Nickelodeon

1976
PG
2h 1m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

2.9K

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Buck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).

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Buck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).Buck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).Buck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).

Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
Writers
- W.D. Richter
- Peter Bogdanovich
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
Writers
- W.D. Richter
- Peter Bogdanovich
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Orson Welles urged Peter Bogdanovich to photograph the film in black and white, but the studio balked at this idea. At the March 2008 Bogdanovich retrospective held at the Castro Theater, San Francisco, the director's cut of the film was presented in a black and white print.

Goofs
When the man shoots the movie camera, the hits on the camera do not match where his is pointing the gun, and the last flash on the camera has no corresponding gunshot sound.

Quotes
Alice Forsyte: [at a movie premiere] I hear he's changing the title for New York.
Leo Harrigan: Yeah? To what?
Alice Forsyte: "The Birth of a Nation."

Alternate versions
A black-and-white director's cut runs seven minutes longer.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: A Star Is Born, King Kong, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Enforcer, Network, Rocky, Nickelodeon, Silver Streak (1976)

Soundtracks
Harrigan
(uncredited)
Written by George M. Cohan

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Big 70's flop is not nearly as bad as its reputation

This expensive 70's flop is not nearly as bad as its reputation indicates. Leonard Maltin's review is pretty accurate. And it's got some fine performances by a good cast which includes- Ryan O'neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O neal, John Ritter, Stella Stevens and (especially) Brian Keith. Two highlights- Tatum's negotiating and Brian Keith's speech at the end. It's got some dull stretches and the slapstick gets wearying,overall not bad.