The Big Picture (film)
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| The Big Picture | |
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| Directed by | Christopher Guest |
| Produced by | Michael Varhol |
| Written by | Christopher Guest Michael Varhol Michael McKean |
| Starring | Kevin Bacon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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The Big Picture was a 1989 movie starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Christopher Guest.
[edit] The story
In a fictionalized version of Tinseltown itself, Nick Chapman is an up and coming film director hot off the win of a student academy award for his short film. No sooner does the award bring him into the limelight when it captures the attention of a movie executive (J.T. Walsh) who offers Nick a deal to make his dream picture: a character-driven drama taking place in a cabin during the winter season. Everything seems all well and good to Nick, whose also got a good girlfriend (Emily Longstreth) by his side and his best friend (Michael McKean) always there to lend a hand. But when Nick sees his vision corrupted, his deal just disappearing into thin air because of corporate changes and a seduction to the Hollywood lifestyle, Nick might be changing on his friends and family. It doesn't really help when he's got a smarmy agent (Martin Short) whose promise seems empty, a starlet (Teri Hatcher) playing with his mind and the grim reminder that all of his much less-talented and much more self-satisfied classmates are working successfully in Hollywood, Nick is finally getting a chance to look at the big picture at hand. Jennifer Jason Leigh also stars in the film as a kooky but loyal friend and classmate of Nick's, who ultimately proves to be a career savior.
[edit] Cast
- Kevin Bacon as Nick Chapman
- Emily Longstreth as Susan Rawlings
- J.T. Walsh as Allen Habel
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lydia Johnson
- Michael McKean as Emmet Sumner
- Kim Miyori as Jenny Sumner
- Teri Hatcher as Gretchen
- Dan Schneider as Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
- Jason Gould as Carl Manknik
- Tracy Brooks Swope as Lori Pressman
- Don Franklin as Todd Marvin
- Gary Kroeger as Mark
- Fran Drescher as Polo Habel
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