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The Big Picture | 
| Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.t. Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Mckean
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 30214
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0767853407
UPC: 043396052642
EAN: 9780767853408
ASIN: B00006HAWL
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Release Date: October 8, 2002
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Amazon.com
Christopher Guest cowrote and directed this solid spoof about the pitfalls of believing your own hype. Kevin Bacon plays a high-minded would-be filmmaker whose student movie wins a prestigious national award and an invitation to Hollywood. Before he knows it, he is being wined and dined by agents, producers, and studio executives, who treat him like the new Orson Welles--until he starts making his first studio movie. Then he becomes bait for the piranha-like bottom-liners, who teach him the unfortunate lesson that the flavor of the week often gets eaten alive. Watch for Martin Short as a hilariously feckless agent and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a surprisingly chipper film student, given her black-rimmed eyes and all-black wardrobe. --Marshall Fine
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 where is Emily longstreth February 15, 2008
Cesar J. vazquez (miami fl. usa)
I dont understand why hollywood didnt like this film,this is a very good movie,by the way,where is Emily longstreth,she dissapear,where is she.Im a fan and would love to hear something from her.
 A very small picture from a big talent July 15, 2007
David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Following "Spinal Tap" but before striking comedic gold with his own successful series of "mockumentaries," Christopher Guest directed and co-wrote this awful lampoon of the Hollywood scene, in which an award-winning film student (Kevin Bacon) dips a toe in the deep waters of the big studio lagoon and nearly loses his soul. Bacon's character is hopelessly naive to the point of appearing stupid. Are we really supposed to believe that anyone with even a nodding acquaintance with the film world would expect a major studio to back a black-and-white relationship drama about three people in a snowed-in cabin with no music by a first-time director? Furthermore, Bacon's character becomes so craven so fast and shows so little evidence of having any talent that it is impossible to maintain sympathy for him. The finale, in which he finally directs a project from his heart by making a video for an unknown band, thereby causing a big buzz in Tinseltown, is ridiculous, especially since the video and the song are so bad. It looks like an outtake of an unused Spinal Tap number. The entire film is so bland and uninspired that I wonder whether Guest's original vision went through a dumbing-down process similar to the one he depicts in his film.
GREAT MOVIE May 12, 2007
FAB (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
ANOTHER QUIET, CLEVER, WONDERFUL MOVIE THAT GETS NO PUBLICITY. MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD VIOLENCE.....................
ANYWAY, GREAT MOVIE. UNTIL I SAW THIS I DIDN'T KNOW KEVIN BACON COULD ACT. HE CAN. HE REALLY CAN.
FAB
I'd Like to Thank My Grilled Cheese Sandwich. May 3, 2007
Kevin T. McGuinness (Virginia, United States)
For anyone that hasn't seen this movie, I highly recommend it. "The Big Picture" is simultaneously a parody of the movie business and the real story of how much luck and chance are involved in being successful in that business. Probably the best part of the story is towards the end, when Kevin Bacon's character makes his comeback (without even knowing it). I won't give too much away, but suffice it to say, a grilled cheese sandwich really can turn your directing career around.
Gets better everytime I watch September 20, 2006
Spider (CALIFORNIA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just love this movie, but it may not be for all, since it is a very specific type of humor. Don't expect "Best in Show" or "Waiting for Gufman," because this is not a mockumentary, but rather a really funny movie about the ups and downs in Hollywood. And may I add, very on point. I just love it more and more...and wish Guest would direct another one this funny.
In love with both Emily Longstreth and Teri hatcher. I can't pcik which one, so I'll choose both!
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