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30 November 1990 (UK)
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Hollywood Reel To Real more
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Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems. full summary | add synopsis
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Nick Chapman - an indie-film pioneer?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kevin Bacon | ... | Nick Chapman |
 | Emily Longstreth | ... | Susan Rawlings |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Allen Habel |
 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Lydia Johnson |
 | Michael McKean | ... | Emmet Sumner |
| Kim Miyori | ... | Jenny Sumner |
 | Teri Hatcher | ... | Gretchen |
| Dan Schneider | ... | Jonathan Tristan-Bennet |
| Jason Gould | ... | Carl Manknik |
| Tracy Brooks Swope | ... | Lori Pressman |
 | Don Franklin | ... | Todd Marvin |
| Gary Kroeger | ... | Mark |
| Alice Hirson | ... | Mrs. Chapman |
| Grant Owens | ... | Mr. Chapman |
 | Fran Drescher | ... | Polo Habel |
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100 min
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Also the last cinema film acting role of Eddie Albert.
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Continuity: In Lydia's apartment she begins to raise her beer to her mouth in one shot, but in the next shot it's back by her side.
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Nick Chapman:
I want you to be my friend again.
Emmet Sumner: Nick, I was always your friend.
Nick Chapman: No, I know. I, I mean, I wanna be your friend again.
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Emmet Sumner: Nick, I was always your friend.
Nick Chapman: No, I know. I, I mean, I wanna be your friend again.
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The Christmas Song
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THE BIG PICTURE is a breezy satire of the movie business from the mind of writer/director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND). It tells the story of Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), a young film director who gets put through the Hollywood wringer. Studio executives, agents, and starlets all prey on Nick's naivete and he eventually sells out, neglecting his girlfriend and best friend in the process.
What's interesting about THE BIG PICTURE is its grassroots portrayal of how Nick finally launches his Hollywood career - by starting small, doing his own thing, and involving his friends. Those are basically the tenets of independent film, which boomed in the decade following THE BIG PICTURE.
Nowadays, many of those indie directors - among them Steven Soderbergh, Robert Rodriguez, and Christopher Nolan - are getting hired to do big-budget studio pictures. In fact, Soderbergh's "sex, lies, and videotape" was released the same year as this movie.
Was Nick Chapman's "Pez People" video responsible for the indie film movement? Not likely, but THE BIG PICTURE was certainly an advocate of its principles.