The Big Picture
(1989)
Overview
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.
Director
Christopher Guest
Top Billed
Kevin Bacon
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
Wuchak
⭐ 6/10April 10, 2024
**_Satire on Hollywood and the filmmaking process with Kevin Bacon_**
After a film student from Ohio (Bacon) wins an award for his short movie at the film institute in Los Angeles, he has to carefully traverse the minefield of the system to get his artistic vision made. JT Walsh plays a manipulative producer and Martin Short a dubious agent.
“The Big Picture” (1989) is an amusing look at the moviemaking process in Hollywood. The humor is mo…
read the rest.
Recommended Movies
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$117,463