The Cat's Meow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Bogdanovich
Jennifer Tilly
John Vennema
James Laurenson
Ingrid Lacey
Ronan Vibert
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A behind-the-scenes look at the fateful "fun" excursion aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November of 1924, that brought together high profile personalities and resulted in a still-unsolved, hushed-up killing. British novelist Elinor Glyn relates this lurid Hollywood tale: Hearst and his lover actress Marion Davies set sail from San Pedro Harbor, hosting a small group that includes the brilliant but self-absorbed Charlie Chaplin, film pioneer Thomas Ince, preoccupied with his financial setbacks, ambitious gossip columnist Louella Parsons and the eccentric British Victorian novelist Elinor Glyn. Amidst the witty repartee and double entendre, deceit and deception are also on the menu. Everyone, it seems, has a secret agenda. One conspires to engineer a partnership with Hearst's Cosmopolitan Pictures, one plots to wheedle a career promotion, and one schemes to steal away Ms. Davies from the world's richest man. All aboard will learn the painfully high price of precarious success.
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Cast
Jennifer Tilly
John Vennema
James Laurenson
Ingrid Lacey
Ronan Vibert
Claudia Harrison
Victor Slezak
Eddie Izzard
Claudie Blakley
Kirsten Dunst
Cary Elwes
Edward Herrmann
Joanna Lumley
Chiara Schoras
Crew
Julie Baines
Ernie Barbarash
Sarah Beardsall
Kim Bieber
Gesche Carstens
Bruno Delbonnel
Caroline Devivaise
Christian Eisele
Loukos Iconomopoulos
Carol Lewis
Carol Lewis
Dieter Meyer
Jan Niesler
Edward Norris
Paul Oberle
Michael Paseornek
Steven Peros
Steven Peros
Trefor Proud
Jean-vincent Puzos
Wieland Schulz-keil
Ian Whitcomb
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 12, 2002
Expanded Release in United States April 26, 2002
Released in United States on Video August 20, 2002
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Released in United States March 2002
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 19 - November 11, 2001.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.
Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 8-17, 2002.
Released in United States Spring April 12, 2002
Expanded Release in United States April 26, 2002
Released in United States on Video August 20, 2002
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 19 - November 11, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31 - September 3, 2001.)
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Piazza Grande) August 2-12, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.)
Released in United States March 2002 (Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 8-17, 2002.)
