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Release Date
• USA: Oct 21, 1994
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 6, 2003
• R2: 4 Feb 2002
Budget USD 20,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 38 minutes
Country USA
Studio Miramax
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Other Titles
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Gangsters, Satire, Showbiz, Slapstick, Love, Murder, Hollywood, Urban
Tagline: A killer comedy!
Plot: David Shayne (John Cusack, in performance his character that of a young Woody Allen) is an idealistic young playwright whose life (and play) is about to be turned upside down as it heads toward Broadway. In order to gain financing for GOD OF OUR FATHERS, Shayne agrees to hire Olive Neal (a wonderfully high-squeaking Jennifer Tilly), the actress/girlfriend of Nick Valenti, a potential backer--who also happens to be a gangster. Unfortunately, the lass proves to be not only talent-free but ditzy to boot, a hindrance since she is supposed to play a psychiatrist. But Cheech, Olive's hoodlum bodyguard, proves to be more intuitive artistically than anyone would suspect, as his contributions improve not only Olive's performance but the quality of the flailing play as well. Meanwhile, Shayne must contend with an odd assortment of actors, including the neurotic Eden Brent, with her omnipresent, yapping dog; the pompous Warner Purcell, a corset-wearing overeater; and haughty leading lady Helen Sinclair (a fabulous Dianne Wiest), the aging, boozing diva with whom Shayne begins a romance. The laughs keep coming like rapid machine-gun fire in this riotous Woody Allen farce.
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Woody Allen
Match Point, Everyone Says I Love You, The Purple Rose of Cairo |
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| Cast |
John Cusack
Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Stand by Me |
 | Dianne Wiest
Edward Scissorhands, The Birdcage, The Lost Boys |
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 | Rob Reiner
This Is Spinal Tap, Sleepless in Seattle, Misery |
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 | Jack Warden
12 Angry Men, While You Were Sleeping, All the President's Men | |
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