A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
Acting
Martin Landau's desperate producer steals every scene.
Writing
Meta screenplay that eats its own tail deliciously.
Director
Barry Primus
Robert Wuhl
Marvin Landisman
Martin Landau
Jack Roth
Jace Alexander
Stuart Stratland Jr.
Robert De Niro
Evan M. Wright
Laurie Metcalf
Rachel Landisman
Eli Wallach
George Lieberhof
Danny Aiello
Carmine Rasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Beverly Dumont
Jean Smart
Patricia Riley
Tuesday Knight
Peggy Pauline
Christopher Walken
Warren Zell
Ernest Borgnine
Himself
Vasek Simek
Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert De Niro produced this through his company Tribeca Films, essentially funding a movie about producers ruining movies.
The film bombed because it arrived right after The Player (1992), which covered similar ground with more star power and sharper teeth.
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