Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal

This homage to the childhood days of the motion pictures starts in 1910, when the young attorney Leo Harrigan by chance meets a motion picture producer. Immediately he's invited to become a writer for...( read more  read more... ) him - the start of a sensational career. Soon he's promoted to a director and shoots one silent movie after the other in the tiny desert village Cacamonga with a small crew of actors. But the competition is hard: the patent agency sends out Buck Greenway to sabotage them. When they visit L.A., his crew is surprised by a new species: fans!

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Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

Release Date: December 21, 1976

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DVD Release Date: April 21, 2009

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  • October 13, 2009
    Griffin's first and last film. He had talent and looks and gives a great performance, in this offbeat, magical film. Unfortunately, getting stoned and drunk and then decapitating Coppola's son in a speed boat crash is a sure career killer.
  • September 6, 2009
    a knock off or copy of the far superior "Paper Moon" skip this see that
  • January 4, 2008
    A little to frantic for it's own good @ times but some genuine laughs along the way as we travel back to the silent era to the Birth of a Nation w/ Reynolds, Ritter & the O'Neals

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  • Riverfan93
    December 29, 2007
    I would love to see this movie! I wish they would release on dvd so I could buy it! Tatum is my favorite actress and I would love to see this movie because she is in it. And she can make anything she's in good!

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