Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.
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.
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Character
Classical in form, cool, ironic and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Kevin BaconNick Chapman
- Emily LongstrethSusan Rawlings
- J.T. WalshAllen Habel
- Teri HatcherGretchen
- Michael McKeanEmmet Sumner
- Jennifer Jason LeighLydia Johnson
- Kim MiyoriJenny Sumner
- Dan SchneiderJonathan Tristan-Bennet
- Jason GouldCarl Manknik
- Tracy Brooks SwopeLori Pressman
Crew
- Christopher GuestDirector
- Michael McKeanScreenplay
- Michael VarholScreenplay
- Christopher GuestScreenplay
- Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography
- David NichternOriginal Music Composer
- Martin NicholsonEditor
- Michael VarholProducer
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