The Big Picture
Comedy
Romance
Drama
Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.
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.
1989-09-15
en
Cast
Director
Christopher Guest
Kevin Bacon as Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth as Susan Rawlings
J.T. Walsh as Allen Habel
Teri Hatcher as Gretchen
Michael McKean as Emmet Sumner
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lydia Johnson
Kim Miyori as Jenny Sumner
Dan Schneider as Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Jason Gould as Carl Manknik
Tracy Brooks Swope as Lori Pressman
Don Franklin as Todd Marvin
Alice Hirson as Mrs. Chapman
Grant Owens as Mr. Chapman
Fran Drescher as Polo Habel
Eddie Albert as M.C.
June Lockhart as Janet Kingsley
Stephen Collins as Attorney
Roddy McDowall as Judge
Vladimir Skomarovsky as Man in Nick's Movie
Holly Fields as Daughter
Stan Ivar as Charlie
David Hayward as George
Caitlin Clarke as Sharon
Nancy Valen as Young Sharon
Martin Short as Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
Robert Bauer as Wounded Soldier
John Cleese as Bartender
Walter Olkewicz as Babe Ruth
Scott Coffey as Waiter
Bruce Kirby as Businessman
Richard Belzer as Video Show Host
Beth Chamberlin as Stewardess
Suzee Slater as Stewardess
Elliott Gould as Prosecutor - Trial of Janet Kingsley (uncredited)