The Big Picture
“Film school prepared Nick for everything... everything but Hollywood.”
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.
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Studio
Aspen Film Society
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Big Picture performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$117,463
Gross Profit
−$4.9M
Return
0.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$17K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Nick Chapman
Kevin Bacon
Nick Chapman
Susan Rawlings
Emily Longstreth
Susan Rawlings
Allen Habel
J.T. Walsh
Allen Habel
Gretchen
Teri Hatcher
Gretchen
Emmet Sumner
Michael McKean
Emmet Sumner
Lydia Johnson
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lydia Johnson
Jenny Sumner
Kim Miyori
Jenny Sumner
Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Dan Schneider
Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Carl Manknik
Jason Gould
Carl Manknik
Lori Pressman
Tracy Brooks Swope
Lori Pressman
Todd Marvin
Don Franklin
Todd Marvin
Mark
Gary Kroeger
Mark
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