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Matinee (1993) 6.6
A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Director:Joe Dante |
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Gene Loomis
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Stan
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Sherry
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Anne Loomis
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Harvey Starkweather
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Howard the Theater Manager
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Mr. Spector
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Herb Denning
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Bob
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Jack
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A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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cuban missile crisis | b movie | nurse costume | florida | coming of age |Taglines:
Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for language, and for mild violence and sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 January 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Matiné See more »Box Office
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$9,532,895 (USA)Company Credits
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Lawrence Woolsey: A zillion years ago, a guy's living in a cave. He goes out one day, Bam! He gets chased by a mammoth. Now he's scared to death, but he gets away. And when it's all over with, he feels great.
Gene Loomis: Well yeah, 'cause he's still living.
Lawrence Woolsey: Yeah, but he knows he is. And he feels it. So he goes home, back to the cave, the first thing he does,
[Waving his hand on a brick wall to show cave-drawing of Woolly Mammoth]
Lawrence Woolsey: ... he does a drawing of the mammoth. ...
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Written by Robert Feldman, Jerry Goldstein (as Gerald Goldstein) & Richard Gottehrer
Performed by The Angels
Courtesy of Polygram Special Markets
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James Villemaire plays the hood named Harvey Starkweather. The name comes from Charles Starkweatherr, a real-life serial killer of that time. See more »Goofs
The aircraft shown flying along the beach are A-4 Skyhawks, which flew with the US Navy and Marine Corps from 1956 until 2003. Marine Attack Squadron 242 (VMA-242)based at Cherry Point, NC deployed to NAS Key West, Fla during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, therefore the aircraft shown are the actual models flown during the time depicted in the movie. See more »Quotes
[Lawrence Woolsey describes his movie-making philosophy]Lawrence Woolsey: A zillion years ago, a guy's living in a cave. He goes out one day, Bam! He gets chased by a mammoth. Now he's scared to death, but he gets away. And when it's all over with, he feels great.
Gene Loomis: Well yeah, 'cause he's still living.
Lawrence Woolsey: Yeah, but he knows he is. And he feels it. So he goes home, back to the cave, the first thing he does,
[Waving his hand on a brick wall to show cave-drawing of Woolly Mammoth]
Lawrence Woolsey: ... he does a drawing of the mammoth. ...
[...]
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Crazy Credits
After the credits are complete, we are treated to a quick snippet from "MANT" with the Cathy Moriarty character pining, "Oh, Bill". See more »Soundtracks
"My Boyfriend's Back"Written by Robert Feldman, Jerry Goldstein (as Gerald Goldstein) & Richard Gottehrer
Performed by The Angels
Courtesy of Polygram Special Markets
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I would have liked this movie if they had stuck to the main story instead of getting bogged down in some stupid young teen romance story.
John Goodman was interesting as a Grade B movie director of the early '60s, a kind of William Castle/Roger Corman/Ed Wood of his day. Goodman is good at playing a loud, obnoxious guy. He looks the part with his big stogie hanging out of his mouth and his clever ways of getting kids to come to the theater. He winds up in Key West, Fla., trying to promote his latest celluloid bomb.
With the aid of the real-life Cuban Missile Crisis happening just 90 miles away, and some teenage kid in the area, "Lawrence Woosley" (Goodman) attempts to get some good PR and put those bodies into the movie seats.
With that premise, I was settling in for a very enjoyable film - and I did enjoy quite a bit of it, but overall it got a little stupid and the story totally breaks down in the second half of the film. How many times have you seen that?
For instance, the teen violence at the movie theater was absurd, as was the supermarket-panic scene. In fact, most of the scenes with the teens are either poorly done or of poor taste and take away from the fun monster/sci-fi movie- story aspect that was there in the first half.
The movie-in-a-movie, "MANT," was a real hoot to see. I love some of those old '50s monsters-horror films. For giving them such a good plug in this film, it pains to me to say negative things about "Matinee." I loved the premise; it just should have been better, especially the ending.