Film

The Big Picture

1989 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Romance · Drama

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

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

64

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.

Kevin Bacon

Nick Chapman

Emily Longstreth

Susan Rawlings

J.T. Walsh

Allen Habel

Teri Hatcher

Gretchen

Michael McKean

Emmet Sumner

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Lydia Johnson

Kim Miyori

Jenny Sumner

Dan Schneider

Jonathan Tristan-Bennet

Jason Gould

Carl Manknik

Tracy Brooks Swope

Lori Pressman

Don Franklin

Todd Marvin

Gary Kroeger

Mark

Alice Hirson

Mrs. Chapman

Grant Owens

Mr. Chapman

Fran Drescher

Polo Habel

Suzy Cote

Mindy Habel

• Christopher GuestDirector · Story · Screenplay
• Michael McKeanScreenplay
• Michael VarholStory · Screenplay · Producer
• Richard Gilbert AbramsonExecutive Producer
• William E. McEuenExecutive Producer
• Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography
• David NichternOriginal Music Composer
• Martin NicholsonEditor
• Nina AxelrodCasting

The Big Picture (1989) Trailer | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Jason Leigh

Release date

September 15, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$117,463

Genres

Comedy, Romance, Drama

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