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Nickelodeon (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Bogdanovich

Written By:
Peter Bogdanovich
W.D. Richter

Actors:
Ryan O'Neal ..... Leo Harrigan
Burt Reynolds ..... Buck Greenway
Tatum O'Neal ..... Alice Forsyte
Brian Keith ..... H.H. Cobb
Stella Stevens ..... Marty Reeves
John Ritter ..... Franklin Frank
Jane Hitchcock ..... Kathleen Cooke
Jack Perkins ..... Michael Gilhooley
Brion James ..... Bailiff
Sidney Armus ..... Judge
Joe Warfield ..... Defense Attorney
Tamar Cooper ..... Edna Mae Gilhooley
Alan Gibbs ..... Patents Hooligan
Mathew Anden ..... Hecky
Lorenzo Music ..... Mullins

Synopsis:

Peter Bogdanovich's early career as a film writer stood him in good stead for this comedy drama about the early days of the motion-picture industry, based in part on his interviews with pioneering directors Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan. Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is a lawyer and Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds) is a cowboy and gunman. Both are sent to California to shut down a renegade group of silent-movie makers -- financed by blustery H.H. Cobb (Brian Keith) -- who are in violation of the Motion Picture Patents Co. Trust. Harrigan and Greenway somehow find themselves working with the movie crew instead of shutting them down; they join forces with cameraman Franklin Frank (John Ritter), leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock), and precocious prop girl Alice Forsyte (Tatum O'Neal). Greenway becomes a star and Harrigan a respected director, but both battle over the affections of Cooke. Incidentally, Cobb's big speech near the end is taken almost verbatim from a quote given to Bogdanovich in an interview with actor James Stewart.

This homage to the childhood days of the motion pictures starts in 1910, when the young attorney Leo Harrigan by chance meets a motion picture producer. Immediately he's invited to become a writer for him - the start of a sensational career. Soon he's promoted to a director and shoots one silent movie after the other in the tiny desert village Cacamonga with a small crew of actors. But the competition is hard: the patent agency sends out Buck Greenway to sabotage them. When they visit L.A., his crew is surprised by a new species: fans!

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