A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
Acting
Baldwin's deadpan con man energy is *chef's kiss*.
Writing
Nathanson's script knows exactly how dumb Hollywood is.
Director
Jeff Nathanson
Matthew Broderick
Steven Schats
Alec Baldwin
Joe Devine
Toni Collette
Emily French
Tony Shalhoub
Tommy Sanz
Calista Flockhart
Valerie Weston
Tim Blake Nelson
Marshal Paris
Buck Henry
Lonnie Bosco
Ray Liotta
Jack Devine
Ian Gomez
Agent Nance
Troy Winbush
Agent Ray Dawson
Tom McCarthy
Agent Pike
W. Earl Brown
Willie Gratzo
Evan Jones
Troy Haines
Glenn Morshower
Agent McCaffrey
James Rebhorn
Abe White
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real FBI sting 'Operation Dramatis Personae' where agents actually ran a fake movie production to catch mobsters. The movie they pretended to make? Never got made. Meta.
This bombed in 2004 because audiences wanted Baldwin mean (The Cooler) or Broderick goofy (Elf), not this weird middle ground. Streaming finally gave it its audience.
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