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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   736 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Michael Goldbach (writer)
Don McKellar (writer)
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Release Date:
11 June 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
When you're only famous for fifteen minutes, every second counts.
Plot:
Taylor Brandon Burns, a conflicted twelve-year-old TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems... more | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Great film!! Lots of laughs more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Don McKellar ... Rick

Peter Paige ... Tim

Gil Bellows ... Isaac
Victoria Fodor ... Enthusiastic Agent
Patrick Garrow ... P.R. Agent

Alan Thicke ... J.R.
Mark Rendall ... Taylor Brandon Burns
Pamela Redfern ... Stewardess (as Pam Redfern)

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Suzanne
Danielle Miller ... Fangirl

Michael Murphy ... Reed Harrison

Brendan Fehr ... Chip Metzger
Noam Jenkins ... Sydney Mehta

Jeanie Calleja ... Jane - 3rd A.D.

Dave Foley ... Philip Templeman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
98 min | Canada:100 min (Ontario)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:R
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The movie's producer, Niv Fichman, can be seen sitting in the audience towards the end of the movie, right after Taylor says to Rick, "Your introduction is longer than your film." He is sitting on the left. more
Quotes:
[Natalie and Taylor have snuck onto the White House set to have sex]
Taylor Brandon Burns: So where do you want to do it? The Oval Office, The Greenroom, the Lincoln Bedroom ?
Natalie: It's your fantasy; I'm Canadian.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) more
Soundtrack:
Samba Tokyo more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Great film!! Lots of laughs, 18 October 2005
10/10
Author: pix_chick from United States

(Spoilers are quotes from movie) I loved this movie so much I watched it all over again the minute it ended. What a funny, intelligent film. A biting commentary on the film industry -- one of the (many) best scenes is when Rick deals with studio "heavies" who attempt to threaten him late in the film -- an absolutely hilarious hospital bed performance from writer/director/lead Don McKellar. Jennifer Jason Leigh is phenomenal as a cagey, manipulative childstar mother-- another actress might not have been able to pull off such a loathsome character who somehow captivates and charms us. Great Canada jokes (well more like US jokes really) throughout. Great scene in the beginning as writers pitch the script to the studio - I can't give it away but the scene is hilarious from start to end with lines like "Are they funny terrorists?" and in reply to "It's patriotic as s**t" -- the producer replies "It shoots in Canada".

See this flick!!

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