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Movie · 1989

The Big Picture

Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.

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Hollywood satire Artistic integrity Creative compromise Career disillusionment Filmmaking chaos Bittersweet romance

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Release
1989
Runtime
100 min

Synopsis

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.

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