Réalisation:
Richard BenjaminPhotographie:
Danny NowakMusique:
Joseph VitarelliActeurs·trices:
Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Saul Rubinek, Dan Castellaneta, Richard Portnow, Kristi Angus, Colin Fox, Sherry Miller, Zach Grenier, Victor Garber, Mackenzie Astin, Kelsey Matheson (plus)Résumés(1)
Playwright Neil Simon got his first big break in the early '50s as a staff writer on Sid Caesar's fabled television series Your Show of Shows, and this comedy (adapted by Simon from his play) takes a fictionalized look at the backstage chaos that went into producing one of the landmarks of television's golden age. Max Prince (Nathan Lane) is the star of The Max Prince Show, a popular comedy-variety series with ratings that have begun to slip; Prince's show is still a major hit on the East Coast, but network executive Cal Weebs (Colin Fox) insists that it's too sophisticated for the Midwest, and urges Prince to dumb down his act. Prince has also become the whipping boy of newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (Frank Proctor), and between the tensions of producing a hour of top-quality comedy each week and being pestered about his ratings, Prince is beginning to unravel. His relationship with his wife Faye (Sherry Miller) and their children is falling apart, and stress is eating him alive. Prince's brother Harry (Richard Portnow) is Max's assistant, and his last line of defense against both the network and his writing staff, which spend its days coming up with business for the show while hurling humorous invective at each other and anyone else within earshot. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Nathan Lane
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Le Roi Lion (1994)
Mark Linn-Baker
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Manhattan (1979)
Twelve and Holding (2005)
Noises Off... (1992)
Saul Rubinek
Meilleurs films :
Impitoyable (1992)
The Express (2008)
True Romance (1993)
Dan Castellaneta
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Bart Wars: The Simpsons Strike Back (1999) (compilation vidéo)
The Simpsons: Heaven and Hell (2002) (compilation vidéo)
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1998) (compilation vidéo)
Richard Portnow
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Seven (1995)
Ghost Dog : La voie du samouraï (1999)
Dalton Trumbo (2015)
Kristi Angus
Canada
Meilleurs films :
The Safety of Objects (2001)
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010) (téléfilm)
F.B.I. Fausses Blondes Infiltrées (2004)
Colin Fox
Canada
Meilleurs films :
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (série)
A Christmas Story (1983)
One Week (2008)
Sherry Miller
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Lucky Girl (2001) (téléfilm)
Virgin Suicides (1999)
Separate Vacations (1986)
Zach Grenier
États-Unis
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Fight Club (1999)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Zodiac (2007)
Victor Garber
Canada
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Titanic (1997)
Dark Waters (2019)
Argo (2012)
Mackenzie Astin
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (téléfilm)
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Kelsey Matheson
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Living Death (2006)
Une seconde chance à Noël (2003) (téléfilm)
Dracula 2001 (2000)
Peri Gilpin
États-Unis
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For the Love of a Child (2006) (téléfilm)
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Karyn Dwyer
Canada
Meilleurs films :
The Art of the Steal (2013)
Cheaters (2000) (téléfilm)
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Gerry Quigley
Canada
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De l'ombre à la lumière (2005)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
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Keith Knight
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Self Defense (1983)
Class 1984 (1982)
Philip Craig
Meilleurs films :
De l'ombre à la lumière (2005)
Maurice Richard (2005)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (série)
Shaun Smyth
Meilleurs films :
The Silencing (2020)
Un de trop (1999)
Evidence of Blood (1998) (téléfilm)
Ardon Bess
Meilleurs films :
Guns (2008) (téléfilm)
Sacrée balade pour les gros bras (1978)
Free of Eden (1998) (téléfilm)
Roger Dunn
Meilleurs films :
Nuremberg (2000) (téléfilm)
Police Academy (1984)
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (téléfilm)