Product Details

• Actors: Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael McKean
• Directors: Christopher Guest
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006HAWL
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,431 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Big Picture" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Christopher Guest cowrote and directed this solid spoof about the pitfalls of believing your own hype. Kevin Bacon plays a high-minded would-be filmmaker whose student movie wins a prestigious national award and an invitation to Hollywood. Before he knows it, he is being wined and dined by agents, producers, and studio executives, who treat him like the new Orson Welles--until he starts making his first studio movie. Then he becomes bait for the piranha-like bottom-liners, who teach him the unfortunate lesson that the flavor of the week often gets eaten alive. Watch for Martin Short as a hilariously feckless agent and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a surprisingly chipper film student, given her black-rimmed eyes and all-black wardrobe. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skewed Comedy at It's Best, November 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Big Picture [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's very hard to predict what movie a given person will like. Many people find this movie to be ho hum, at best. It's not conventional big release comedy, like The Addams Family, Mrs. Doubtfire, or Look Who's Talking. It's unselfconsciously odd in a very wonderful way. If you like movies such as Rushmore, The Princess Bride, 1000 Clowns, and Groundhog Day, I think I can guarantee that you will absolutely love this movie. It's my favorite comedy of all time.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars See the film before your first job in the "Industry", May 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Big Picture [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this film a few years after I worked for a very famous film company in Nothern California. This VERY humorous film is right on the mark about what it is like to work in the film industry! I laughed so hard my stomach hurt for hours after after the movie. If you are going to work in the "industry" as they say in the film world, see this humorous film to see what it is really like!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Splendid., April 7, 2000

By	Robert Crayhon (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Big Picture [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A real sleeper. Don't miss this movie--buy it, rent it, whatever--it has a "real feel" for Hollywood and for relationships. It tells a very funny, perceptive story in an unassuming and highly entertaining way. The Big Picture is Hollywood at its best. Easily one of my favorite movies.