The Big Picture
"Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood."
ComedyRomanceDrama
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.
🎬 DirectorChristopher Guest
📅 Release1989-09-15
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioAspen Film Society, Columbia Pictures
🗳 Votes105
🔥 Popularity1
💰 Budget$5,000,000
💵 Revenue$117,463
🎭 Cast
Kevin Bacon
Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth
Susan Rawlings
J.T. Walsh
Allen Habel
Teri Hatcher
Gretchen
Michael McKean
Emmet Sumner
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lydia Johnson
Kim Miyori
Jenny Sumner
Dan Schneider
Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Jason Gould
Carl Manknik
Tracy Brooks Swope
Lori Pressman
Don Franklin
Todd Marvin
Gary Kroeger
Mark
Alice Hirson
Mrs. Chapman
Grant Owens
Mr. Chapman
Fran Drescher
Polo Habel
🎥 Crew
Director
Christopher Guest
Screenplay
Michael McKean
Screenplay
Michael Varhol
Associate Producer
Valen Watson
Screenplay
Christopher Guest
Costume Design
Karen Patch
Editor
Martin Nicholson
Story
Christopher Guest
Director of Photography
Jeffrey Jur
Casting
Nina Axelrod
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🏷 Keywords
friendshiphollywood
💬 Reviews
**_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…
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