Film

Claire Makes It Big

1999 · 30m · Comedy

IMDb

6.4

Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.

Mara Hobel

Claire Beaumont

Clancy Brown

Frank

Stuart Fratkin

Harry the Agent

Paige Turco

Brownyn

James DiSalvatore

Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)

Michelle Lieberman

Audition Receptionist

Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt

Ross

Charles Mandracchia

Jeff Wesker

Wali Collins

Chris Marker

Amy Sohn

Chris' Assistant

Michael Emil

Ingve Pizler

Gary Dennis

Video Stork Clerk

Peter Bogdanovich

Arturo Mulligan

Elizabeth Meadows Rouse

Felice Hill

Don LaFontaine

Wild Horses Trailer Narrator (voice)

Phil Mao

Wild Horses Leading Man

• Jeremy WorkmanDirector · Writer
• Adam FriedWriter

Release date

April 27, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

30m

Genres

Comedy