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A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?A Hollywood producer starts with his nephew's script on Disraeli, Jewish PM in 1800s UK, and ends filming in Cape Town with a black action star. Will a movie be made? Will he score Deidre?
Sharon Raginiano
- Levi Rosenwald
- (as Sharon Reginiano)
Aiden Lithgow
- Skip Miller
- (as Aidan Lithgow)
Sean Higgs
- Hans Bleimer
- (as Sean Aidan Higgs)
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- TriviaIn addition to playing the role of Charlie Berns in the film, William H. Macy also reads the audio book upon which the film is based.
- GoofsWhen Deidre and Charlie start arguing in the Czech studio, Lionel and the girl get up and leave - twice.
- Quotes
Deidre Hearn: I mean, I'd love to be like you. You have no integrity.
- Crazy creditsProduced with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry South Africa, who does not accept any liability for the content and does not necessarily support such content.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Compulsion (2013)
- SoundtracksUna Furtiva Lagrima
Written by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Sipho Fubesi
Courtesy of Milestone Studios, Cape Town
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A hilarious, fun satire of Hollywood "Jewish" film-making
Just saw the film tonight at the 25th annual Jerusalem Film Festival, screened in the "Jewish Experience" category. This is of course not surprising since the film is hugely fun, mixing Judaism/Israeli aspects into a wonderful satire of Hollywood filmdom. Don't take this film too seriously, although the acting is wonderful, with everyone clearly knowing it's all in fun. Despite that, I really got into the 'vibe' of the story, waiting to see whether they'd manage to finish making the film - whichever one it'll be. The whole Jewish angle of the film is of course especially fun for us here in Israel, and even more so because Israeli actor Sharon Reginiano plays Levy the director and inserts all sorts of comments in Hebrew which may be lost to non-Hebrew speakers, even if they are translated. The film reminded me very much of "The Hebrew Hammer" (2003) with Adam Goldberg which I saw at the JFF of that year. Both films use the Jewish/Israeli/Hebrew slants to the max and are extremely tongue-in-cheek, satirizing their respective genres. Don't over-analyze or dissect this film - just see it for what it is, a fun satire of Hollywood movie-making and all it involves. Don't know if this'll catch on in the overall US/worldwide markets, but we here sure enjoyed it. And if it does go straight to DVD, no matter - just enjoy it that way!
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- Jul 13, 2008
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- $207,405
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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