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Titre original : The Big Picture

1989
PG-13
1h 40m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

6,3 k

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Liretrailer2 min 08 s

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26 photos

Satire Showbiz Drama Comedy Drama Romance

Le diplômé de l'école de cinéma Nick Chapman pensait qu'il avait complété sa carrière après un court métrage primé, mais il découvre que Hollywood ne fonctionne pas si facilement.Le diplômé de l'école de cinéma Nick Chapman pensait qu'il avait complété sa carrière après un court métrage primé, mais il découvre que Hollywood ne fonctionne pas si facilement.Le diplômé de l'école de cinéma Nick Chapman pensait qu'il avait complété sa carrière après un court métrage primé, mais il découvre que Hollywood ne fonctionne pas si facilement.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

6,3 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
As Nick walks out of the Los Angeles movie theater, the short cigar-smoking fellow one step ahead of him is Jerry Maren, who at the time was one of the last surviving Munchkins from Le magicien d'Oz (1939).

Gaffes
A pointed piece of equipment moves up and out of frame as Lydia is talking to Nick in her house.

Citations
Neil Sussman: I don't know you. I don't know your work. But I think you are a genius. And I am never wrong about that.

Autres versions
The 2015 Blu-ray from Mill Creek has only a mono soundtrack. It also changes out the end card of A Columbia Pictures Release for a modern Sony Pictures Television logo.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Sea of Love/True Love/The Big Picture/Shirley Valentine/The Rachel Papers (1989)

Bandes originales
The Whites of Their Eyes
Written by Christopher Guest and Michael McKean
Performed by PEZ® People
Sung by Michael McKean

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

Under-appreciated Satire

Film school grad Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon) thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.

Greenlit by David Puttnam of Columbia Pictures, the president was ousted two weeks after production began, and the subsequent regime at the studio, according to Guest, were unable to figure out what could be done with the film as many executives at the studio didn't like the film because they felt like they were being brutally satirized in it. Columbia quietly gave The Big Picture a limited theatrical release (despite opening to positive reviews) before sending it to video.

With all the names attached o this film, the clever writing and positive message, it is amazing this one slipped under the radar. It might satirize Hollywood, but by no means do I feel it insults it or calls out anyone in particular (though, who knows what the writer had in mind).

I especially enjoyed the role played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. She may be one of the best actresses of modern times, no one seems to recognize it. Between "Fast Times" (1982) and "Hateful Eight" (2015), no one seems to have noticed her. And why not? She was dynamite in so many things, and this film is the evidence.