The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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Friendship | Hollywood

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Christopher Guest, Judith Saunders
  • Cast(s): Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael McKean See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 40min
  • Music: David Nichtern
  • Similar To: The Wedding Banquet, Materialists
  • Story:
    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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6.2/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

6.2/10

IMDb

BOX OFFICE

Budget 5,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 117,463 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

As Nick walks out of the Los Angeles movie theater, the short cigar-smoking fellow one step ahead of him is Jerry Maren, who at the time was one of the last surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz (1939).

The Pez People were actors. The song "The Whites of their Eyes" was written and performed by the movie's writer Michael McKean and writer and director Christopher Guest.

During filming, they rented Wink Martindale's house for three days to shoot a party scene, not knowing that Charles Bronson had just purchased a house across the street. Before the three days were up, the crew had managed to accidentally kill Bronson's cat. The story is related in the book "I Killed Charles Bronson's Cat", written by the movies Location Manager Barry Gremillion. Guest and Bacon also recount this story on the DVD commentary track.

Teri Hatcher's first movie. The same about Beth Chamberlin.

Also the last cinema film acting role of Eddie Albert.

Popular Dialogues

"Neil Sussman: I don't know you. I don't know your work. But I think you are a genius. And I am never wrong about that."

"Neil Sussman: I'm very, very aware... that you are seeing other agents. And I think it's good that you are. Finally, I mean it's healthy. But, this is the thing. If you decide to sign with me, you're gonna get more than an agent. You're gonna get three people. [Holds up four fingers] Neil Sussman: You're gonna get an agent, a mother, a father, a shoulder to cry on, someone who knows this business inside and out. And if anyone ever tries to cross you, I'll grab them by the balls and squeeze 'til they're dead."