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Lisa Picard Is Famous

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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5.5/10
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Laura Kirk in Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
ComedyDrama

Come inside for a look behind-the-scenes at the world of an aspiring actress on the verge of stardom. Follow her journey from obscurity to fame, the hilarious tale of one New Yorker who will... Read allCome inside for a look behind-the-scenes at the world of an aspiring actress on the verge of stardom. Follow her journey from obscurity to fame, the hilarious tale of one New Yorker who will do whatever it takes to make it to the big time.Come inside for a look behind-the-scenes at the world of an aspiring actress on the verge of stardom. Follow her journey from obscurity to fame, the hilarious tale of one New Yorker who will do whatever it takes to make it to the big time.

  • Director
    • Griffin Dunne
  • Writers
    • Nat DeWolf
    • Laura Kirk
  • Stars
    • Laura Kirk
    • Nat DeWolf
    • Griffin Dunne
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    611
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Griffin Dunne
    • Writers
      • Nat DeWolf
      • Laura Kirk
    • Stars
      • Laura Kirk
      • Nat DeWolf
      • Griffin Dunne
    • 16User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Laura Kirk
    Laura Kirk
    • Lisa Picard
    Nat DeWolf
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    • Tate Kelly
    Griffin Dunne
    Griffin Dunne
    • Andrew
    Daniel London
    Daniel London
    • Boyfriend
    Sandra Bullock
    Sandra Bullock
    • Sandra Bullock
    Carrie Fisher
    Carrie Fisher
    • Carrie Fisher
    Melissa Gilbert
    Melissa Gilbert
    • Melissa Gilbert
    Buck Henry
    Buck Henry
    • Buck Henry
    Spike Lee
    Spike Lee
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    Penelope Ann Miller
    Penelope Ann Miller
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    Charlie Sheen
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    • Charlie Sheen
    Fisher Stevens
    Fisher Stevens
    • Fisher Stevens
    Mira Sorvino
    Mira Sorvino
    • Mira Sorvino
    Jack Howard
    Jack Howard
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    Rosanna Scotto
    Rosanna Scotto
    • Female TV Reporter
    Neil Butterfield
    Neil Butterfield
    • Punk #1
    Robert Rodriguez
    Robert Rodriguez
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    Leslie Lyles
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    • Director
      • Griffin Dunne
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      • Nat DeWolf
      • Laura Kirk
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    • Trivia
      Lisa Picard's name is a 'Star Trek' in-joke based on the actress playing her, Laura Kirk. Captains Picard and Kirk are the most well recognized commanders of the Starship Enterprise.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Jersey Girl (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Home-Cooked Lovin
      Written by Coati Mundi (as Coati Mundi Hernandez)

      Produced by Coati Mundi (as Coati Mundi Hernandez)

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    Almost famous
    Historically, Hollywood has done a lousy job of capturing what really goes on behind the scenes in its own industry. The "dream factory" that thrives on creating glossy visions of idealized lives has never been very good at examining its own underbelly.

    The sole exception to this rule is Robert Altman's "The Player," a film that satirically nails Hollywood's shallow desperation with pitch-perfect accuracy. "The Player" finally has its bookend companion piece in "Lisa Picard is Famous," a "mockumentary" about an aspiring actress.

    It comes as no surprise that this very funny and painfully true-to-life film was created by actors. Produced by actress Mira Sorvino ("Mighty Aphrodite") and directed by actor/director Griffin Dunne ("After Hours"), the movie was written by and stars unknown actors Lisa Kirk and Nat DeWolf.

    Kirk plays Lisa Picard, a fiercely determined New York actress who, after a series of minor parts and commercials, is poised for her major breakthrough "in a small but pivotal role" in a tv movie starring Melissa Gilbert.

    DeWolf plays Lisa's gay friend and fellow actor Tate Kelly whose major credit is an ill-fated gig as an extra on "Days of Our Lives." He's set to debut in his autobiographical Off Off Off Broadway one man show that "deals with issues of gay bashing and homophobia" (although he's had no first hand experience with either).

    The gloriously deadpan film is told through the eyes and lens of a documentary film maker (played by Dunne) who's trying to capture the esssence of fame by following Lisa. Tossing her beret into the air a la Mary Richards, she appears to be on the brink of stardom.

    Although it borrows the mockumentary style of "This is Spinal Tap" and "Waiting for Guffman," the film ultimately goes beyond mere satire. By scrutinizing the lives of these desperately hungry actors (in squirmingly painful detail), it sheds much more meaningful light on the subject of fame than Woody Allen's "Celebrity," which focused on the lives of the shallow and famous.

    While Hollywood typically depicts actresses as vain divas (see Catherine Zeta Jones in "America's Sweethearts"), Kirk's performance beautifully captures more fundamental elements of an actor's pathology including a self-absorption that runs so deep that she doesn't even know it's there.

    She experiences a callback audition for an Advil commercial as a desperate matter of life and death. In analyzing her character's motivation in the Japanese horror flick "A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell," she's careful not to give away the film's ending, "in case it's ever released."

    The underlying joke of "Lisa Picard is Famous" is that by chronicling the unknown actress' every move, the documentary itself elevates her to a kind of unwarranted fame, while plaguing her daily life with fame's intrusiveness.

    Contributing additional irony, humor and depth are sly interviews with the likes of Carrie Fisher and Buck Henry. A handful of cameo performances aid in the illusion of documentary reality, including Sandra Bullock, Charlie Sheen, Penelope Ann Miller and Spike Lee.

    While some of the gags push the limits of deadpan reality (like Lisa's erotic Wheat Chex commercial), most of the film's humor is dead on. Tate's hilariously banal gay monologue is sure to strike a chord with those who've seen one too many self-revelatory one man shows.
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    • Release date
      • November 19, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lisa Pikard je slavna
    • Production companies
      • GreeneStreet Films
      • Longfellow Pictures
      • Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $112,521
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,517
      • Aug 26, 2001
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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