Claire Makes It Big
6.5
Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.
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Mara Hobel
Claire Beaumont
Known for
Mommie Dearest
The Hand
Clancy Brown
Frank
Known for
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Shawshank Redemption
Stuart Fratkin
Harry the Agent
Known for
Teen Wolf Too
Ski School
Paige Turco
Brownyn
Known for
The 100
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
James DiSalvatore
Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)
Known for
The Skeptic
Michelle Lieberman
Audition Receptionist
No other roles listed
Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt
Ross
Charles Mandracchia
Jeff Wesker
Also in
Porgy and Bess
Wali Collins
Chris Marker
Also in
Coyote Ugly
I Hate Valentine's Day
Amy Sohn
Chris' Assistant
Also in
Law & Order
Michael Emil
Ingve Pizler
Known for
Insignificance
Gary Dennis
Video Stork Clerk
Also in
Miss Strangelove
Jeremy Workman Director · Adam Fried Writer
United States release April 27, 1999
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 27, 1999
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