The Big Picture (1989)

Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.

100 min★ 6.2 · 6,182 votes

• Comedy
• Drama
• Romance

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.

Release date

September 15, 1989

Country of origin

United States

Budget

$5,000,000

Box office

$117,463