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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 10/08/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Showbiz Comedy

Another "get even with Hollywood" satire in the tradition of SOB and Movers and Shakers, The Big Picture is an elongated inside joke complete with un-billed celebrity cameos. In this first feature-film directorial effort by actor/writer Christopher Guest, Kevin Bacon plays a "boy wonder" director whose willingness to compromise his ideals allows him to keep afloat in Tinseltown. Bacon's corruption begins when his first Hollywood project, a black-and-white experimental film about an over-40 menage a trois, is distorted beyond recognition into a color, big-budget "youth trip". Bacon hasn't really sold out; he's merely waiting to accrue enough industry clout to strike back at the Philistines in charge. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kevin Bacon - Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth - Susan Rawlings
J.T. Walsh - Allen Habel
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Lydia Johnson
Michael McKean - Emmett Sumner

Before directing a series of mock documentaries that brought him a great deal of critical acclaim, Christopher Guest directed the Hollywood satire The Big Picture. That film is presented in two different transfers on this DVD. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Guest and star Kevin Bacon. Guest is typically dry, as he usually is on the tracks, but their comments do provide some interesting background on the film. Deleted scenes, filmographies, production notes, and trailers round out this solid release from Columbia/TriStar. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide