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Opening Night

  • 20162016
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.7K
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Anne Heche, Taye Diggs, JC Chasez, Topher Grace, Paul Scheer, Rob Riggle, Alona Tal, and Lauren Lapkus in Opening Night (2016)
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  • Comedy
  • Musical
A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
2.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Isaac Rentz(attached)
  • Writers
    • Gerry De Leon
    • Greg Lisi
  • Stars
    • Lauren Lapkus
    • Alona Tal
    • Anne Heche
Top credits
  • Director
    • Isaac Rentz(attached)
  • Writers
    • Gerry De Leon
    • Greg Lisi
  • Stars
    • Lauren Lapkus
    • Alona Tal
    • Anne Heche
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Opening Night
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    Photos27

    Isaac Rentz at an event for Opening Night (2016)
    Topher Grace and Paul Scheer at an event for Opening Night (2016)
    Rob Riggle at an event for Opening Night (2016)
    Topher Grace in Opening Night (2016)
    Topher Grace and Paul Scheer in Opening Night (2016)
    Taye Diggs and Lesli Margherita in Opening Night (2016)
    Lesli Margherita and Diego de Tovar in Opening Night (2016)
    Taye Diggs, Topher Grace, Johnny Ray Gill, Ricardo Mestre, and Damian Gomez in Opening Night (2016)
    Topher Grace in Opening Night (2016)
    JC Chasez and Alona Tal in Opening Night (2016)
    Taye Diggs and Topher Grace in Opening Night (2016)
    JC Chasez in Opening Night (2016)

    Top cast

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    Lauren Lapkus
    Lauren Lapkus
    • Alex Bean
    Alona Tal
    Alona Tal
    • Chloe
    Anne Heche
    Anne Heche
    • Brooke
    Topher Grace
    Topher Grace
    • Nick
    Taye Diggs
    Taye Diggs
    • Malcolm
    Rob Riggle
    Rob Riggle
    • Mr. Goldmeyer
    Zach Cregger
    Zach Cregger
    • Micky
    Paul Scheer
    Paul Scheer
    • Ron
    Brian Huskey
    Brian Huskey
    • Lee
    Lesli Margherita
    Lesli Margherita
    • Brandy
    Carlena Britch
    Carlena Britch
    • Jessica
    JC Chasez
    JC Chasez
    • JC
    • (as J.C. Chasez)
    Nikki Tuazon
    Nikki Tuazon
    • Tina
    Johnny Ray Gill
    Johnny Ray Gill
    • Eric
    Carly Anderson
    Carly Anderson
    • Sandra
    Elisha Yaffe
    Elisha Yaffe
    • Theatergoer
    Damian Gomez
    Damian Gomez
    • Liam
    Diego de Tovar
    • Xavier
    • Director
      • Isaac Rentz(attached)
    • Writers
      • Gerry De Leon
      • Greg Lisi
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      At several points during the movie, Topher Grace's character stands in front of a fake play sign called "That 70's Play." A play adaptation of "That 70's Show" that Topher Grace starred in.
    • Goofs
      At about 1h 30 mins when Nick is singing on stage, his voice switches to microphone in sync with the music, although he doesn't take the mic from CJ for another 10 seconds. Then when he steps off the stage singing and walking towards Chloe, his voice continues to come from the speakers even though he's wearing no sound equipment.
    • Quotes

      Nick: [looking bored] Look it's five minutes to show; why do we always have to cut this so close?

      JC: [putting his arm around Nick's shoulder] Come here, okay? The secret to success... is *relaxation*.

      Nick: I'm relaxed.

      JC: No. You know there was another guy in my band who couldn't relax either? To be honest with you, he was just as good a singer as me and the other guy.

      Nick: [still looking bored] Justin... Timberlake?

      JC: Whoever. Anyway, he should have been front and center more than he was, but he was *in* the closet, dealing with some personal issues. I'm not gonna say who it was.

      Nick: [matter-of-factly] It was Lance Bass.

      JC: So... You know what I'm talking about?

      Nick: I don't think I do.

    • Soundtracks
      One Hit Wonderland
      Written by Mark Rivers & Topher Grace

      Performed by JC Chasez

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Fun! - well mostly
    I jumped at this movie because Anne Heche is in it. Unfortunately she's only in it briefly, but that's not a real problem. The real problem is that the story starts as a fun goofy comedy musical and becomes a sentimental love story and the segue is poorly done.

    The plot revolves around Nick (Topher Grace) who is the back stage manager for a musical titled One Hit Wonders. The lead singer Brooke (Anne Heche) is knocked out and her understudy Chloe (Alona Tal) must take over and it's opening night with a full house. The rest of the cast is made of 'has-beens', 'hopefulls', 'burn-outs', and 'wanna-bes'. There are some fun musical numbers both on stage and back stage.

    We learn that Nick was once a popular singer that gave up singing and he and Chloe are in love. Nick must learn a lesson and take a big step (for him) or he will loose Chloe. In the mean time everything that can go wrong back stage does go wrong and Nick is torn in two directions. Finally he takes his big step to get Chloe back and that moment in this musical comedy is too romantic and sentimental to blend into the previous comedy and screwball humor.

    Watch it and judge for yourself!
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    • cekadah
    • Dec 26, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 2, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • One Shot
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico City, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Dark Factory Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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