The Big Picture
Brief Synopsis
A comedy about an up-and-coming filmmaker.
Cast & Crew
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Christopher Guest
Director
Jim Pollack
Robert Lucas
Lead Person
Buddy Garion
Caitlin Clarke
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Film Details
Also Known As
Big Picture
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1989
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Releasing
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 39m
Synopsis
A comedy about an up-and-coming filmmaker.
Director
Christopher Guest
Director
Cast
Jim Pollack
Robert Lucas
Lead Person
Buddy Garion
Caitlin Clarke
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Pamela Morris
Wesley Pfenning
Perla Walter
Grant Owens
Lulie Newcomb
Tim Landers
Scott Williamson
Alice Hirson
Jennifer Karr
Richard Belzer
Scott Coffey
Michael Mckean
Matthew Eichler
Martin Lund
Novi Novog
Victor Steinbach
Michael Jocum
Emily Longstreth
Patty Howeth
Walter Olkewicz
Vladimir Skomarovsky
Sue-ann Leeds
Britta Wilson
Eddie Albert
Nadine Lenore Patterson
Roddy Mcdowall
Suzanne M Elater
Don Franklin
J.t. Walsh
Holly Fields
C W Hemingway
Robert Bauer
Stan Ivar
Stephen Collins
Gary Kroeger
Suzy Coté
Arlene Lorre
Brad Zutaut
Tracy Brooks Swope
Mike Miller
Beth Chamberlin
Valen Watson
Tom Maier
John Cleese
Yvonne Peattie
Elliott Gould
Nancy Valen
Dan Schneider
David Hayward
Bruce Kirby
Richard Blake
June Lockhart
Kim Miyori
George Rogan
Jason Gould
Fran Drescher
Kevin Bacon
Teri Hatcher
Crew
G Roger Abell
On-Set Dresser
Richard Abramson
Executive Producer
Ismael Araujo
Grip
Nina Axelrod
Casting
Todd Badalato
Swing Gang
Sheridan Ross Batson
Driver
Debra Baumann
Assistant
Beth Bergeron
Adr Editor
Lillian Best
Negative Cutting
Patricia Billings
Assistant
Joel A Blumenau
Casting Associate
Sally Boldt
Music Editor
Suzi Bond
Craft Service
Forrest Brakeman
Boom Operator
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutting
Frank Capra
Other
Kim Carleton
Wardrobe
Gregroy J Curda
Foley Mixer
Gary D'amico
Special Effects Coordinator
J Patrick Daily
Key Grip
Howard Davidson
Driver
Paul Deason
Assistant Director
Duane Dell'amico
Lighting Technician
Ken Deubel
Construction Coordinator
Don Devine
Camera Operator
Lily Diamond
Sound Editor
Andrea Diedrich
Storyboard Artist
John J Doherty
Rigging Gaffer
Dody Dorn
Sound Editor
Michael Dressel
Foley Editor
John Paul Fasal
Sound Effects
David Fechtor
Foley Editor
Richard A Frisch
On-Set Dresser
Rick Galbraith
Construction Coordinator
Damian Ganczewski
Production Assistant
Joseph T. Garrity
Production Designer
George Gary
Lighting Technician
David Gertz
Sound
Bess Gilbert
Casting
Edie Gorme
Song Performer
Barry Gremillion
Location Manager
Shari Griffin
Wardrobe
Christopher Guest
Screenplay
Christopher Guest
Story By
Christopher Guest
From Story
Christopher Guest
Song
Kimberly Harris
Sound Editor
Dick Haymes
Song Performer
Gary Hellerstein
Transportation Coordinator
Marlo Hellerstein
Transportation Captain
Dea E Hickox
Accounting Assistant
Cynthia E Hill
Sound
John Hoeren
Sound Editor
Jon Huck
Sound Mixer
David J Hudson
Sound
Paul Hughen
Assistant Camera Operator
Steve Humphrey
Driver
Tony Kadell
Assistant Editor
Doc Kane
Adr Mixer
Eric Kaz
Song
Jerie Kelter
Set Decorator
Jonathan Klein
Sound Editor
Gregory A Landis
Driver
Dwight Lavers
Dolly Grip
Blake Leyh
Sound Editor
Laura Livingston
Music
Richard Lundin
Stunt Man
Richard Lundin
Animal Wrangler
Barry Mann
Song
Burke Mattsson
Titles
William E Mceuen
Executive Producer
Kelly E Mcgowen
Assistant Camera Operator
Charles H Mcintyre
Lighting Technician
Keri L Mcintyre
Assistant Director
Michael Mckean
Song Performer
Michael Mckean
Screenplay
Michael Mckean
Song
Mel Metcalfe
Sound
Noel A Middleton
Swing Gang
Karl Miller
Animal Trainer
Michael George Miller
On-Set Dresser
Gina Monaci
Hair
Kevin Myers
Rigging Gaffer
Deana Newcomb
Photography
Stephanie Ng
Sound Editor
Martin Nicholson
Editor
David Nichtern
Music
David Nichtern
Song
Charles Norcross
Grip
Karen Patch
Costume Designer
Gary Paulsen
Driver
Marshall Peck
Production Assistant
Frederick Peterson
Assistant Editor
Barbara Pieters
Post-Production Accountant
Martha C Pilcher
Location Assistant
Kevin B Platt
Other
David Poole
Special Effects Assistant
Terry Porter
Sound
Greg Prestopino
Song
Greg Prestopino
Song Performer
Ronald J Pure
Lighting Technician
Bonnie Raitt
Song Performer
Ellen Robinson
Wardrobe
Sarah Rothenberg
Sound Editor
John Sandau
Electrician
Dennis Sands
Music
Judith Saunders
Script Supervisor
Martin Short
Other
Janelle Showalter
Sound Editor
Frank Smathers
Sound Editor
Ken Speed
Special Effects Foreman
Phillip Steuer
Property Master
Nancy Rae Stone
Production Coordinator
Jim G Sullivan
Driver
Mark Sullivan
Visual Effects
Pat Tagliaferro
Art Director
Kelly Tartan
Sound Editor
Suzanne Tenner
Photography
Woogie Thomas
Lighting Technician
Joan Thompson
Other
Mel Torme
Song
Joan Towe
Foley
Jerry Trent
Foley
James R Tynes
Gaffer
Michael C Varhol
Story By
Michael C Varhol
Producer
Michael C Varhol
From Story
Michael C Varhol
Second Unit Director
Michael C Varhol
Screenplay
Valen Watson
Associate Producer
Cynthia Weil
Song
Bob Wells
Song
Tom W West
Dolly Grip
Lizbeth Williamson
Makeup
Kelly Wimberly
Assistant Director
Thomas Winchester
Driver
Diane Witter
Production Assistant
Diane Witter
Editorial Assistant
Jennifer Zolten
Production Accountant
William Zullo
Property Master Assistant
Videos
Movie Clip
Hosted Intro
Film Details
Also Known As
Big Picture
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1989
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Releasing
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 39m
Articles
The Big Picture
A comedy about an up-and-coming filmmaker.
The Big Picture
A comedy about an up-and-coming filmmaker.
Eddie Albert (1906-2005)
The son of a real estate agent, Albert was born Edward Albert Heimberger in Rock Island, Ill., on April 22, 1906. His family relocated to Minneapolis when he was still an infant. Long entralled by theatre, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota. After years of developing his acting chops in touring companies, summer stock and a stint with a Mexican circus, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. and made his film debut in Brother Rat (1938). Although hardly a stellar early film career, he made some pleasant B-pictures, playing slap happy youths in Brother Rat and a Baby (1940), and The Wagons Roll at Night (1941).
His career was interrupted for military service for World War II, and after his stint (1942-45), he came back and developed a stronger, more mature screen image: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Carrie (1952); his Oscar® nominated turn as the Bohemian photographer friend of Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953); a charming Ali Hakim in Oklahoma (1955); and to many critics, his finest hour as an actor, when he was cast unnervingly against type as a cowardly military officer whose lack of commitment to his troops results in their deaths in Attack! (1956).
As he settled into middle-age, Albert discovered belated fame when he made the move to Hooterville. For six seasons (1965-71), television viewers loved Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendal Douglas, the bemused city slicker who, along with his charming wife Lisa (Eva Gabor), takes a chance on buying a farm in the country and dealing with all the strange characters that come along their way. Of course, I'm talking about Green Acres. If he did nothing else, Alberts proved he could be a stalwart straight man in the most inane situations, and pull it off with grace.
After the run of Green Acres, Albert found two of his best roles in the late stages of his career that once again cast him against his genial, good-natured persona: the fiercly overprotective father of Cybill Shepherd in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), for which he earned his second Oscar® nomination; and the sadistic warden in Robert Aldrich's raucous gridiron comedy The Longest Yard (1974). Soon, Albert was in demand again, and he had another hit series, playing a retired police officer who partners with a retired con artist (Robert Wagner) to form a detective agency in Switch (1975-78).
The good roles slowed down slightly by the dawn of the '80s, both film: The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979), How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980), Take This Job and Shove It (1981); and television: Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, Thirtysomething, offered him little in the way of expansion. Yet, Albert spent his golden years in a most admirable fashion, he became something of activist for world health and pollution issues throughout the latter stages of his life. It is widely acknowledged that International Earth Day (April 22) is honored on his birthday for his tireless work on environemental matters. Albert was married to famed hispanic actress Margo (1945-85) until her death, and is survived by his son, actor Edward Albert, a daughter, and two granddaughters.
by Michael T. Toole
Eddie Albert (1906-2005)
Eddie Albert, a versatile film and television actor whose career spanned over seven decades, and who will forever be cherished by pop culture purists for his role as Oliver Douglas, that Manhattan attorney who sought pleasures from the simple life when he bought a rundown farm in the long-running sitcom Green Acres, died of pneummonia on May 26, at his Pacific Palisades home. He was 99.
The son of a real estate agent, Albert was born Edward Albert Heimberger in Rock Island, Ill., on April 22, 1906. His family relocated to Minneapolis when he was still an infant. Long entralled by theatre, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota. After years of developing his acting chops in touring companies, summer stock and a stint with a Mexican circus, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. and made his film debut in Brother Rat (1938).
Although hardly a stellar early film career, he made some pleasant B-pictures, playing slap happy youths in Brother Rat and a Baby (1940), and The Wagons Roll at Night (1941).
His career was interrupted for military service for World War II, and after his stint (1942-45), he came back and developed a stronger, more mature screen
image: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Carrie (1952); his Oscar® nominated turn as the Bohemian photographer friend of Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953); a charming Ali Hakim in Oklahoma (1955); and to many critics, his finest hour as an actor, when he was cast unnervingly against type as a cowardly military officer whose lack of commitment to his troops results in their deaths in Attack! (1956).
As he settled into middle-age, Albert discovered belated fame when he made the move to Hooterville.
For six seasons (1965-71), television viewers loved Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendal Douglas, the bemused city slicker who, along with his charming wife Lisa (Eva Gabor), takes a chance on buying a farm in the country and dealing with all the strange characters that come along their way. Of course, I'm talking about Green Acres. If he did nothing else, Alberts proved he could be a stalwart straight man in the most inane situations, and pull it off with grace.
After the run of Green Acres, Albert found two of his best roles in the late stages of his career that once again cast him against his genial, good-natured persona: the fiercly overprotective father of Cybill Shepherd in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), for which he earned his second Oscar® nomination; and the sadistic warden in Robert Aldrich's raucous gridiron comedy The Longest Yard (1974). Soon, Albert was in demand again, and he had another hit series, playing a retired police officer who partners with a retired con artist (Robert Wagner) to form a detective agency in Switch (1975-78).
The good roles slowed down slightly by the dawn of the '80s, both film: The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979), How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980), Take This Job and Shove It (1981); and
television: Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, Thirtysomething, offered him little in the way of expansion. Yet, Albert spent his golden years in a most admirable fashion, he became something of activist for world health and pollution issues throughout the latter stages of his life. It is widely acknowledged that International Earth Day (April 22) is honored on his birthday for his tireless work on environemental matters. Albert was married to famed hispanic actress Margo (1945-85) until her death, and is survived by his son, actor Edward Albert, a daughter, and two granddaughters.
by Michael T. Toole
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Released in United States 1989
Released in United States Fall September 15, 1989
Released in United States January 28, 1989
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States on Video February 28, 1990
Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 24 - September 4, 1989.
Shown at United States Film Festival in Park City, Utah (out of competition) January 28, 1989.
Feature directorial debut for actor Christopher Guest.
Began shooting February 1, 1988.
Completed shooting August 1988.
Jason Gould is the son of performers Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand.
Ultra-Stereo
Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 24 - September 4, 1989.)
Released in United States January 28, 1989 (Shown at United States Film Festival in Park City, Utah (out of competition) January 28, 1989.)
Released in United States on Video February 28, 1990
Released in United States Fall September 15, 1989
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.)
