Broadcaster

Anna Bogutskaya

Self - Broadcaster

Jess Cagle

Self - Film Critic

David Edelstein

Self - Actor

Robert Englund

Self - Actor

Andrew Garfield

Self - Actor

Richard E. Grant

Self - Filmmaker

Sam Hargrave

Self - Broadcaster

Aisha Harris

Self - Broadcaster

Jack Howard

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