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The Big Picture
Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.
Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.
Comedy, Romance - 1989
6.3
91%
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Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
15 Sep 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$117,463
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
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.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
11 Mar 2009
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