Film student and aspiring writer/director Nick Chapman, an Ohio native, finds himself the winner of a prestigious student film contest in LA. Overnight, Hollywood VIPs want to make deals with Nick. He settles on a quirky agent (Martin Short) to represent him and signs a deal with a major film studio to make his dream movie.

THE BIG PICTURE is a breezy satire of the movie business from the mind of writer/director Christopher Guest (BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND). It tells the story of Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon), a young film director who gets put through the Hollywood wringer.

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Nick gets Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making. But he soon makes one concession after another until his original movie is lost.

Big Picture, The (1989) -- (Movie Clip) The Gaucho Steak Is Wonderful First appearance in Martin Short’s storied (and wholly un-credited) performance as Hollywood agent Neil Sussman, young Scott Coffey the waiter, as contest-winning film student and director Nick (Kevin Bacon) takes his first lunch, his car a rare Nash Metropolitan, in ...

Nick Chapman is a graduate film student. His best friend, Emmet Sumner, is an aspiring cinematographer, the two who hope to make films together. Nick is supported in his pursuits by his girlfriend, aspiring architect Susan Rawlings. Nick's prospects look good when he wins the student film award presented by the National Film Institute.

A promising young filmmaker finds the road to fame and fortune paved with hilarious detours and potholes.

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A film school graduate grapples with the compromises and betrayals of the Hollywood film industry while trying to maintain his artistic integrity and achieve success as a director....