2004

June 13, 2004
Camera Cinema Club
USA
English
95 minutes

One of the producers of Chicago Hope decides that his actress wife isn't getting the roles she deserves and mounts a small theater production of FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE. It is a true story with true participants. His friends call him crazy, things go awry, he spends much more money than he expects to.

But in the end, this film is the story of a privileged producer who lives in Venice, California, calling in the favors of his more-famous friends, and whining about not being able to cheaply mount another unwanted theater production. We see Hector Elizondo, Kathy Baker, David E. Kelley, Mandy Patinkin, and Les Moonves.

We don't care if the production succeeds. We don't care if these two people can't "express their art". It seemed much longer than 95 minutes.

*** Meyer