The Big Picture
“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.
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Cast
63 people
Kevin Bacon
Nick Chapman
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Emily Longstreth
Susan Rawlings
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Pretty in Pink
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J.T. Walsh
Allen Habel
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Teri Hatcher
Gretchen
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Michael McKean
Emmet Sumner
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lydia Johnson
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Kim Miyori
Jenny Sumner
Known for
Metro
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Dan Schneider
Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
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Jason Gould
Carl Manknik
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Tracy Brooks Swope
Lori Pressman
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Don Franklin
Todd Marvin
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Gary Kroeger
Mark
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Christopher Guest Director · Michael McKean Screenplay Michael Varhol Screenplay
Worldwide gross $117K · Budget $5M · United States release September 15, 1989
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$117,463
Production
Aspen Film Society
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 15, 1989
Limited theatrical
Australia
March 5, 1990 · Physical
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