Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
The Big Picture
Directed by
Christopher Guest
Produced by Michael Varhol
Screenplay by Michael Varhol, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean Story by Michael Varhol and Christopher Guest
Produced by Michael Varhol
Screenplay by Michael Varhol, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean Story by Michael Varhol and Christopher Guest
With:
Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Longstrethm, Martin Short, J.T. Walsh, Teri Hatcher, Michael McKean, Dan Schneider, Jason Gould, Don Franklin, Gary Kroeger, Fran Drescher, June Lockhart, Roddy McDowall, Eddie Albert, John Cleese, Elliott Gould, Scott Coffey, Bruce Kirby, and Richard Belzer
Cinematography:
Jeff Jur
Editing: Martin Nicholson
Music: David Nichtern
Editing: Martin Nicholson
Music: David Nichtern
Runtime:
100 min
Release Date: 15 September 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 15 September 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Guest, one of the funniest men in showbiz, makes his directorial debut with this insipid, limp satire of the film industry starring Bacon as a banal film grad navigating faintly exaggerated industry cliches. Might have been better as a mockumentary, but I doubt it. Why would anyone other than a film student wanna make a movie about one?