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The Big Picture was a 1989 movie starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Christopher Guest.

The story

In a fictionalized version of Tinseltown itself, Nick Chapman is an up and coming film director hot off the win of a student academy award for his short film. No sooner does the award bring him into the limelight when it captures the attention of a movie executive (J.T. Walsh) who offers Nick a deal to make his dream picture: a character-driven drama taking place in a cabin during the winter season. Everything seems all well and good to Nick, whose also got a good girlfriend (Emily Longstreth) by his side and his best friend (Michael McKean) always there to lend a hand. But when Nick sees his vision corrupted, his deal just disappearing into thin air because of corporate changes and a seduction to the Hollywood lifestyle, Nick might be changing on his friends and family. It doesn't really help when he's got a smarmy agent (Martin Short) whose promise seems empty, a starlet (Teri Hatcher) playing with his mind and the grim reminder that all of his much less-talented and much more self-satisfied classmates are working successfully in Hollywood, Nick is finally getting a chance to look at the big picture at hand. Jennifer Jason Leigh also stars in the film as a kooky but loyal friend and classmate of Nick's, who ultimately proves to be a career savior.

Cast:

Kevin Bacon
- Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth - Susan Rawlings
J.T. Walsh - Allen Habel
Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Lydia Johnson
Michael McKean
- Emmet Sumner
Kim Miyori - Jenny Sumner
Teri Hatcher
- Gretchen
Dan Schneider
- Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Jason Gould
- Carl Manknik
Tracy Brooks Swope - Lori Pressman
Don Franklin - Todd Marvin
Gary Kroeger
- Mark
Fran Drescher
- Polo Habel

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