Special Effects
5.4
“Mary Jean is just dying to get in the movies… She's about to get her wish.”
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.
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Cast
13 people
Zoë Lund
Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
Known for
Ms .45
Eric Bogosian
Chris Neville
Known for
Interview with the Vampire
Uncut Gems
Brad Rijn
Keefe Waterman
Known for
A Return to Salem's Lot
Kevin O'Connor
Det. Lt. Philip Delroy
Known for
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
The Brink's Job
Bill Oland
Det. Vickers
No other roles listed
H. Richard Greene
Leon Gruskin
Known for
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Pearson
Steven Pudenz
Wiesanthal
Also in
Perfect Strangers
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Heidi Bassett
Neville's Asst. Director
Also in
Spring Fever
John Woehrle
Studio Executive
Also in
Perfect Strangers
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Kitty Summerall
Andrea's Roomate
Also in
Smithereens
Perfect Strangers
Kris Evans
Cosmetician
No other roles listed
Mike Alpert
Taxi Driver
Also in
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Perfect Strangers
Larry Cohen Director · Michael D. Minard Composer Paul Glickman Cinematographer
United States release November 16, 1984 · Produced in United States · Production New Line Cinema, Larco Productions
Production
Hemdale
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
Larco Productions
Production
Hemdale Film
Production
Larry Cohen Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 16, 1984
Theatrical
Germany
May 25, 1986 · Physical · VHS
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