IMDb
6.2 /10
6k votes


Comedy · Romance · Drama · 1989 · 1h 40min
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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Columbia PicturesIMDb
6.2 /10
6k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
71 /100
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TMDB
5.9 /10
105 votes
Letterboxd
6.3 /10
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Weighted average
6.4/10








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