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The Big Picture
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Nick thought his career was made after the award, but discovers Hollywood isn't as easy as it seems.
29 December 1966, New York City, New York, USA
26 March 1950, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
13 April 1957, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
1 May 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
14 December 1960, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 December 1964, Palo Alto, California, USA
29 August 1938, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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20 February 1953, New York City, New York, USA
4 August 1944, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
28 December 1927, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1962, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 September 1968, Santa Barbara, California, USA
14 January 1966, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
22 April 1906, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
10 October 1938, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
17 September 1928, Herne Hill, London, England, UK
24 April 1928, New York City, New York, USA
April 09, 2007
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes chilling anti-Hollywood comedy.
August 13, 2003
If only it was as clever as it believes itself to be.
October 29, 2003
The Movie Machine is skewered and lampooned with an impressive accuracy, but it never crosses the line into becoming an outright bash.
February 02, 2016
Partly romance, partly fantasy, partly satire on what passes for life in Hollywood -- and all charm -- this movie even has a perfect title.
November 20, 2005
Very slight, but it hits most of its Hollywood targets with a certain degree of savvy.
August 30, 2004
A consistently genial, intermittently funny send-up of the current Hollywood scene as demonstrated by the rise and fall of an award-winning film student.
February 02, 2016
A failed attempt to spoof the wheelers and dealers behind the scenes in Hollywood.
February 02, 2016
[A] hilariously canny 1989 satire about contemporary filmmaking in Hollywood.
May 12, 2001
You keep rooting for this Hollywood sendup to make it, even as the bad ideas start gaining on the good.
March 21, 2016
A genial and funny satire/comedy about an up-and-coming student filmmaker.
February 09, 2006
The movie references may strike some as in-jokey, but Guest's likeable film has enough jaundiced sideswipes and lighter chuckles to see it through its slacker spells.
March 11, 2009
Befitting two of the co-authors of This is Spinal Tap, Guest and Michael McKean, The Big Picture displays a keen eye for the silliness of film biz customs, lingo and attitudes.
